I glanced over at the other guys. They seemed
to be fine. No seratching. No tingling. No peeling skin.
It's probably just dry skin, I told myselt. I
decided to ignore it.
Nathan led us to the Meeting Ground. It was
in a round clearing in the woods on the far side
of the soccer field.
Kids laughed and talked as we crossed the
field. Some guys were singing a funny rap song
Heather eame running up to me. Her curly hair
bounced as she ran.
"How's it going? What cabin are you in?" I
asked her.
Three guesses." She rattled her bracelet.
"You're in Rattler?"
She laughed. "Boone, you're a genius."
Sid and Kelly picked up long twigs. They
started slapping them against each other in a
wild sword fight as we walked. Those guys
never quit.
Roddy walked between Heather and me.
Kids tossed a red Frisbee back and forth.
"Look out!" someone shouted. It bounced off
Roddy's back.
He let out a cry.
He probably thinks he was attackked by a
snake! I thought.
But Roddy got it together quickly. He picked
up the Frisbee and sent it sailing back to the
kids. A nice toss.
"Roddy wants to tell us another horror story
about a giant snake that lives in the lake," I told
Heather.
"It's not a horror story," Roddy protested.
"It's a legend about Hither Lake. A kid told me it
was true."
Heather rattled her bracelet in Roddy's face.
"Go, Rattlers! Rattlers rule!" she cried. She did
a freaky snake dance around Roddy and me.
My sister is totally disturbing.
"What's the legend?" I asked Roddy.
"This guy told me about a GIANT diamond-
back water snake," Roddy said. "The snake is
giganto. Really. It's as big as TWO alligators:
"Whoa," I said. "That's a big snake. And it
lives in the lake?"
Roddy nodded. "Its name is Serpo. And it
needs to be fed. If it isn't fed, it crawls Out of
lake and attacks the camp."
That's doo-dah nasty," Heather said,.
We were nearing the Meeting Ground, Kia
were sitting in a semicircle near a low white
stone wall.
"How do they feed Serpo?" I asked Roddy
He swallowed. "I know you're not going to
believe this, Boone. But this is what the kids at
school told me."
"Tell," Heather said.
"Once during the summer, the counselors
make all the campers swim across Lake Hither
And Serpo pulls some kids down. Forfood. That's
how they feed him. And when he's finished eat-
ing the campers, their bare bones wash up on
shore."
Roddy loolked so serious, Heather and I burst
out laughing.
"That's not true. That's from a movie!" Heather
said. "Bye!" She ran off acroSs the grass to join
some other girls from her cabin.
muttered.
The four of us sat down in the grass.
"Isaid you wouldn't believe me," Roddy
We followed Nathan to the Meeting Ground.
The low wall curved behind us. We faced a tall
Dlack rock, almost diamond shaped. Behind till
we could see a steep grassy hill with a building
at the top.
Thick woods surrounded us. Behind the trees,
the afternoon sun was starting to drop.
Dr. Crawler came out and stood in front of the
rock. He had changed into jeans, sandals, anda
green-and-blue sweatshirt that said CAMP HITHER
across the front.
"This is our welcome meeting," he announced.
"And so, let me say.. . welcome! Here at Camp
Hither, we want you to have the most fun you
can in the great outdoors."
Someone popped a loud bubble-gum bubble.
Kids burst out laughing.
Dr. Crawler's mustache curled up as he smiled.
"I see a lot of you are already having fun! he
said. "Well, things are always popping here at
Camp Hither!"
It was a lame joke. But a few kids laughed at it.
Dr. Crawler slapped his hand on the black
rock. "Let me tell you the story of the Meeting
Rock," he said. "We have many stories to tell
here at Camp Hither, and this rock...
I couldn't hear the rest of what he was saying.
His voice was suddenly drowned out by a loud
hissing sound.
The sound rose like a Siren.. loud...
shrill...
It seemed to float down from the hill.
Koddy pressed his hands over his ears. His
eyes grew wide with fright. "I told you," he whispered. "Snakes. Snakes everywhere!"
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