9. Four-to-Six Weeks Later

CHAPTER 9 FOUR TO SIX WEEKS LATER After four to six weeks of backbreaking labor, grueling homework assignments, and humiliating good behavior at school, a package arrived in George's mailbox from the Li'l Wiseguy Novelty Company. It was the 3-D Hypno-Ring.

"Hallelujah!" cried George. "It's everything I ever hoped for!" "Let me see, let me see," said Harold. "Don't look directly at it," warned George. "You don't want to get hypnotized, do you?" "Do you really think it will work?" asked Harold. "Do you really think we can amaze our friends, control our enemies, and rule the world just like the ad says?" "It better work," said George. "Or else we just wasted four whole bucks!"