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crashed to the ground. An arrow was stuck in his back.
Chapter 4
Sabrina dropped her glass, and it shattered on the kitchen floor. The crash snapped her out of her shock and she sprang into action. She raced into the dining room, pulled her sister from her chair, and shoved her under the table.
"Stay here!" she ordered, then ran for the front door, shouting for Granny and Mr. Canis. In her bare feet, she raced outside and around the corner into the backyard. She found her uncle lying facedown. Sabrina gently turned him over and he let out a groan.
"Uncle Jake!" she cried, though looking at him closely, she wasn't positive that he was her uncle. There was something wrong with his face. He had a goatee and a large scar on his neck that looked as if a rope had been tied around it.
His hair was gray on the sides and his eyes seemed dull. He was clearly in a great deal of pain. '"Brina?"
"Granny and Mr. Canis are going to help you. They're on their way," Sabrina said through sobs.
"'Brina, you look so young," he said. "You look just like you did when you were twelve."
He's raving from the pain,
Sabrina thought to herself.
He needs a doctor right away.
"Someone help us!" she yelled. The storm above was incredibly loud, so she shouted again. She climbed to her feet and turned to the house. "Help!"
Elvis joined her cries with baleful barking, and in no time, Granny and Mr. Canis were rushing out of the house.
"Liebling, what is the matter?" Granny begged. She was in her nightgown and slippers and had a green mud mask on her face.
"It's Uncle Jake. He's been hurt," Sabrina cried, turning to the fallen man. But there was no sign of him. Bewildered, Sabrina scanned the edge of the woods. How could he have crawled away so quickly, and without her noticing? She studied the lawn, searching for a trail of blood, but there was nothing.
"But... he was lying right here on the ground. I saw him. I saw the arrow! He was dying."
Elvis rushed to the place where Uncle Jake had been lying. He sniffed the ground and whined.
"Child, you are mistaken," Canis said. "I can smell such things. No one has been injured."
"Sabrina, it's late. You must have been having a bad dream," Granny said. "Your Opa Basil used to walk in his sleep too."
"No! I
saw him. He was right here. We have to look for him!" she cried.
Uncle Jake walked around from the front of the house. He was his normal self. No scar on his neck and no goatee. "What's all the commotion?"
Sabrina suddenly felt woozy. Her eyes filled with little flashes of light and her face grew hot. "You were hurt... ," she tried to say, but then everything went black.
* * *
When Sabrina awoke the next morning she felt as if she had been asleep for a hundred years. She was groggy and awkward, and her legs felt like cooked spaghetti as she descended the steps to join her family for breakfast. When she saw that Uncle Jake was working his way through a box of donuts, she began to wonder if her grandmother was right. Maybe the entire incident had just been a vivid nightmare.
"Feeling better?" Granny said, entering the dining room with a tray of what looked like magenta-colored hash browns. The old woman scooped a spoonful on everyone's plate and a second helping onto Puck's. Elvis hovered under the table, licking Sabrina's feet as if to remind her that he had seen the odd incident as well.
"I'm fine," Sabrina said, though her head felt full of sludge.
"We were worried when you fainted. I fear you may have accidentally touched something at Baba Yaga's house that made you hallucinate," Granny said.
"What does 'hallucinate' mean?" Daphne asked.
"It's when you think you see something that isn't really there," Sabrina said.
"It usually means you've lost your marbles," Puck added.
"We're going to have to be more careful when we go back," their grandmother said as she sat down to eat.
"Go back?" Sabrina exclaimed. "There's no way we're setting foot in that loony-bin again!"
"I can't wait to
Chapter 4
Sabrina dropped her glass, and it shattered on the kitchen floor. The crash snapped her out of her shock and she sprang into action. She raced into the dining room, pulled her sister from her chair, and shoved her under the table.
"Stay here!" she ordered, then ran for the front door, shouting for Granny and Mr. Canis. In her bare feet, she raced outside and around the corner into the backyard. She found her uncle lying facedown. Sabrina gently turned him over and he let out a groan.
"Uncle Jake!" she cried, though looking at him closely, she wasn't positive that he was her uncle. There was something wrong with his face. He had a goatee and a large scar on his neck that looked as if a rope had been tied around it.
His hair was gray on the sides and his eyes seemed dull. He was clearly in a great deal of pain. '"Brina?"
"Granny and Mr. Canis are going to help you. They're on their way," Sabrina said through sobs.
"'Brina, you look so young," he said. "You look just like you did when you were twelve."
He's raving from the pain,
Sabrina thought to herself.
He needs a doctor right away.
"Someone help us!" she yelled. The storm above was incredibly loud, so she shouted again. She climbed to her feet and turned to the house. "Help!"
Elvis joined her cries with baleful barking, and in no time, Granny and Mr. Canis were rushing out of the house.
"Liebling, what is the matter?" Granny begged. She was in her nightgown and slippers and had a green mud mask on her face.
"It's Uncle Jake. He's been hurt," Sabrina cried, turning to the fallen man. But there was no sign of him. Bewildered, Sabrina scanned the edge of the woods. How could he have crawled away so quickly, and without her noticing? She studied the lawn, searching for a trail of blood, but there was nothing.
"But... he was lying right here on the ground. I saw him. I saw the arrow! He was dying."
Elvis rushed to the place where Uncle Jake had been lying. He sniffed the ground and whined.
"Child, you are mistaken," Canis said. "I can smell such things. No one has been injured."
"Sabrina, it's late. You must have been having a bad dream," Granny said. "Your Opa Basil used to walk in his sleep too."
"No! I
saw him. He was right here. We have to look for him!" she cried.
Uncle Jake walked around from the front of the house. He was his normal self. No scar on his neck and no goatee. "What's all the commotion?"
Sabrina suddenly felt woozy. Her eyes filled with little flashes of light and her face grew hot. "You were hurt... ," she tried to say, but then everything went black.
* * *
When Sabrina awoke the next morning she felt as if she had been asleep for a hundred years. She was groggy and awkward, and her legs felt like cooked spaghetti as she descended the steps to join her family for breakfast. When she saw that Uncle Jake was working his way through a box of donuts, she began to wonder if her grandmother was right. Maybe the entire incident had just been a vivid nightmare.
"Feeling better?" Granny said, entering the dining room with a tray of what looked like magenta-colored hash browns. The old woman scooped a spoonful on everyone's plate and a second helping onto Puck's. Elvis hovered under the table, licking Sabrina's feet as if to remind her that he had seen the odd incident as well.
"I'm fine," Sabrina said, though her head felt full of sludge.
"We were worried when you fainted. I fear you may have accidentally touched something at Baba Yaga's house that made you hallucinate," Granny said.
"What does 'hallucinate' mean?" Daphne asked.
"It's when you think you see something that isn't really there," Sabrina said.
"It usually means you've lost your marbles," Puck added.
"We're going to have to be more careful when we go back," their grandmother said as she sat down to eat.
"Go back?" Sabrina exclaimed. "There's no way we're setting foot in that loony-bin again!"
"I can't wait to
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