Young Scrooge: A Very Scary Christmas Story by R. L. Stine
Author:R. L. Stine [Stine, R. l.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Horror, Holidays & Celebrations, Christmas & Advent
ISBN: 9781250112316
Google: kVedCwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 2016-09-13T16:46:42.296182+00:00
18
âOf course you do,â I insisted. âThey sat near the front andââ
Mr. Dulwich took long strides to his desk. His heavy shoes made the floorboards squeak. He shoved aside some papers on his desk and raised a black notebook.
I stepped up to the desk. âIs that your class list?â
He nodded and shoved the open book toward me. âThis is my attendance book. You can see with your own eyes,â he said. âThere are no students in my class named Prescott, Benjamin, or Emily-Ann.â
I let my eyes run down the list. He was telling the truth.
I suddenly had a heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach. I had to force myself to breathe.
What is going down here?
Mr. Dulwich said something, but my thoughts were too loud. I couldnât hear him. He squeezed the sleeve of my overcoat. âYoung man, I asked you a question. What is your name?â
âRick. Rick Scroogeman,â I said. âRemember? Iâm the new kid. I arrived yesterday?â
He took the attendance book from my hand, and his finger rolled down the list of his students. He took his time, reading carefully.
Finally. He raised his eyes to me. âIâm afraid you arenât in my class, either, Mr. Scroogeman.â
âButâbutâbutââ I sputtered like a motorboat. The heavy feeling in my stomach spread to my whole body.
âYou should check Mr. Harrisonâs class,â he said, closing the book. âPerhaps since you are newââ
âNo,â I said. âIâm not in another class. Iâm in your class.â
He shrugged. âSorry. Youâre not here.â
âThen where am I?â I cried.
âNowhere,â he said softly.
And as he said that word, he faded away.
Nowhere.
The word lingered in my mind. And repeated. Nowhere. Nowhere. Nowhere.
Mr. Dulwich vanished slowly, and the classroom faded with him. His desk shimmered and then was gone. The color seeped from the walls until I was surrounded by gray. Solid gray everywhere I turned. The little Christmas tree was the last thing I saw.
And then there I stood, like I was suspended in space, in a solid, silent world of gray ⦠no shades ⦠all the same gray ⦠until I didnât know if I was seeing or not. Didnât know if my eyes were open or closed.
Then, when someone grabbed my shoulder, I opened my mouth and screamed.
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