Goosebumps HorrorLand: Revenge of the Living Dummy
Like tonight Molly stopped shoveling to push the hair out of her eyes Raindrops pattered on the blanket of dead leaves on the ground Britney does this look deep enough she asked in a hoarse whisper I glanced at the glass coffin on the ground Keep digging We have to totally cover it I said I turned back to the street It was late and the neighborhood stood dark and still But what if someone drove by and saw us How could we ever explain the grave we were digging How could we explain why we were there Molly groaned and dug the shovel blade into the dirt The dead leaves crackled I held my breath and listened Footsteps Someone creeping quickly through the leaves toward us Molly I whispered Then I saw them huddled low moving in a line Raccoons A pack of them little eyes glowing The black fur on their faces made the little creatures look like they were wearing masks They froze when they saw us And then stood up taller Do raccoons ever attack These raccoons looked really hungry I imagined them stampeding Molly and me Swarming over us clawing and biting A bright flash of lightning brought them into clear focus They were staring at the little glass coffin Did they think there was food inside A clap of thunder closer now startled them The leader turned and scuttled away over the leaves The others followed I shivered and wiped rain off my forehead Molly handed me the shovel Your turn she said It's almost finished The wooden handle scratched my hand I kicked dirt off the blade and stepped up to the shallow hole No one will ever find it here I said Once we bury the evil thing we'll be safe from it
Molly didn't answer I had the sudden feeling something was wrong I turned and saw Molly staring with her mouth open Staring at the tall gravestone next to us She pointed Brit And then I heard the old stone creak And saw the pale hand slowly reach out from the grave No time to move No time to scream I stood frozen around my ankle and watched the hand wrap its cold bony fingers And then I started to scream
2 Two weeks earlier I had other things on my mind I wasn't thinking about the old graveyard down the street I had other problems Well one big problem And his name was Ethan Ethan is my cousin and it isn't nice to hate your cousin So let's just say he isn't one of my favorite people on this planet I like to make lists And if I made a list of My Top 5,000 Favorite People in the World my cousin Ethan wouldn't be on it Get what I'm saying It was almost dinnertime on a Friday night And I was perched on the edge of the bed in my new bedroom Why did I have a new bedroom Because Mom and Dad kicked me out of my awesome room in the attic to make room for guess who Ethan So now I had to sleep in Mom's sewing room And the sewing machine was still against the wall So how much room did I have Try not much I was talking on my cell to Molly Molly is maybe the only person who understands what a pain Ethan is Because she's met him And she had two bruised knees to prove it Whoever told Ethan that kicking people is funny Molly and I are like sisters If you mention Molly Molloy you have to mention me Britney Crosby too We are both twelve and we live on the same block and we've always been in the same class since third grade
We both like to draw and paint We both like to make lists of everything We are always finishing each other's sentences like we have one brain Molly is a little taller than me and more into sports We both have coppery hair although hers is lighter and curlier And we both have brown eyes I'm the funny one It's hard to make Molly laugh I think she's more serious than me because her parents split up and she lives with her dad He travels a lot and he's kind of a flake So she feels like she has to be the grown up in the house Obviously I've thought about it a lot I once made a list of my good qualities and my bad qualities And one of my good qualities is that I really try to understand my friends I can't come over now I told Molly That brat Ethan will be here any minute Dad went to the bus station to pick him up 99 Molly groaned into the phone Maybe you'll get lucky Maybe he missed the bus Why is he coming to stay with you anyway His parents had to go away or something I said He's even coming to our school I think he's in third grade He's such a sicko Molly said Maybe you should move over here till he leaves I rolled my eyes Like my mom would go for that She knows you hate him Molly said I'm supposed to feel sorry for Ethan because he's had such a tough life I said You know His parents were both sick for a long time and didn't pay any attention to him Molly shook her head Yeah I remember I groaned So Mom and Dad say I have to take good care of him Every ten minutes they remind me I have to be nice to him Hel lo Molly said Do they know he kicks people when the grown-ups grown-ups aren't looking Do they know how he kept trying to trip you and make
