"Nooooooo
Kids screamed. Two girls cracked heads as
they tried to dive out of their seats. Roddy raised
his arms in front of him like a shield.
I heard the rattle again. The warning from a
rattlesnake that it's about to strike.
I turned-and saw Heather laughing. She
had her hand raised. She was shaking the brace-
let around her wrist. Making it rattle.
Dad brought the bracelet back from a business
trip to India. It's a silver bangle with pebbles
inside. The pebbles make a loud rattle when she
shakes her arm.
I should have known!
sure that's why Heather wears it.
to her lap.
ding-dong riot!"
That rattling bracelet fools me every time. I'm
I grabbed Heather's hand and pushed it down
She shrugged. "0ops. Didn't mean to cause a
"False alarm!" I shouted. "False alarm
There's no snake!"
Kids climbed back into their seats. It took a
alarm!
long time for everyone to calm down.
turned to Roddy. He was pressed against the
window. He squeezed his rabbit's foot. He looked
even paler than before.
See what I mean?" he said, "Everyone's freaked out. Know why? Because they've heard
the stories about Camp Hither, too."
"Roddy, there aren't any snakes in the lake" I
repeated. "The kids who told you that were just
trying to scare you."
They told me other stories," he said softly,
gazing out the window.
"About a snake. A very big snake."
I shook my head. I started to tell him to lighten
up. But my sister tapped me on the shoulder.
"Do you think Mom and Dad will send my
birthday presents to camp?" she asked. "Or do
you think they'll forget like last summer?"
I shook my fist in the air. "Heather, do you
want to live to be eleven? Then, stop talking
about yowr birthday!"
"Shut your dirty doodad!" she snapped.
That's another one of our grandmother's favor-
ite expressions. I don't know why Heather keeps
repeating them. Is she weird or what?
A few minutes later, the bus pulled off the road
and began to bounce along a gravel driveway.
We passed a large wooden sign that read:
WELCOME TO CAMP HITHER! LIPE IN THE WILD!
Hey, we're here!" I cried.
Kids cheered and shouted, bounced up and
down in their seats, and slapped high fives. The
bus driver honked the horn five or six times.
We rolled through thick woods. Patches of
purple and red wildflowers lined the gravel
drive. Through the trees, I could see a blue lake
in the distance, surrounded by tall grass.
The bus squealed to a stop. Everyone jumped
up. We pushed and shoved each other in our rush
to get out of the bus.
Blinking in the bright sunlight, I gazed around.
The bus had parked in front of a group of small
cabins used for supplies. They were made of
wood, painted white.
I saw tetherball poles in front of each cabin.
And at one end, a wide, grassy soccer field.
Behind the field, a steep green hill led to
more buildings. Thick woods surrounded the
whole camp.
The bus driver started to pull our bags from
the luggage hold. And a grinning man came run-
ning toward us across the gravel parking lot.
He was tall and thin and very tan. He had a
black mustache and sleek, shiny black hair
brushed straight back from his forehead.
"Yo, everyone! Yo!" he called, waving as he
came trotting toward us. Welcome!"
He wore baggy khaki shorts and a brown
Sweatshirt with a large coiled snake printed on
the front. The snake had its jaws open as if it
was ready to snap.
Roddy poked me in the ribs. "See what I
mean?" he whispered. "See? It's all about
snakes.
"Roddy, it's a wilderness camp - remember?"
I said. "Forget those stories. Forget."
The man turned around and I read the name
on the back of his sweatshirt. In snaky black letters, it said:
- DR. CRAWLER.
* End Of Chapter *
key question- Who is Dr. Crawler.
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