Invaders From Mars by Ray Garton

Author:Ray Garton [Garton, Ray]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 0671626973
Publisher: Pocket Books

David crouched behind the bushes outside Linda’s window for a while, peering through the branches at the parking lot and playground. The students had all returned to class and the grounds were deserted.

Moving through the bushes, he hugged the wall as he made his way toward the lot and the front gate. Looking around once more and seeing no one, he made a run for it, cautiously weaving through the parked cars. He came to a van and stopped a moment, pressing himself against the side.

Footsteps! David tensed and waited.

“I couldn’t see him, but he’s there. She’s hiding him, I think.”

Heather! David looked around the front corner of the van. She was headed straight for him. But who was she talking to?

He went around to the back of the van. Its door was ajar and, giving no thought to the possible consequences, David opened it and got inside, half closing it behind him. When he turned around, he almost screamed.

He was face to face with a skeleton! He clamped his hand over his mouth, breathing hard through his nose as he looked around him.

The bulging eyes of dead reptiles gazed at him from Mason jars.

Stuffed rodents stood frozen in lifelike positions.

Colorful butterflies were mounted on cardboard.

He suddenly realized whose van it was, and he felt weak all over. Looking out the small round window in the side of the van, he saw the back of her head through the tinted glass: gray hair in sharp waves and tight curls, a matronly collar trimmed with lace. He scrunched down in the van listening to the beat of his heart.

“He’s still with the nurse, I’m sure of it,” Heather said outside.

“His parents will take him,” Mrs. McKeltch told her with assurance.

He couldn’t stay. Leaving would mean being seen, but staying in the van was too dangerous. He lunged for the door just as it was slammed hard from the outside. David turned and faced the death cluttered all around him. Quietly, he crawled toward the front of the van and curled up behind the jump seats.

The door on the driver’s side opened and the van shook slightly as someone got in. David softly sniffed the air.

Mothballs.

He closed his eyes tightly and prayed that Mrs. McKeltch wouldn’t—

She started the van, backed out of the space, and drove from the parking lot.

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