Philip and the Monsters (9781619500464) by Paulits John

Author:Paulits, John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, humor, werewolf, haunted house, juvenile, dracula, monsters, frankenstein, chapter book, gypsy shadow, wolfman, john paulits, philip, childrens novel, emery, lon chaney jr, abbott and costello
Publisher: Smashwords

Chapter Eight

“Don’t forget, Philip, we’re having dinner over the Wyatts tonight.”

“Why are you shouting?” asked Philip, who stood right behind his mother.

His mother jumped. “Philip, I thought you were in the living room.”

“No, kitchen. I’m hungry.”

“I’ll make you a sandwich.”

“Do we have cracked pepper turkey? With mayonnaise and lettuce?”

“When did you get so sandwich fussy?” His father asked this question. He’d just entered the kitchen from the basement. He rubbed his hand across the top of Philip’s head a few times and smiled. “A fancy sandwich may be all we’ll get for dinner tonight.”

“No, we won’t,” said Mrs. Felton. “I happen to know Emery’s mother has already bought a ham and plans to drive the two babies to her sister’s house so she can concentrate on cooking and entertaining tonight. Philip, all I can find is ham for your sandwich.”

“Ham! How many times am I supposed to eat ham in one day?”

“This ham sandwich will be just as good as the other hundreds of ham sandwiches I’ve fixed for you. With mustard. The brown kind. And cut off the crust.”

“If it was cracked pepper turkey, I’d eat the crust,” Philip grumbled.

“I’ll get some on my next trip to the store.”

“Don’t forget to buy mayonnaise.”

“And lettuce. I heard you the first time, darling.”

Philip sat at the table and watched his mother put his sandwich together.

“Who are the other people coming to dinner tonight?” his father asked.

“Some friends of Betty’s. They just moved into the neighborhood. I think they knew each other in high school.”

Philip’s stomach exploded. “The people from the haunted house?” he blurted.

“You mean the one you and Emery fixed up?” said his father.

Philip nodded.

“I don’t know. Are they the new neighbors?”

“I don’t know. I guess. Betty said they just moved into the neighborhood. The Talbots.”

“I gotta go,” said Philip.

“Sit, sit, sit, mister. I didn’t make this sandwich for nothing.”

Philip sat back down and decided the quickest way out of the kitchen was to eat the sandwich and run. Emery had to know about this—if he didn’t know already.

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