The World's Worst Fairy Godmother by Bruce Coville

Author:Bruce Coville
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781497668546
Publisher: Open Road Media

Chapter Nine

The Inner Brat

Doctor Derek Dekter was crossing the town square when Susan Pfenstermacher’s mother came me hurtling out of her house. “Oh, Dr. Dekter, Dr. Dekter! I’m so glad you were passing by. Can you help us?”

Doctor Dekter was a tall man, heavy set, dressed all in black. His white beard was neatly trimmed. In fact, everything about him was neat and precise. In a severe voice he said, “Whether I can help, you, Frau Pfenstermacher, depends entirely upon what is wrong, which you have so far failed to tell me.”

“It’s Susan. She’s changed all of a sudden.”

Susan’s father came stomping out of the house. His eyes were wild, his face desperate. “She’s not cheerful and well-behaved like she always was, Dr. Dekter.”

“She’s gotten mean!” added Mrs. Pfenstermacher.

“Nasty!” agreed Mr. Pfenstermacher.

“Rotten!” cried Mrs. Pfenstermacher.

“And she’s started making bad puns!” moaned Mr. Pfenstermacher.

“Will you inspect her, Dr. Dekter?” asked Mrs. Pfenstermacher desperately.

The doctor shrugged. “It sounds like a simple case of puberty to me. But if you insist—”

“Oh, thank you, Dr. Dekter!” cried Mr. Pfenstermacher. He grabbed the doctor by the hand and began dragging him toward the house.

Before they had gone three steps, Susan came leaping out the front door. The index finger of her right hand was firmly planted in her nose.

“Dr. Dekter,” she cried. “Thank God you’re here! My finger is stuck. It’s stuck, I tell you—stuck, stuck, stuck and I’m going to die! Save me, doctor. Save Me!”

With her left hand she grabbed her right wrist and began to pull at it.

“Look at that!” she shrieked. “It will never come loose. And all I wanted to do was get out that potato that I stuck up there last night. Oh, doctor, I’m sinking fast. Help me. Please help me!”

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