Chapter 81

"Oh, Studmuffin," I called in a sing-song voice. "Guess whaaaa-aaaat?"

With my finger hovering over the computer mouse, I turned from my laptop to look for my familiar. I peeked under the kitchen table then toward the living room. Where was that fluffer-stinker? Surely he would know what I was doing and what I was about to do. He'd been pestering me about it for days.

"Studmuffin?"

Behind me, the softest little thud sounded. I whirled and nearly fell out of my chair. There he was, levitating four feet off the ground and peering over my shoulder.

"Studmuffin, will you please answer me when I call you?" I screeched.

"Shh. I'm reading." He pointed his paw at the screen. "You misspelled gargantuan. It's with a t."

"I did?" I turned back to my laptop. "I did. Why is that such a weird word? It sounds like it should have a ch."

"You could use a synonym instead. Colossal? Immense?"