Classic Goosebumps #26: Night of the Living Dummy 3 by R. L. Stine

Author:R. L. Stine [Stine, R. L.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

“Zane!”

My brother and I both screamed his name.

Zane’s eyes bulged. His mouth opened in a high, frightened wail.

I saw his knees bend. I think he nearly crumpled to the floor.

He uttered several squeaks. Then his mouth hung open. I could see he was gasping for breath.

“Zane — we caught you!” I managed to choke out.

He had Rocky draped over his shoulder.

“What — what?” Zane struggled to speak, but no words came out. He sputtered and started to choke. The sneering dummy bounced on his shoulder.

“Zane — we figured it out,” Dan told him. “Your little tricks aren’t going to work.”

Our cousin was still sputtering and coughing.

“We know it’s been you all along,” Dan told him. He stepped over and slapped Zane hard on the back a few times.

After a few seconds, Zane stopped sputtering.

Dan picked Rocky up off Zane’s shoulder and started to carry him back to his chair.

“H-h-how did you know?” Zane stammered.

“We just figured it out,” I told him. “What’s the big idea, anyway?”

Zane shrugged. He lowered his eyes to the floor. “You know. Just having some fun.”

I glared at him. “Some fun?” I cried angrily. “You tried to get us in huge trouble. You — you could have ruined our whole summer!”

Zane shrugged again. “It was kind of my turn. You know?”

“Well, we’re even now,” Dan chimed in.

“Right,” I agreed quickly. “We’re all even now — right, Zane?”

He nodded. “Yeah. I guess.” A grin spread slowly over his face. “I had you guys going, didn’t I? With that stupid dummy popping up everywhere you looked.”

Dan and I didn’t grin back.

“You fooled us,” I murmured.

“You fooled everyone,” my brother added.

Zane grinned. A gleeful grin. I could see how pleased he was with himself. “I guess Dan and I deserved it,” I confessed.

“Guess you did,” Zane shot back. Would he ever stop grinning?

“So now that we’re even, do we have a truce?” I demanded. “No more joking around with the dummies? No more trying to scare each other or get anyone in trouble?”

Zane bit his lower lip. He thought about it a long, long time. “Okay. Truce,” he said finally.

We all shook hands solemnly. Then we slapped each other high fives. Then the three of us started laughing. I’m not sure why. The laughter just burst out of us.

Crazy giggling.

I guess because it was so late and we were so sleepy. And we were so glad we could be friends now. We didn’t have to play tricks on each other anymore.

As we made our way down the stairs, I felt really happy.

I thought all the scary stuff with the dummies was over.

I had no way of knowing that it was just beginning.

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