Tiny monsters.....
jumped back and hit the wall. I grabbed my
Sister and pulled her beside me.
The flashlight trembled in my hand. But I
swept it back and forth over the room.
And staredi in shock at the room filled
with MICE.
Hundreds of them. In a pile nearly to the ceil-
ing. No, not a pile. A mountain of mice.
Squeaking and chittering. A thousand tiny
voices at once. Two thousand little black eyes...
a thousand whipping tails.
They crawled over each other. They never
stopped clawing and climbing. Struggling to
climb to the top of the pile.
Their pink tails snapped and wriggled. Tiny
jaws clamped open and shut.
I held the flashlight beam on the pile of living
creatures. I couldn't take my eyes off the wild
tangle of bodies.
Frozen again the wall, I watched them elins
and soramble over each other and ciaw and bie
scratching and seraping.
177 Heather and I both uttered cries as a
clump of mice fell off the pile and hit the floor
with a hard thud.
Several landed on their backs. Their little
paws kicked the air. And they swung back to
their feet -and leaped back into the pile.
..I don't believe this," Heather stam.
mered. "Boone, do they see us? What's keeping
them in the center of the room?"
I raised my beam of light. "They're in a cage.
999 I said. "It's like chicken wire. Very thin
wire, Lok It goes up to the celling. They're
At the top of the mountain, several mice were
nearly pressed against the ceiling. As other mice
serambled to the top, they lost their place and
went toppling down the pile. Then they started
totally caged in."
their elimb again from the bottom.
pressed her hands against her cheeks.
doing here?"
Heather's eyes were wide with fright. She
she whispered, "all these mice. What are they
"Boone"
She grabbed my arm and squeezed it. "1
wallowed hard. I kept the on squeaking mice,
"Serpo;!
Heather squeezed my arm tighter
What did you just do ?
snake. 'The food for
serpo " I repeated,
Heather serunched up her face
I nodded. "Yes. I believe it, Looking at the
re here to feed him, They keep him from attacking the campers.
Boone, you starting to believe his
story
mice I believe it. This is a food pantry, Heath
For feeding Serpo, a giant snake"
But, Boone
"I believe Roddy's story," I said. "I think they
got rid of Roddy to keep him from telling the
tory to other campers. But I belie
I believe we're all in real danger at thi
And
camp.
.don't know what to believe" Heather
Keeping our backs against the wall, we slid
I reached the door. It was closed. I didn't
said in a trembling voice. "But these mice
they're too ereepy. Let's get out of here
toward the door:. In front of us, the mountain of
mice collapsed. The seramble to the top egan
again.
remember closing it.
Heather whispered.
get out of here."
I twisted the knob and pushed.
he door didn't budge.
I twisted it the other way. Pushed.
I leaned my shoulder into it and pushed hard,
No. Not moving.
I turned the knob and tried pulling. N
"Boone-hurry!" Heather eried.
"The door is stuck" I said.
And then I felt something warm and seratehy
on my ankle.
I kicked hard. But I felt prickly stabs on bothl
s. A warm body rubbed against my ankle.
I lowered the light. I saw a big tear in the
re cage. Mice were tumbling out through
opening. Pouring over the floor towards
Heather and me.
I felt a mouse climb up my leg. Felt its
iry body. Felt its pinprick paws dig into
Two more erawled over my flip-flops.
on me! They're climbing up my back!"
Heather screamed. "Boone -help! They're climbing on my back cried Heather.
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