Dr. Crawler kept talking. Didn't he hear it? Was
he just ignoring it?
Roddy jumped to his feet. "What is that
sound? he cried.
Dr. Crawler's smile faded. He squinted at
Roddy. "Wow, you must never leave your house"
he said. "Haven't you ever heard crickets
before?"
Everyone was staring at Roddy.
"It doesn't sound like crickets," a girl said. She
had to shout over the loud hissing noises.
"I promise you city kids, that's what crickets
sound like," Dr. Crawler said. "Tell you what.
Tomorrow, we'll all go on a long hike. Itll be a
cricket hunt."
Roddy sat back down next to me. The hissing
sound died suddenly. It just cut out, like someone turning off a radio.
Iturned to Roddy and whispered, "It could
have been crickets," I said. "Just ignore it."
But the sound got me thinking. Was the
hill really crawling with snakes? Was Dr.
Crawler trying to keep it from us? Maybe he just
didn't want us to get scared on our first day
of camp.
Dr. Crawler started talking about camp activi-
ties. I kept thinking about Roddy and how scared
he was. And I kept waiting for the hissing sound
to start up again.
"Our Cabin Wars begin next week," Dr.
Crawler said. He kept slapping the weird-shaped
rock as he talked. "It's cabin versus cabin. I will explain the point system later.
But believe me.
People Cabin Wars get pretty intense. I mean,
it's take-no-prisoners around here!"
"Cottonmouth rules!" Kelly shouted.
Dr. Crawler laughed.
Kids started shouting out the names of their
cabins.
"I told you it gets intense!" Dr. Crawler
exclaimed. "And, of course, the big event- the
biggest competition-is the swim race across
Lake Hither."
saw Roddy shiver. And I knew he was think-
ing about Serpo, the enormous snake at the
bottom of the lake.
When the meeting broke up, I ran over to
Nathan. He and two other counselors were pulling candy bars out of a backpack and passing them to each other.
Nathan turned when he saw me "Sorry. You want candy
I don't want a candy bar" I said. "I have a work left," he said. The other two counsoulers ate too wandered of chewing loudly.
I question, Tell me the truth about the hissing"
Nathan shrugged. "Yeah, I heard it, too he
said "I think it was just the wind or something.
He called to the other counselors and went
The wind? Was Nathan totally clueless? Or
That night. just as I was getting used to the
Catch you later.
Funng after them.
was he hiding the truth from me?
py, hard mattress
.just as my eyes were
he hissing started up again.
ning, Roddy woke me up with a shrill
horror . "SNAKE!" he sereamed. "Ohhh,
SNAKE!
l was straight up in my top bunk
and sacked my head on the ceiling. Pain shot down
the e floor and glanced all around.
l couldn't see snake anywhere,
SNAKE Roddy screeched.
was he having a bad dream? I grabbed his
hand shook him . Kelly and Sid hurried
."Where is the snake."
In MY HEAD! Roddy cried...
Roddy's whole body shuddered and shook . He
pointed frantically to his ear. It's inside me !"
I Grabbed his head and saw something green wiggling inside Roddy's ear.
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