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Authors: R. L. Stine
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across the room.
Once again, I began to feel weird. The egg-shaped spots sparkled in front of
my eyes, blinding me with their brightness.
I shut my eyes.
I could feel the room tilting and swaying.
I tried to grab hold of something. But my hands grasped only air.
“Ooooh!” I let out a low moan as I felt myself start to fall. Yes. I was
falling… falling…
When I opened my eyes, I didn’t know where I was. The room had disappeared. I
was surrounded by darkness. Surrounded by…
Whoa!
I gazed up at the book. The book of spells—it rested beside me on the
floor. But it had grown! The book was taller than me!
“Cheep cheep!” I cried.
“Cheep cheep cheep,” I heard Cole’s tiny reply.
I spun around to find him. “Cheep?”
“Cheep cheep!”
He was a little yellow chick! I swallowed hard. I knew what that meant. That
meant that I was also a tiny yellow chick!
I had reversed the spell—too much!
I struggled to speak—but I could only make a tiny cheep cheep sound.
My tiny feet clicked on the wooden floor.
“Cheep cheep?” Cole asked. The poor little guy sounded so frightened.
My tiny heart was pounding in my feathery yellow chest. I suddenly felt so angry. Why was this happening to us? Why did
Vanessa think she had a right to do this to us?
I pecked my little beak furiously against the floor. I had no other way of
letting out my anger.
But I didn’t have much time to be angry.
A dark blur of motion made me raise my eyes.
I saw the giant shadow. No. It was Vanessa’s cat. The cat perched on the desk
next to an old-fashioned-looking typewriter.
Its tail smacked the typewriter as the cat dropped to the floor.
It crossed the room quickly, silently—and rose up over me, its eyes glowing
with excitement.
It pulled back its lips, revealing its enormous teeth.
“Cheep cheep!” I squeaked. I froze in fear.
The cat pounced.
I felt its front paws wrap around my tiny, soft body.
Then the paws began to squeeze.
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I tried to kick. I tried to thrash my arms. Tried to wriggle free.
But I was helpless against the giant cat.
Its big paws squeezed me until I could barely breathe.
Then it grabbed my head in its paws.
And lifted me—up. Up.
The cat dangled me in the air for a few seconds.
I wanted to scream.
I wanted to break free.
But I was helpless. Too weak and tiny to do anything.
The cat’s eyes flashed as it dangled me in front of its face. Then it opened
its mouth wide—and stuffed me inside.
Ohhhh. The cat’s hot breath roared over me. The inside of its mouth felt so
hot, so disgustingly sticky and wet.
“Cheep cheep cheeeep!” I squealed.
The cat bounced me around on its tongue.
And then—to my surprise—spit me out.
I fell hard onto my side on the floor. Behind me, I could hear Cole cheeping
weakly.
I scrambled to my feet. I wanted to run.
But the cat grabbed me again. Lifted me high off the floor in its rough paws.
I saw the cat’s head, tilted at an angle. I saw a gleam of silvery drool on
its fangs. Felt its hot, sour breath roll over me once again.
The cat raised me high. Higher.
Is it going to swallow me this time? I wondered.
Is it going to shove me into its mouth and swallow me?
No. The purring creature let me drop back to the floor.
I landed on my back. My tiny feet clawed the air.
Before I could scramble to my feet, the cat picked me up again—this time by
the foot. It swung me from side to side in front of its open mouth.
It’s playing with me, I realized.
The cat is playing with its food!
And when it’s finished playing… then it will eat me!
I could hear Cole cheeping down on the floor. The cat held me in one paw,
dangling me in front of its face. Then it began batting me with its other paw,
making me spin.
The spinning made me dizzy. I shut my eyes as the cat dropped me once again
to the floor.
I landed on my side and lay there. I felt so weak, so frightened. I didn’t
even try to move.
Panting hard, I waited for
Once again, I began to feel weird. The egg-shaped spots sparkled in front of
my eyes, blinding me with their brightness.
I shut my eyes.
I could feel the room tilting and swaying.
I tried to grab hold of something. But my hands grasped only air.
“Ooooh!” I let out a low moan as I felt myself start to fall. Yes. I was
falling… falling…
When I opened my eyes, I didn’t know where I was. The room had disappeared. I
was surrounded by darkness. Surrounded by…
Whoa!
I gazed up at the book. The book of spells—it rested beside me on the
floor. But it had grown! The book was taller than me!
“Cheep cheep!” I cried.
“Cheep cheep cheep,” I heard Cole’s tiny reply.
I spun around to find him. “Cheep?”
“Cheep cheep!”
He was a little yellow chick! I swallowed hard. I knew what that meant. That
meant that I was also a tiny yellow chick!
I had reversed the spell—too much!
I struggled to speak—but I could only make a tiny cheep cheep sound.
My tiny feet clicked on the wooden floor.
“Cheep cheep?” Cole asked. The poor little guy sounded so frightened.
My tiny heart was pounding in my feathery yellow chest. I suddenly felt so angry. Why was this happening to us? Why did
Vanessa think she had a right to do this to us?
I pecked my little beak furiously against the floor. I had no other way of
letting out my anger.
But I didn’t have much time to be angry.
A dark blur of motion made me raise my eyes.
I saw the giant shadow. No. It was Vanessa’s cat. The cat perched on the desk
next to an old-fashioned-looking typewriter.
Its tail smacked the typewriter as the cat dropped to the floor.
It crossed the room quickly, silently—and rose up over me, its eyes glowing
with excitement.
It pulled back its lips, revealing its enormous teeth.
“Cheep cheep!” I squeaked. I froze in fear.
The cat pounced.
I felt its front paws wrap around my tiny, soft body.
Then the paws began to squeeze.
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I tried to kick. I tried to thrash my arms. Tried to wriggle free.
But I was helpless against the giant cat.
Its big paws squeezed me until I could barely breathe.
Then it grabbed my head in its paws.
And lifted me—up. Up.
The cat dangled me in the air for a few seconds.
I wanted to scream.
I wanted to break free.
But I was helpless. Too weak and tiny to do anything.
The cat’s eyes flashed as it dangled me in front of its face. Then it opened
its mouth wide—and stuffed me inside.
Ohhhh. The cat’s hot breath roared over me. The inside of its mouth felt so
hot, so disgustingly sticky and wet.
“Cheep cheep cheeeep!” I squealed.
The cat bounced me around on its tongue.
And then—to my surprise—spit me out.
I fell hard onto my side on the floor. Behind me, I could hear Cole cheeping
weakly.
I scrambled to my feet. I wanted to run.
But the cat grabbed me again. Lifted me high off the floor in its rough paws.
I saw the cat’s head, tilted at an angle. I saw a gleam of silvery drool on
its fangs. Felt its hot, sour breath roll over me once again.
The cat raised me high. Higher.
Is it going to swallow me this time? I wondered.
Is it going to shove me into its mouth and swallow me?
No. The purring creature let me drop back to the floor.
I landed on my back. My tiny feet clawed the air.
Before I could scramble to my feet, the cat picked me up again—this time by
the foot. It swung me from side to side in front of its open mouth.
It’s playing with me, I realized.
The cat is playing with its food!
And when it’s finished playing… then it will eat me!
I could hear Cole cheeping down on the floor. The cat held me in one paw,
dangling me in front of its face. Then it began batting me with its other paw,
making me spin.
The spinning made me dizzy. I shut my eyes as the cat dropped me once again
to the floor.
I landed on my side and lay there. I felt so weak, so frightened. I didn’t
even try to move.
Panting hard, I waited for
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