I kicked a pack of mice off my feet. But four more
scrambled around my ankles.
Heather twisted and squirmed. She shook her
whole body, tossing mice into the air.
A mouse leaped onto my back. I ducked and
spun and sent it flying.
"Ohhhh, help," Heather moaned. "They're
swarming-more and more of them! They're
going to bury us!"
I grabbed the doorknob. Twisted it. Pushed
the door with all my strength. I frantically
shook the knob back and forth.
Did we lock ourselves in?
Or did someone else lock the door?
My shoulder prickled. I felt something warm
on my neck.
I pulled a mouse out of my hair and tossed it
into the pile. I kicked one leg, then the other, trying to keep the squealing creatures off.
What are we gong to dor W hat are we
to do tleather ahrieked. She plueked a
hom her neck. 8Am One slite of the back of er
shorta
a there another door?" I ehoked out. I bumed
a mouse off my knee, lt let out a squeal and
jumped onto my foot.
I glanced all around, The room had only
one door
Mice were atreaming out of the wire cage,
aeross the floor. "Ow!" I felt a sharp bite on my
arm. I felt prickly seratches up and down
my legs.
They were pouring over Heather and me!
They they're going to EAT us!" I
stammered.
And the door swung open.
"Dr. Crawler!" I eried.
We were caught!
No. Dim 1light from the hall slanted into the
room. Two faces appeared. Sid and Kelly.
They both let out startled eries when they saw
Heather and me battling the mice.
"I don't believe this!" Sid exclaimed. His eyes
bulged. He stared at the mountain of scram
bling mice.
Then he and Kelly dove into the room and
began tugging mice off Heather and me. They
flung them back toward the mountain, then
grabbed us and yanked us out of the room.
The four of us stumbled out the door. I couldn't
stop shivering and shuddering. I still had a mouse
crawling up my neck.
Sid grabbed it and tossed it back into the room
Then I slammed the door shut.
Heather and I stood there in the narrow hall,
unable to stop shaking. I hugged myself, But I
couldn't stop chill after chill from sweeping down
my back. All I could think of was jumping intoa
shower and staying under it for hours!
I knew I'd see that quivering, squealing moun-
tain of mice in my dreams.
Sid and Kelly led the way out of the building.
Heather and I gulped down breath after breath
of fresh air.
Finally, I turned to my two bunkmates. "How
did you find us?" I asked.
"We saw you sneak out of the cabin," Kelly
replied. "So we followed you up the hill."
"That was totally freaky in there. What are
those mice doing in that room?" Sid asked.
"Good question," I said.
The hissing sound started up again, so close it
made us all jump.
"We've got to find out what this is about,"
Heather said. She fluffed out her hair with
Doth hands. She smiled when she didn't find
any mice.
he counselors know" Sid said. "They've
got to"
"Let's wake them up," I said. I started to go
down the hill, slipping on the dewy grass.
Yeah. Let's make em tell us the truth
Heather cried.
The four of us half ran, half slid down the hill,
The moon kept riding in and out behind clouds
Deep shadows swept over us, then faded in the
moonlight.
Nathan and four other counselors had their
own cabin behind the arts and crafts cabin. We
trotted up to the door.
The counselors' cabin stood in deep shadows,
The hissing from up on the hill suddenly
stopped.
I pounded on the door.
"Hey-wake up!" Heather shouted.
I pounded again.
Silence. No one stirred.
"Let's go in," I said. I pulled open the screen
door and stepped inside.
Heather, Sid, and Kelly followed me in. The
cabin was hot and stufiy and smelled of sweat.
"Yo! Wake up!" I said.
Silence. No one moved.
"Wow, these dudes are, like, out cold!" Sid
whispered.
My eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness.
could see two bunk beds against the wall anda
cot under one window.
under the bedsheet. One of the sleeping
I stepped up to the cot. A long lump stretched
counselors.
"Nathan? Is that you?" I whispered.
"Wake up!"
I poked the sheet gently with two fingers.
The bedsheet moved. I jumped back as some-
thing slipped out from under the sheet.
At first, I thought I was looking at a fire hose.
But it took me only a second to realize I was
staring at a huge snake!
The snake uncoiled. Raised itself high- and
snapped back its head, ready to attack.
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