ماسک روح زده فصل 05

The Haunted Mask - Chapter 5

Carly Beth screamed and knocked over the solar system.

She kicked her leg wildly, trying to toss off the tarantula. Ping-Pong ball planets bounced over the floor.

She screamed again. “Get it off me! Get it off!”

“Carly Beth—stop!” Sabrina pleaded. “You’re okay! You’re okay!”

It took Carly Beth a long while to realize that everyone was laughing. Her heart pounding, she spun around to find Steve down on his hands and knees behind her.

He made a pinching motion with his thumb and finger. “Gotcha again,” he said, grinning up at her.

“Noooo!” Carly Beth cried.

There was no tarantula, she realized. Steve had pinched her leg.

She raised her head and saw that kids all over the stage were laughing. Mrs. Armbruster and Mr. Smythe were laughing, too.

With a cry of anger, Carly Beth tried to kick Steve in the side. But he spun away. She missed.

“Help me pick up the planets,” she heard Sabrina say.

But Sabrina seemed far, far away.

All Carly Beth could hear was the pounding of her heart and the laughter of the kids all around her. Steve had climbed to his feet. He and Chuck were side by side, grinning at her, slapping each other high-fives.

“Carly Beth—help me,” Sabrina pleaded.

But Carly Beth spun away, jumped off the stage, and ran, escaping up the dark auditorium aisle.

I’m going to pay Steve and Chuck back, she vowed angrily, her sneakers thudding loudly up the concrete aisle. I’m going to scare them, REALLY scare them!

But how?