Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom by David Neilsen

Author:David Neilsen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2016-08-09T04:00:00+00:00

“It just doesn’t make any sense!” complained Jerry.

“What’s this written here at the bottom?” asked Gail, pointing.

The three kids leaned in to peer at the fine print. Then they read it. Then they sagged.

“ ‘What a nice man is Dr. Fell,’ ” read Gail.

“So much for your brilliant plan,” grunted Nancy.

Jerry whirled, hurt, but before he could respond, a new understanding dawned on him.

“You told him,” he whispered.

“What?” asked Nancy.

“You told him my plan. When he zombified you.”

“Don’t be stupid.”

“He knew it was my plan! He singled me out!”

“You’re the one holding the tape measure, Dorknose.”

“You told him it was my plan and he went out and bedazzled the building inspector and now everything is ruined! Now we’ll never get rid of him!”

“I didn’t tell him!”

“You don’t know that, Nancy,” said Gail. “You’ll never know what you did or didn’t do when you were under his spell.”

“Or maybe you weren’t even under his spell yet. Maybe you were jealous that I had the plan to save the day, so you warned him even before he put the heebie-jeebies on you!”

“Come off it, Dorknose. You know I didn’t—”

“Then why’d he know it was my plan?! Why’d he single me out?!”

“I don’t know!” yelled Nancy, her blood boiling.

“You traitor!” screamed Jerry as he lunged at Nancy, fists flying. Not being the most agile of individuals, he was chagrined to find that his sudden attack wasn’t the most successful and he ended up stumbling forward like a dizzy hippopotamus. The girls were shocked at his sudden display of violence all the same.

“Jerry!” screamed his sister.

“You want a piece of me, Dorknose?” Nancy raised up her far more practiced fists.

“Stop calling me Dorknose! I can’t believe I trusted you!”

“Jerry, calm down,” urged Gail.

“Oh, right, take her side! You always let her pick on me! I hate you! I hate you both!”

“Jerry!” cried Gail.

Sobbing hysterically, Jerry ran out into the endless corridors and platforms surrounding them, to be swallowed up by the wooden monstrosity that had become the central focal point of their lives.

“Let the crybaby go,” said Nancy. “What use is he anyway?”

“Jerry’s right, Nancy! You’ve been mean to him our whole lives! Why are you always so negative?! Why do you have to put him and everyone else down to make yourself happy?!”

“I…that’s not—”

“You know, I bet he’s right and you did tell Dr. Fell about Jerry’s plan. You probably couldn’t stand the thought of my brother saving the day! Can’t have him upstage you for even one second, can you?”

“What, you’re turning on me now too? Fine! Go run to your little crybaby brother! What do I care!”

“I hate you!”

“I hate you too!”

“I hate you more!”

“I hate you even more!”

As one, the girls marched off in different directions, each more furious than the other.

From high atop the castle walls, Dr. Fell smiled.

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