20. You Axed for It

CHAPTER 20 YOU AXED FOR IT "Hooray!" cried Wedgie Woman as she turned off her new TV. "My plan worked. Now it's time to take over the world!" "But what about us?" asked Harold. "Don't worry," said Wedgie Woman. "I've got a big surprise for you two." She took a heavy battle-axe and tied it up with a rope. Then she leaned the axe toward George and Harold and lit a candle under the rope. "When the flame burns through the rope," said Wedgie Woman, "all your problems will be over. Get the point?" "Not really," said George. "Don't worry," laughed Wedgie Woman. "You will soon enough."

Wedgie Woman laughed a horrible laugh. Then she dashed out the door to take on the world! George and Harold watched as the flame began burning through the rope. They cringed as the impending doom of the axe blade came closer and closer. "Well," said George, "it looks like this is the end." "Maybe not," said Harold. "Maybe the blade will fall and slice through our ropes and not harm us at all." "I doubt it," said George. "That kind of thing only happens in really lame adventure stories."

Suddenly, the blade fell and sliced through the ropes, not harming George or Harold at all. The two boys looked at each other and decided it was best not to comment on the situation.