18. Things Get Bad

CHAPTER 18 THINGS GET BAD In a few hours, the fourth graders were all packed into a hot, stinky factory listening to a boring speech about how trees are turned into tissues... or something like that. Nobody was paying attention, really, except for Melvin Sneedly, who was terrified. His whole body shook and shimmered as the tour took them down the narrow walkways of the noisy industrial plant.

Finally, the tour ended at the gift shop, where the plant manager, Mr. Snoddy, had a surprise for everybody. "Behind this red curtain with black dots on it," said Mr. Snoddy, "is a free gift for each of you." Mr. Snoddy pulled back the curtain to reveal a pile of sample tissue packs. "Help yourselves," said Mr. Snoddy. "There's enough for everybody!" "NOOOOO!" screamed Melvin. "ME NO LIKE TISSUES!"

"Oh, don't be silly," said Mr. Snoddy. "Everybody loves tissues. And our tissues are extra absorbent. They really help to wipe out phlegm and mucus!" "NOOOOO!" screamed Melvin again. "TISSUES IS BAD MAGIC!" "Nonsense," laughed Mr. Snoddy. He tossed a couple of sample tissue packs at Melvin. "Here you go, young man," he said. "Enjoy!" The tissue packs flipped through the air and stuck onto Melvin's back. Melvin screamed. His eyes began to glow green as he beat his chest in anger. Suddenly, Melvin's shoulders started to bubble. His chest expanded. The Flexo-Growmonic steel in Melvin's endoskeleton flexed and grew. His neck and head widened, and his body swelled to a height of thirteen feet.

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Melvin grabbed the tissue packs in his massive, dripping fingers and flung them to the ground. "DON'T MAKE ME ANGRY!" Melvin warned. "YOU NO LIKE ME WHEN I ANGRY!" "Oops," said Mr. Snoddy. "You dropped your tissue packs, young fellow. Here's some more for you!" Mr. Snoddy grabbed two giant handfuls of sample tissue packs and tossed them at Melvin.