Katharine the Almost Great Can't Keep Trackula of Jackula
CHAPTER 1 Spook-a-Rama Drama H alloween is the most super-duper holiday of the year Except for Christmas And my birthday And Valentine’s Day Those itty-bitty hearts with sayings like URAQT are gr8 Still Halloween is spooktacular But I have a teensy-weensy secret Monsters and ghosts give me spook-a rama trick-or-treat drama I do not like them Not one bit Not that I believe in those things anymore So when I saw the Dracula DVD that Crockett brought upstairs for movie night my hands started to sweat 5
That looks scary I said nervously Since Crockett is usually nice about things that creep me out I thought he’d say this Okay we can watch a Penelope Parks movie But he didn’t Instead he said Dracula isn’t real you know Don’t be a scaredy-cat I know he’s not real I said as I nibbled my nails But the truth was Dracula was one of the reasons I wasn’t getting rid of my can of Monsters-Be Gone spray anytime soon I took a deep breath and scrunched my nose Go ahead Put it in I looked at the cover again Did you know that one of the smallest mammals in the world is the bumblebee bat Crockett’s eyes lit up Actually I knew that He shoved the DVD into the 6
player Who’s the most famous ghost detective in the world I tossed a piece of popcorn into my mouth and shrugged Sherlock Moans Crockett said and then laughed Get it Got it I said Crockett tapped the dog next to Dracula on the DVD case What kind of dog does Dracula want He folded his arms and A bloodhound tapped his foot Halloween was only a week away That meant apple pie carved pumpkins and for some reason Crockett’s endless Halloween jokes Mom climbed over the kitchen gate and plopped Jack on the floor Jack’s as cranky as a witch without her broom Maybe he’ll sit with you kids for a while 7
