Stop Spooky That tickles Sit Spooky sat eagerly tail wagging Malcolm looked at Dandy and sighed You know the worst part of going back to school Dandy slid another finger in his mouth and chewed on that nail There’s something worse than 12 45 lunch We can only ghost hunt on weekends Malcolm and Dandy had already had two exciting ghost adventures this summer First they’d gone into the Freaky McBleaky house and been chased out by the ghost Herbert McBleaky Malcolm still cringed at the thought of the major wedgie the jokester had given him Then Malcolm waited weeks for his Ecto-Handheld-Automatic-Heat-Sensitive Laser-Enhanced Ghost Zapper to arrive
When it finally did he went ghost hunting again He zapped a ghost at the Millers house and met his late great grandfather and Spooky And we were just getting started Dandy said Malcolm fidgeted with his specter detector flipping it off and on Spooky flicked off and on too He faded then returned over and over as the specter detector detected him We won’t let it end Ghost hunting is what we do Malcolm said trying to sound encouraging We’ll devote every weekend to searching out ghosts Right Dandy agreed Nothing will stand in our way Dandy straightened chin high Yep Nothing
Malcolm was starting to cheer up On weekends ghost hunting comes first Right Dandy said Ghost hunting comes first Right after I do my homework mow the lawn clean my room and bathe the dog He counted out each item on his fingers Malcolm’s cheerful mood quickly drooped We’ll find time It was then that the basement door burst open A voice much like a bullhorn blared Mom says it’s time for dinner snothead Malcolm’s sister Cocoa stood at the top of the stairs She wore Irish green eye shadow and clown red lip gloss Malcolm thought she looked like a traffic light Spooky was scared by Cocoa’s demanding presence He dashed straight through Malcolm and hid behind him
Tell Mom I’ll be there in a minute Malcolm said Cocoa glared hands on hips I’m not your messenger Now come eat And tell your goofy friend he has to go home Her lips curled into a devilish grin It’s a school night He couldn’t think of anything clever to say so Malcolm simply stuck out his tongue Nerd Cocoa yelled stomping away Malcolm turned to Dandy There is one good thing about going back to school tomorrow What’s that Dandy wondered Seven full hours away from her
