Goosebumps: Hall of Horrors #1: Claws! by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine [Stine, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-545-41493-7
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2011-05-11T16:00:00+00:00

20

Kids started to laugh. I guess they thought I was goofing.

Aaron grabbed me and tried to pull me back to my seat. But I missed the chair and landed on my butt on the floor.

That made everyone roar.

I saw Miss Harris laughing along with everyone else. I could feel my face getting hot. I knew I was blushing like crazy.

I was frightened and embarrassed at the same time.

Aaron helped pull me to my feet.

The laughter rang in my ears. But I didn’t care about that. I gazed all around, searching for the cat.

Finally, Miss Harris gave the school signal for quiet—two fingers raised above her head. The room grew silent.

Yeeeooow.

I was still on my feet. My legs trembled. My heart was thudding in my chest.

“Don’t you hear it?” I repeated, trying to keep my voice steady.

“Hear what, Mickey?” Miss Harris asked. She came down the aisle till she stood right in front of me. “What do you hear? I’m listening. I don’t hear anything.”

Yeeeooow.

“There. It did it again. It’s—it’s a cat,” I stammered. “There’s a cat in here. But I can’t find it.”

She narrowed her blue eyes at me. She frowned. “Is this a dare? Did Aaron dare you to do this?”

Aaron shot both hands up in the air. “No way!” he screamed. “I didn’t do anything. He’s crazy!”

“It’s not a dare,” I said. I raised my right hand. “I swear.”

Miss Harris turned to face the class. “Does anyone else hear a cat? Is Mickey the only one who hears it?”

A few kids laughed. No one raised a hand.

“Amanda, please —” I called. She sits in the front row. I needed her help. “Amanda—do you hear it?”

She shook her head. “I’m sorry, Mickey. I don’t hear anything,” she said softly. “Maybe …” Her voice drifted off. She didn’t finish her sentence.

“Everyone look under your seats,” Miss Harris said. “Look all around. Find the cat.”

She turned back to me and put a hand on my shoulder. “I hope someone finds a cat, Mickey,” she said. “I hope you didn’t interrupt the Civil War for a joke.”

“Not a joke,” I muttered.

Chairs scraped as kids looked under their seats. On the other side of the room, two boys cupped their hands around their mouths and meowed.

“Last chance,” Miss Harris said. “Does anyone see a cat in here?”

“Yes! I do!” Aaron cried. He pointed under Miss Harris’s desk. “I see it! There it is!”

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