Space Shuttle Scam by Ron Roy

Author:Ron Roy [Roy, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2020-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

Josh snorted. “Don’t play games, James,” he said.

Dink climbed halfway up his ladder. “I’m not!” he said. “Take a look and you’ll see it, about a foot from your bunk!”

Josh peeked out from his blanket and gasped.

“What’s going on?” Ruth Rose said suddenly. She was sitting up, rubbing her eyes.

“Don’t get out of bed,” Dink said. “There’s a snake on the floor by my sneakers.”

“OH MY GOSH!” Ruth Rose cried. “What’s it doing there?”

“I don’t know,” Dink said.

“How did it get in here?” Josh asked. Only his eyes and nose were visible from under his blanket.

“Josh, did you lock the screen door last night?” Dink asked.

“Yup,” Josh said. “Why?”

“Because I got up during the night, and the door wasn’t latched!”

Josh moaned.

“It’s not moving,” Ruth Rose said. “Maybe it’s a fake snake.”

“Nope, I just saw its little tongue come out,” Josh said. “It’s real!”

“Guys, it has red, yellow, and black bands,” Ruth Rose said. “IT’S A POISONOUS CORAL SNAKE!”

The three kids watched the snake, but it wasn’t doing anything. It lay curled up with its head resting on the toe of Dink’s sneaker. Every few seconds, a thin tongue shot out of its mouth. It had tiny eyes, which didn’t blink.

“We need a plan,” Ruth Rose said.

“I have a plan,” Josh said. “Strap me in that space shuttle, and shoot me up to the moon. I’ll hang out with Blinky!”

“We’ll be fine as long as we stay in bed,” Dink said. “I don’t think snakes can jump.”

“Dude, if this snake unlocked the door, it can climb into my bunk!” Josh said.

“I have an idea,” Ruth Rose said. She stretched one foot out from under her blanket. Using her toes, she dragged the wire trash basket to the side of her bed. She sat up and grabbed the basket.

“What are you doing?” Josh hissed.

Ruth Rose tiptoed across the room and quickly dropped the wastebasket over the snake and Dink’s sneakers. The snake moved, but too late. It was a prisoner inside the basket’s wire mesh.

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