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Authors: Edward Lee
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for a vampire,
in fact. “Was Count Volkov immortal too, like Count Dracula?” he
asked next.
“ Of course,” Aunt Carolyn
explained. “All vampires are immortal.”
“ What’s immortal mean?”
Jimmy asked, crunching handfuls of popcorn into his
mouth.
“ It’s someone who never
dies,” Becky hissed. “Don’t you know anything, or do you just have
rocks in your head?”
“ But vampires aren’t just
immortal,” Aunt Carolyn continued with her tale. “They’re also…
evil.”
More lightning cracked from outside,
the tall narrow windows across the room lit up with white light for
a moment, then went dark again, and the rain seemed to be falling
harder now.
“ Vampires, according to the
legends,” Aunt Carolyn began, “only come out at night, because they
can’t stand to be in sunlight. They sleep during the day, in their
coffins.”
“ Wow,” Jimmy mumbled, his
cheeks stuffed with popcorn.
“ Don’t talk with your mouth
full,” Becky griped. “It’s so impolite.”
Aunt Carolyn rolled her eyes,
smiling.
Kevin jumped in, “And vampires can’t
be in water, either, right?”
Aunt Carolyn nodded.
“That’s right. They can’t cross running water, for the same reason
they can’t be in sunlight. Because running water and sunlight are
pure things of the earth, and vampires are just the opposite.
They’re im pure.
They’re cursed to live forever in evil, and do evil things. And
sometimes, as I’m sure you’ve heard, they can change themselves
into bats and fly around wherever they like at night.”
Jimmy gulped and looked over at
Kevin.
Bats, Kevin thought with a slow dread spreading. We just saw several bats right outside…
Then he asked, “Isn’t it true that,
even though vampires are immortal, there are ways to stop them? In
the movies, the good guys always hammer a wooden stake into the
vampire’s heart, and that kills them.”
Again, Aunt Carolyn nodded. “That’s
quite right. A wooden stake driven through the heart will do it.
And the only other way to kill a vampire is to keep him out in
bright sunlight for a while or in running water. Plus, a vampire
can’t look at the sign of the cross, so that’s how people would
protect themselves. Vampires are, like, allergic, to crosses. In
fact, in Romania and other countries in Eastern Europe, townspeople
would often paint crosses on their doors to keep vampires away. And
they’d paint the crosses… in blood.”
In blood! Kevin thought. Gross!
The fire continued to pop and crackle,
and thunder rumbled from outside—Kevin could actually feel the
floor shudder. He leaned further over in his seat on the couch and
said, “Tell us about Count Volkov.”
Aunt Carolyn’s long black dress and
black hair almost made her look like part of the shadows around her
armchair. At times, all Kevin could really see was her thin, pale
face smiling in the firelight. She waited a moment for the thunder
to pass, then went on, “Count Volkov was a vampire, just like
Dracula. He was born in the 1600’s as a prince. No one knows how he
became a vampire, he may even have been born that way. He lived for
hundreds of years in a big castle, ruling over his kingdom. But one
day—”
“ What?” Kevin asked, his
eyes wide in fascination. “What happened?”
“ Let her tell the story,
stupe!” Becky complained again.
“ It was hundreds of years
later, in the late 1800’s. By then the people in The Count’s kingom
realized that he was a vampire. So they all banded together and
revolted against him. Unfortunately, many of them died in the
fight, but eventually they were able to drive The Count out of his
kingdom. And can you guess what happened then?”
“ He changed into a bat and
flew away?” Jimmy suggested.
“ No, but you’re close,”
Aunt Carolyn informed him. “The Count still had many servants under
his vampire’s spell, and he was also very rich. He collected all
the gold in the kingdom and had it melted down into gold
in fact. “Was Count Volkov immortal too, like Count Dracula?” he
asked next.
“ Of course,” Aunt Carolyn
explained. “All vampires are immortal.”
“ What’s immortal mean?”
Jimmy asked, crunching handfuls of popcorn into his
mouth.
“ It’s someone who never
dies,” Becky hissed. “Don’t you know anything, or do you just have
rocks in your head?”
“ But vampires aren’t just
immortal,” Aunt Carolyn continued with her tale. “They’re also…
evil.”
More lightning cracked from outside,
the tall narrow windows across the room lit up with white light for
a moment, then went dark again, and the rain seemed to be falling
harder now.
“ Vampires, according to the
legends,” Aunt Carolyn began, “only come out at night, because they
can’t stand to be in sunlight. They sleep during the day, in their
coffins.”
“ Wow,” Jimmy mumbled, his
cheeks stuffed with popcorn.
“ Don’t talk with your mouth
full,” Becky griped. “It’s so impolite.”
Aunt Carolyn rolled her eyes,
smiling.
Kevin jumped in, “And vampires can’t
be in water, either, right?”
Aunt Carolyn nodded.
“That’s right. They can’t cross running water, for the same reason
they can’t be in sunlight. Because running water and sunlight are
pure things of the earth, and vampires are just the opposite.
They’re im pure.
They’re cursed to live forever in evil, and do evil things. And
sometimes, as I’m sure you’ve heard, they can change themselves
into bats and fly around wherever they like at night.”
Jimmy gulped and looked over at
Kevin.
Bats, Kevin thought with a slow dread spreading. We just saw several bats right outside…
Then he asked, “Isn’t it true that,
even though vampires are immortal, there are ways to stop them? In
the movies, the good guys always hammer a wooden stake into the
vampire’s heart, and that kills them.”
Again, Aunt Carolyn nodded. “That’s
quite right. A wooden stake driven through the heart will do it.
And the only other way to kill a vampire is to keep him out in
bright sunlight for a while or in running water. Plus, a vampire
can’t look at the sign of the cross, so that’s how people would
protect themselves. Vampires are, like, allergic, to crosses. In
fact, in Romania and other countries in Eastern Europe, townspeople
would often paint crosses on their doors to keep vampires away. And
they’d paint the crosses… in blood.”
In blood! Kevin thought. Gross!
The fire continued to pop and crackle,
and thunder rumbled from outside—Kevin could actually feel the
floor shudder. He leaned further over in his seat on the couch and
said, “Tell us about Count Volkov.”
Aunt Carolyn’s long black dress and
black hair almost made her look like part of the shadows around her
armchair. At times, all Kevin could really see was her thin, pale
face smiling in the firelight. She waited a moment for the thunder
to pass, then went on, “Count Volkov was a vampire, just like
Dracula. He was born in the 1600’s as a prince. No one knows how he
became a vampire, he may even have been born that way. He lived for
hundreds of years in a big castle, ruling over his kingdom. But one
day—”
“ What?” Kevin asked, his
eyes wide in fascination. “What happened?”
“ Let her tell the story,
stupe!” Becky complained again.
“ It was hundreds of years
later, in the late 1800’s. By then the people in The Count’s kingom
realized that he was a vampire. So they all banded together and
revolted against him. Unfortunately, many of them died in the
fight, but eventually they were able to drive The Count out of his
kingdom. And can you guess what happened then?”
“ He changed into a bat and
flew away?” Jimmy suggested.
“ No, but you’re close,”
Aunt Carolyn informed him. “The Count still had many servants under
his vampire’s spell, and he was also very rich. He collected all
the gold in the kingdom and had it melted down into gold
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