Wait Wait Wait Malcolm waited on his front porch steps He craned his neck to the right looking as far down the street as possible His best friend Dandy sat next to him Dandy wiggled his finger in his ear like he was trying to loosen something Where is she Malcolm said What Dandy asked
I’ve been waiting for weeks and today is finally the day I can’t believe she’s late Malcolm got up and started to pace in front of the porch What Dandy repeated Malcolm sighed and then removed Dandy’s finger from his ear She’s never this late Dandy shrugged Oh Well maybe she had an emergency Malcolm thought about that What kind of emergency would a mail carrier have Maybe she had to deliver a baby Dandy put his finger back into his ear and jiggled it some more She’s a mail carrier Dandy not a stork Malcolm sat back down and tapped his foot impatiently He had already used his
Ecto-Handheld-Automatic-Heat-Sensitive Laser-Enhanced Specter Detector It worked well Too well Malcolm cringed He still had nightmares about the major wedgie that prankster ghost Herbert McBleaky had given him After that experience Malcolm had decided that it was no use detecting a ghost if you couldn’t get rid of it So Malcolm had ordered an Ecto-Handheld-Automatic-Heat Sensitive-Laser-Enhanced Ghost Zapper And he intended to use it Dandy looked at his fingers then burrowed into his other ear You never told me the plan Are we going after Herbert McBleaky Naw I think we should detect a tamer ghost first and use the zapper on him But where are we going to find a tamer ghost
There are ghosts everywhere Malcolm told him We’ll just go on a ghost hunt Dandy’s face brightened Yeah Like a treasure hunt Then he paused Except we’d find something scary instead of something fun No one said ghost detecting would be fun Malcolm said It’s certainly not for the weak of heart Although as Malcolm said it he wasn’t so sure he was really all that brave Dandy gave him a blank stare It was the same look he gave his mom when she’d ask if he’d cleaned his room If it isn’t fun then why are we even doing it Didn’t Dandy understand anything For the greater good Malcolm replied We’ll rid the world of all the stray ghosts I mean think about it They’re just hanging out making houses uninhabitable
