Wise Acres by Dale E. Basye

Author:Dale E. Basye [Basye, Dale E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-98187-5
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2013-12-23T16:00:00+00:00

Vice Principal Carroll instantly squawked his commentary.

“If a player’s overcome with dread, his fear like chains and fetters,

he’ll believe that he is truly dead, and dissolve to words and letters.”

“What happened?!” Concordia screamed. The children surrounded what used to be Jesus Descardo.

“I don’t know,” Mordacia Caustilo said spookily. “But I don’t think that this Jesus is coming back for Easter.…”

Mr. Wilde finally stopped retching beans and, wiping his mouth with a hanky, rose shakily to his feet.

“We must be going,” he whispered. “Mr. Fauster is right. This is a Metaphorest. A place where metaphors—figures of speech—come to life.”

Milton noticed a tiny, crushed mechanical toy under his foot. He stooped down and picked through the brass gears and components.

Those odd windup crickets, he thought as he rolled tiny springs between his finger pads. That’s what all that brain-fogging chirping is.…

The floor of the Metaphorest was covered with hopping mechanical insects rubbing their crystal wings together. They leapt over clusters of tiny, vibrating tuning forks sprouting from the shredded-paper soil.

Winifred sniffed back tears. “I’m scared,” she said, trembling.

Mr. Dickens put his arm around Winifred to soothe her.

A terrible roar rattled the trees, causing a fresh cascade of cold glitter.

“Snnnaaahhhhrrrrrk!!”

Vice Principal Carroll’s omnipresent commentary echoed throughout the Metaphorest.

“Hark! What’s this? Such bitter tea!

The snark? Oh dear! They’d better flee!”

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