The Berenstain Bears in Maniac Mansion by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Author:Stan & Jan Berenstain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

Chapter 13

In the Old Library

Riding crop held high, Squire Grizzly crept into the old library of the west wing. He had heard a noise there. Could it be the burglars?

“Squire!” came Papa Bear’s voice from the direction of the ballroom. “Squire! Where are you?”

But the squire didn’t answer. He was staring at a shelf filled with books. Hadn’t he just heard a clunk behind it?

Squire Grizzly tiptoed to the bookshelf. He listened. Another clunk. He leaned toward the shelf until his ear was almost touching the books . . .

All of a sudden the bookshelf folded inward and disappeared into the wall! Two arms shot out of the black space, grabbed Squire Grizzly around the neck, and pulled him in!

Back into place swung the bookshelf.

In the ballroom, Papa was getting worried. “Squire Grizzly?” he called again. “Are you all right?”

The only room in the west wing that Papa hadn’t checked yet was the old library. So he went in and looked around. There was no one there. Nothing but rows and rows of dusty old books.

“Hmm,” Papa said to himself. “Maybe the squire didn’t come in here.”

Papa suddenly felt very tired. After all, he had looked all over the west wing. He decided to rest for a few seconds before going on with his search.

He noticed a comfortable-looking chair against one of the library walls. Better not, he thought. He remembered what Squire Grizzly had done to one chair already. But his feet ached. I’ll be extra careful, he thought.

The moment Papa sat down, the wall opened up behind him and swallowed the chair with him still in it. Seconds later the chair slid back out, and the wall closed again.

But the chair was empty!

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