دوستام منو هیولا صدا می زنند فصل 14

My Friends Call Me Monster - Chapter 14

I hunched below the window, squeezing myself into a tight ball. And waited for the creature to stick its head out the window. Or to come flying out the back door to grab me.

But no.

After a minute or so, I realized it probably hadn’t seen me. So I took a deep breath and pulled myself back up to the window.

The monster stood over the stove. It had a long white spatula tucked in one claw. It was stirring something in a big frying pan.

Eggs?

I squinted through the window. Yes, it was cooking up a big pan of eggs.

Now it had its back to me. I straightened up a little higher to see better.

How did it escape from the basement?

And how did it know how to cook?

A thousand questions whirred through my mind. I shook them away and reached into my jeans for my phone. I raised the phone to the window and steadied it.

No. No good. Too dark in the kitchen.

I clicked the phone shut and shoved it back into my jeans pocket. I pressed my nose against the window. I watched the monster stir the eggs with the long spatula.

And then the creature stuck out its other claw. It grabbed up a big hunk of egg and slid it into its mouth. It turned to the side. I could see the smile on its snout as it chewed.

It chewed the eggs for a short while, then swallowed.

And instantly, the monster began to change. Its whole shape wriggled and pulled in. Its green head shrunk and shifted — until it became a human head!

In seconds, the monster transformed into Mrs. Hardesty!

I gasped. I nearly hit my head on the window.

Mrs. Hardesty was a monster, too!

The eggs changed her back to her human body.

If only I had taken a picture.

If only Daisy and DeWayne had come with me. I’d have witnesses. I’d have proof.

I watched Mrs. Hardesty reach into the pan. She picked up another chunk of scrambled egg. She took a big bite.

In seconds, she stood there — a monster again!

Another bite of egg. And she transformed back into Mrs. Hardesty.

Wow! I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. But I realized how powerful those eggs were. They could turn you from a monster into a human and back again — in seconds.

“No one will ever believe this!” I muttered to myself. And she planned to bring these eggs to school and feed them to everyone!

I slid down to the ground. I sat with my back to the wall, trying to think. Trying to make a plan.

How could I get pictures of this without being caught?

Even with the pictures, would anyone believe the power of the eggs?

I shook my head, trying to clear my brain.

And the back door swung open. Mrs. Hardesty stepped out onto the stoop.

“Michael!” she cried. “I thought I saw you. What are you doing here?”