11 That’s the Way the Ball Bounces

CHAPTER, ELEVEN THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES Igor knew that he was allowed to touch the ball, so he carefully climbed up on the chair and reached for it. He took special care not to touch any of Franny's things. Suddenly the wheels on the chair shifted, and Igor knocked the ball over the table edge.

The ball bounced twice, then hit the switch on Franny's Manifester. The Manifester fired a beam directly at the Cupid card, which caused an itty-bitty, real-life Cupid to drop out the other side.

And—zwing! zwizz! zwang!—tiny arrows flew toward Igor as the tiny Cupid started shooting, which is exactly what Cupid is supposed to do. Zwing! Zwizz! Zwang! Igor dodged left and right. He made sure not to touch anything, just as Franny had told him. Igor avoided jars he could've trapped Cupid in and a butterfly net he could've caught him with, because Franny had told him not to touch anything, and Igor was determined to do just as Franny had instructed.

Suddenly Igor heard a click and a zap, followed by a loud crunching crack. One of Cupid's arrows had bounced off a button on one of Franny's gizmos. And that gizmo was the Biggerizer.