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YOU CAN’T SCARE ME!
Goosebumps - 15
R.L. Stine
(An Undead Scan v1.5)
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The day we decided to scare Courtney was the day of our class field trip.
Mr. Melvin, our teacher, and Ms. Prince, the other sixth-grade teacher, stood
counting us as we boarded the yellow school bus.
Courtney was first in line, of course. Courtney makes sure she is always first in
line. Her friend Denise boarded right behind her.
It was a gray day. Dark storm clouds rolled overhead, blocking the sun. The guy
on the radio said there was a ninety percent chance of rain.
I didn’t care. I was happy to be getting out of school.
I pushed my friend Hat into the kid in front of him. His real name is Herbie, but
everyone calls him Hat. That’s because no one has ever seen him without a baseball
cap on his head. I’ve known Hat since fourth grade, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen
his hair.
The kid in front spun around and shoved Hat back at me.
“Hey—give me a break!” Hat shouted. He slugged me hard on the shoulder.
“You made me swallow my gum, Eddie.”
“Hey, guys, be cool,” Mr. Melvin said, frowning at us. He’s the kind of teacher
who always says things like “be cool” and tries to act like he’s our friend. But he’s a
pretty good teacher, anyway.
And he takes us on a lot of field trips, which is cool.
“Why are we going to a forest?” Hat grumbled, slipping another piece of bubble
gum into his mouth. “What are we supposed to look for?”
“Trees, I guess,” I replied. I didn’t remember why we were going to Greene
Forest. I just remembered we were supposed to take notes.
“Eddie, want some bubble gum?”
I turned around to see my friend Charlene right behind me in line. She and my
other friend Molly had big gobs of grape gum in their mouths and were chewing
hard.
“Molly, how can you chew that stuff with braces?” I asked.
She opened her mouth in a wide grin, showing me her teeth. “It doesn’t stick too
much,” she said.
Molly’s braces are red and blue. She’s always showing them off. I don’t know
why.
Molly and Charlene look so much alike, almost like sisters. They both have short
brown hair and brown eyes. They’re both about my height, five two. They both wear
