Malcolm raised an eyebrow It’s at the community center Dandy not a spooky old mansion Dandy sat up looking at Malcolm But I heard the community center is haunted No way said Malcolm Nothing in this town is haunted without me knowing about it After all Malcolm and Dandy called themselves the Ghost Detectors They had been tracking ghosts ever since Malcolm bought his Ecto-Handheld Automatic-Heat-Sensitive-Laser Enhanced Specter Detector The ghost finder worked like a charm Still Malcolm powered up his computer just to check He typed in the words haunted community center and narrowed his search to their area
Whoa Malcolm exclaimed scanning through all the hits It says here that twenty years ago during the sixth grade spelling bee when a guy was asked to spell opera he sang instead Dandy looked like he might throw up Please don’t let that happen to me Malcolm continued reading the article The boy insisted that something made him do it He scrolled down And look at this Twelve years ago during the fourth grade spelling bee a girl made it all the way to state finals and then she started using sign language instead of speaking I don’t have to worry about that Dandy said I don’t know sign language Malcolm tilted his head According to this neither did she Dandy gulped
Oh man Malcolm said shaking his head Dandy leaned in What Four years ago during the fifth grade spelling bee every time a boy tried to spell mischief his pants would drop Sweat beads popped out on Dandy’s forehead Oh no Maybe I should wear suspenders Malcolm sat back scratching his chin This is bad I know Dandy said I told you the community center was haunted Malcolm turned and looked him in the eye No Dandy the community center isn’t haunted the spelling bee is Dandy sat up and hugged his knees I think I need some ice cream Two scoops
Chapter 2 Super Savers Malcolm bounded into the kitchen excited to dig in to some delicious ice cream His feet slid across the floor as his socks lost their grip on the tile Malcolm’s arms flailed in large circles and he lost his balance falling sideways His left hip knocked against the kitchen table scattering everything lying on top Careful Malcolm’s mom hurried to the table But instead of checking to see if he was okay she worried over the tiny bits
