Dunc and the Haunted Castle by Gary Paulsen

Author:Gary Paulsen [Paulsen, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-80393-1
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

Dunc checked the stairs. “It’s all clear. Come on.”

Dunc and T.J. bounded down the stairs and out the front door. Amos would have followed except for one small problem: The back of his jacket was caught in the secret door.

Mrs. Knox moved into the great hall and started dusting the furniture. She noticed Amos on the stairs. “You up there. What are you doing?”

Amos looked around. “Me?”

Mrs. Knox put her hands on her hips. “I don’t see no one else up there.”

Amos gulped. “I’m not doing anything. Just hanging around.”

“Well, do it somewhere else. I’ve got work to do in here.”

The front door opened, and Dunc stood in the opening. The door blocked Dunc’s view of Mrs. Knox, who was dusting an antique bookshelf. He looked up at Amos. “Aren’t you coming?”

“Nope.”

“What?”

“You heard me. I said I’m not coming.”

“Why not?”

Amos tried to point to Mrs. Knox with his head. “I like it up here. There’s an outstanding view of the … wall from here. I may stand here all afternoon.”

“Don’t be dumb—what’s wrong with your head?”

Amos let out an exasperated sigh. “Maybe you and T.J. should go on to town without me. I’ll just stay here and enjoy the view.” He rolled his eyes in Mrs. Knox’s direction.

T.J. pushed by Dunc. “What’s the holdup?”

Dunc shrugged. “Amos wants to stay here.”

Mrs. Knox picked up her dusting supplies and stormed off into the kitchen. “A body can’t get no work done around here with all this commotion.”

T.J. looked up at Amos. “Want us to bring you anything from town?”

“Get up here!”

Dunc scratched his head. “But I thought you said—”

“I’ll give you two seconds to get up here. Then I’m going to wiggle out of this coat and strangle both of you.”

“Why didn’t you tell me you were stuck?” Dunc pulled on the statue.

Amos jerked his coat out of the crack. “All this time I thought you two were so smart.” He stomped down the stairs. “My dog Scruff has more brains in his little toe.” He headed out the door mumbling to himself. “My goldfish could out-think both of you put together. A rock has more intelligence.…”

“What’s wrong with him?” T.J. asked.

“Who knows. Sometimes he gets like this. Don’t worry. It never lasts long.”

Amos was almost to the bridge when they caught up with him.

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