R. L. Stine_Mostly Ghostly 03 by One Night in Doom House

Author:One Night in Doom House [House, One Night in Doom]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Ghost Stories, Juvenile Fiction, Fiction, Horror & Ghost Stories, Horror Stories, Ghosts, Horror Tales, Body; Mind & Spirit, Haunted Houses, Supernatural, Social Issues, Friendship, Horror
ISBN: 9780385746656
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2005-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

16

TUESDAY AFTER SCHOOL, I ran home. I wanted to practice my magic act.

It had been snowing all day, and now it started to come down hard. I gazed out my bedroom window at the swirling flakes. Near the curb, I saw the two snowmen that Nicky and Tara had hidden behind when they bombed the Wilbur brothers with snowballs.

I snickered, thinking about how the Wilburs ran away screaming. Maybe they’ll leave me alone now, I thought.

Oh, yeah. For sure.

I hadn’t seen Nicky and Tara all day. Did they hurry over to the haunted house this morning? Would they go there without me?

No, they wouldn’t, I decided. They’ll come and get me when they’re ready to go.

I set up my stand with the top hat and my other stuff. Then I gently grabbed Benny's ears and lifted him from his cage.

I know, I know. Benny is a lame name for a bunny. Benny the Bunny. Puke, right? But that's only a temporary name until I can think of a good one.

I slipped Benny inside the top hat and petted his head. I loved his soft fur. “Relax, Benny,” I whispered. “You’ve got the easy job.”

Colin burst into the room. He had his parka on with the hood pulled over his head. He carried a big blue plastic disk under his arm.

“Going sledding?” I asked.

“No. Sunbathing,” he said. He tromped over to me in his heavy snow boots and peered down at Benny inside the top hat. “Hey, the inside of my hood is made of rabbit fur.”

“Shut up,” I said. “Don’t upset Benny.” I pushed Colin back an inch. “Who are you sledding with?”

“Friends,” Colin said. “You probably don’t know that word, do you, Fat Face?”

“Don’t call me Fat Face.”

“Where is your one and only friend today?” Colin asked.

“Aaron? He's grounded.”

“Oh, yeah? What did he do? Spit up his strained peas?”

“He gave his sister's favorite Barbie doll a tan.”

“A suntan?”

“Yeah. In the microwave,” I said. “It was a science experiment.”

Colin snickered. He poked Benny with his gloved finger. “ Aaron is a science experiment,” he said. “A science experiment that went wrong.”

“Don’t poke Benny,” I said.

“Okay.” Colin swung his hand and poked me hard in the stomach. I doubled over, gasping.

He started for the door. “Fat Face, did you eat that chocolate chip muffin for breakfast?” he asked.

“Yeah,” I said, rubbing my stomach.

“Well, bad news. Those weren’t chocolate chips. They were rabbit pellets. I switched them before you woke up.”

I gagged twice. “Thanks for telling me,” I said.

But he was already out the door.

I turned back to Benny, who was crouched at the bottom of the top hat, his pink nose twitching like crazy. “Just chill,” I told him. “I do all the hard work. You just sit there.” The rabbit stared up at me as if he was trying to understand what I was telling him.

“First I show the audience that the hat is empty,” I said. “Benny, you hide under the false bottom. Then I put the hat back on the table and I pull you out like this.

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