23. Two Minutes Later

CHAPTER 23 TWO MINUTES LATER... Back in George's yard, our heroes searched furiously through their tree house. "I found it!" cried George. "The Shrinky- Pig 2000! All we have to do is shrink those evil losers, and we'll save the world!"

"Too late!" shouted Captain Blunderpants as he grabbed George and Harold by their shirt collars. "We'll take that 'Shrinky-Thingy,"' said Evil Harold, as the contraption slipped out of George's arms. "I'm not sure how it works, but once I figure it out, I can think of about a million and nine evil things to do with it!"

Captain Blunderpants held George and Harold high in the air and snarled viciously. "Prepare to be PULVERIZED!" he shouted. "We're DOOMED!" screamed Harold. "NOW WAIT JUST A PICKLE-PICKIN' MINUTE, YOUNG PELLA!" shouted a familiar-sounding voice from inside George's house...