The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald by Hicks Clifford B

Author:Hicks, Clifford B. [Hicks, Clifford B.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Purple House Press
Published: 2011-08-02T04:00:00+00:00

Shoie dropped down out of the tree, and at that moment Alvin felt a satisfying ripple along the hose. There was a loud thud from the direction of the house. He’d tripped the man on the front steps with the hose.

Another thud came from below, and then the flashlight was spinning off into the grass.

“Yow!” shouted the man beneath him, and Alvin knew that Shoie had dropped out of the tree right onto the man’s arm. The Mighty Athlete had come through.

Alvin dropped to the ground. The Pest landed beside him. It was dark under the tree and he could hear the man groaning in the bushes. He and the Pest raced after Shoie, who was heading for the fence.

Alvin could hear stumbling steps behind him, then the pound of running feet. Once more he was atop the fence, with Shoie and the Pest already racing down the street.

Just before Alvin jumped off the fence, he glanced back at the old house. There was a flickering light in the window of one of the towers. Did he imagine it, or was there a head silhouetted against the window?

He jumped off the fence, but he was too late. An arm reached between the bars and grabbed his jacket. No matter how hard Alvin squirmed, he couldn’t wriggle loose until he simply slid out of the jacket, leaving it in the man’s hand, and ran off down the street.

He had trouble going to sleep that night. His inventive mind had earned a long rest, but an hour passed before it relaxed into a troubled sleep.

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