Night of the Living Dummy II (Goosebumps Series #31) by R. L. Stine

Author:R. L. Stine [Stine, R. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Children's Books, Horror, Fiction
ISBN: 9780590213035
Amazon: 0756943159
Publisher: Apple
Published: 1995-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

On Saturday afternoon, Mom dropped me off at The Party House. “Have a good show!” she called as she drove away.

I carried Slappy carefully in my arms. Margo met me at the door. She greeted me with an excited smile.

“Just in time!” she cried. “The kids are almost all here. They’re total animals!”

“Oh, great!” I muttered, rolling my eyes.

“They’re total animals, but they’re so cute!” Margo added.

She led me through the twisting hallway to the party room in back. Clusters of red and yellow balloons covered the ceiling. I saw a brightly decorated table, all yellow and red. A balloon on a string floated up from each chair around the table. Each balloon had the name of a guest on it.

The kids really were cute. They were dressed mostly in jeans and bright T-shirts. Two of the girls wore frilly party dresses.

I counted ten of them, all running wildly, chasing each other in the huge room.

Their mothers were grouped around a long table against the back wall. Some of them were sitting down. Some were standing, huddled together, chatting. Some were calling to their kids to stop being so wild.

“I’m helping out, pouring the punch and stuff,” Margo told me. “Dad wants you to do your act first thing. You know. To quiet the kids down.”

I swallowed hard. “First thing, huh?”

I had been excited. I could barely choke down my tuna fish sandwich at lunch. But now I began to feel nervous. I had major fluttering in my stomach.

Margo led me to the front of the room. I saw a low wooden platform there, painted bright blue. That was the stage.

Seeing the stage made my heart start to pound. My mouth suddenly felt very dry.

Could I really step up on that stage and do my act in front of all these people? Kids and mothers?

I had forgotten that the mothers would all be there. Seeing adults in the audience made me even more nervous.

“Here is the birthday girl,” a woman’s voice said.

I turned to see a smiling mother. She held the hand of a beautiful little girl. The girl gazed up at me with sparkling blue eyes. She had straight black hair, a lot like mine, only silkier and finer. She had a bright yellow ribbon in her hair. It matched her short yellow party dress and yellow sneakers.

“This is Alicia,” the mother announced.

“Hi. I’m Amy,” I replied.

“Alicia would like to meet your dummy,” the woman said.

“Is he real?” Alicia asked.

I didn’t know how to answer that question. “He’s a real dummy,” I told Alicia.

I propped Slappy up in my arms and slipped my hand into his back. “This is Slappy,” I told the little girl. “Slappy, this is Alicia.”

“How do you do?” I made Slappy say.

Alicia and her mother both laughed. Alicia stared up at the dummy with her sparkling blue eyes.

“How old are you?” I made Slappy say.

Alicia held up three fingers. “I’m fffree,” she told him.

“Would you like to shake hands with Slappy?” I asked.

Alicia nodded.

I lowered the dummy a little.

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