3 Go for Broke!

CHAPTER 3 GO FOR BROKE! When I get home, I empty my piggy bank, but there's not a lot in it. I'm able to shake out $2.38. This is not good. I don't have high hopes as I get on my bike and pedal toward the costume shop. When I arrive, it's monster mayhem! THAT'S ALL I HAVE? NOT GOOD. OINK

Every aisle is fiend-filled. Blood and guts galore. It's like going to the movies. Every major monster is there—Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, and the Thing. It's all fur, fangs, blood, and bolts.

Everything looks really cool. The only problem is the price tags are monstrous, too. There's nothing less than thirty dollars. Even the masks are all more than ten dollars. I recount my money. It's not $2.38. It's $2.37. The saleswoman isn't very

helpful. She just says to go look on the sale rack by the door. Well, there's a scar for $2.99, an eyeball for $3.99, a set of fangs for $4.99, and a tube that squirts fake blood for $5.99. I open my hand and look at my $2.37. I can afford one Martian antenna or one witch's wart, but that's not going to make a great costume. I'm going to have to look elsewhere.

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