Welcome to Camp Nightmare by R. L. Stine

Author:R. L. Stine
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Children's Books
ISBN: 9780545158893
Publisher: San Val, Incorporated
Published: 1993-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

12

All three of us gaped in horror at the open window.

But no creature jumped in.

As I stared, frozen in the center of the cabin, I could see only darkness and a fringe of pale stars.

Outside in the trees, crickets started up a shrill clatter. There was no other sound.

Poor Jay was so frightened and upset, he was seeing things.

Somehow Colin and I got him a little calmed down. We made him take off his sneakers and lie down on his bed. And we covered him up with three blankets to help him to stop trembling.

Colin and I wanted to run for help. But we were too frightened to go outside.

The three of us were up all night. Larry never showed up.

Except for the crickets and the brush of the wind through the trees, the camp was silent.

I think I must have finally dozed off just before dawn. I had strange nightmares about fires and people trying to run away.

I was awakened by Colin shaking me hard. “Breakfast,” he said hoarsely. “Hurry. We’re late.”

I sat up groggily. “Where’s Larry?”

“He never showed,” Colin replied, motioning to Larry’s unused bunk.

“We’ve got to find him! We’ve got to tell him what happened!” Jay cried, hurrying to the cabin door with his sneakers untied.

Colin and I stumbled after him, both of us only half awake. It was a cool, gray morning. The sun was trying hard to poke through high white clouds.

The three of us stopped halfway up the hill to the mess hall. Reluctantly, our eyes searched the ground around the Forbidden Bunk.

I don’t know what I expected to see. But there was no sign of Roger.

No sign of any struggle. No dried blood on the ground. The tall grass wasn’t bent or matted down.

“Weird,” I heard Jay mutter, shaking his head. “That’s weird.”

I tugged his arm to get him moving, and we hurried the rest of the way up to the lodge.

The mess hall was as noisy as ever. Kids were laughing and shouting to each other. It all seemed perfectly normal. I guessed that no one had made an announcement about Roger yet.

Some kids called to Colin and me. But we ignored them and searched for Roger, moving quickly through the aisles between the tables.

No sign of him.

I had a heavy, queasy feeling in my stomach as we hurried to the counselors’ table in the corner.

Larry glanced up from a big plate of scrambled eggs and bacon as the three of us advanced on him.

“What happened to Roger?”

“Is he okay?”

“Where were you last night?”

“Roger and I were attacked.”

“We were afraid to go find you.”

All three of us bombarded Larry at once.

His face was filled with confusion, and he raised both hands to silence us. “Whoa,” he said. “Take a breath, guys. What are you talking about?”

“About Roger!” Jay screamed, his face turning bright red. “The creature — it jumped on him. And — and —”

Larry glanced at the other counselors at the table, who looked as confused as he did. “Creature? What creature?” Larry demanded.

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