The Zombie Next Door by Nadia Higgins

Author:Nadia Higgins [Higgins, Nadia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-62285-013-6
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

If Leo was confused before, he was even more confused now. Except about one thing—why Mr. Smith always looked so sad.

By now, Chad and Leo had almost completely finished cleaning up Mr. Smith’s yard. They had only one day’s worth of work left, to roll the last few stones back into the wall.

“C’mon!” Chad was already in position against a pear-shaped boulder. “One, two, three, heave!” The boys shoved the rock into its gap. Then they moved on to a giant round one and another shaped like a torpedo. Soon it started to get dark. Leo shivered. His sweaty shirt felt cold against his skin.

“Just one left,” Chad said. He pointed to the last rock. It was on the far side of the chicken coop.

“Do you hear anything?” Leo whispered. They were walking into the part of the yard where they’d heard the moaning noises last week. The boys stood silently for a minute.

“Nada,” Chad said.

“Me neither,” Leo said.

As they got closer, their boots sank into the ground, leaving deep footprints. “Why is it so muddy here?” Chad wondered aloud.

Leo peered down. The soil was all torn up under their feet. “I guess Mr. Smith is putting in a new garden. C’mon, let’s walk around.”

“How did the vandals even roll this one out here?” Leo asked as they approached the last rock. It was dome shaped, with one flat side. He ran his hand along the bottom, looking for a place to grip. “Wait a minute.”

Leo scanned the ground around the rock. Beside the rock was a large, muddy oval crawling with bugs. But there was no mud trail leading from the wall. “This one didn’t come from the wall,” Leo said. “It wasn’t dragged here. It was pushed over.”

“I think it goes this way, flat side down,” Chad said. “Ready? One, two, three, heave!” The stone slammed back in place with a satisfying thud.

The boys stood back for a second to admire their work. They could barely make out more than the shape of the stone against the sky. But something golden caught the last rays of slanted sunlight.

“Check it out.” Chad leaned forward. He brushed dirt off the front of the rock with one hand. “There’s some kind of old bronze plaque here.”

Leo leaned in. He could just make out the raised letters:

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