The Haunted Hayride by Abby Klein

Author:Abby Klein
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

“No, Pessy.”

“Pessy? What kind of name is that?” I said.

“Well, pescado means ‘fish’ in Spanish, so I thought I could call him Pessy for short.”

“That’s cool,” said Josh. “I like it.”

Robbie went next. He threw his fishing pole into the ocean, caught a fish, reeled it in, pulled his fish off the line, and looked at the back.

“Bummer,” said Robbie. “No X.”

“Sorry, dude,” said Josh.

“Better luck next time,” I said, patting Robbie on the back.

“Your turn, Josh,” said Jessie. “Good luck!”

The guy handed him a fishing pole.

“You know,” said Josh, “the beach was only a few blocks from my house in California. If I win a fish and keep it in my bedroom, maybe I won’t miss the ocean so much.”

Josh tossed his fishing line to catch a fish and then reeled it in.

“I can’t look. I’m too nervous,” said Josh. “Freddy, would you check it out for me and tell me if I won?”

“You want me to look?” I said.

“Yeah,” said Josh. “Take the fish off the line and tell me if it has a black X on it.”

I carefully pulled the paper fish off the line. I think I was just as nervous as Josh was.

“Come on, look already!” said Robbie. “The suspense is killing me.”

My heart was beating really fast. I slowly turned the fish over …

“Did I win?” asked Josh. “Is there a black X?”

I shook my head. “Sorry,” I said. “No X.”

“You can always try again,” said the guy in the booth.

“Or I can just take Max’s fish when I win that bet tonight,” Josh said, smiling. “Right, Freddy?”

I gulped and pretended to laugh. “Ha-ha! Right.”

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