Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 "So, you brought these cute little guys back home with you from the Dead Sea?" Sadie asked. The three had managed to smuggle the squirrels from the laundry room past Michael's mom, Jane, and Mr. Nemesis. The squirrels, Merle and Pearl, sat on the bed looking disoriented and frightened as Michael, Justin, and Sadie stood huddled around them. "Yeah, but they were... dead," Justin said. "These are definitely not dead squirrels," Sadie responded. Merle nodded slightly, but he got a quick elbow jab and a "shush" look from Pearl. "They were... crusty," Michael said. "I don't get it. I set them up like squirrel-jerky action figures." He posed just like he had posed Merle. "What do you mean, 'crusty'?" Sadie asked.

"Crusty, like crusty," Michael answered. "They were stiff as boards, and their fur was covered in salt." He walked over to his dresser. "I put them right here, all dead and stiff, and now this. I don't get it!" "They didn't move at all when you found them in the cave?" Justin asked. At the word cave, Merle brightened as his memory of getting lost in the cave came back to him. He looked to Pearl, who nodded slightly at him. She remembered too. "Nope. Not an inch. Not in the cave, not in my backpack, not on the plane," Michael said. "That's so weird," Sadie said. "Yep. I never saw them move either." Justin frowned at the squirrels. Merle, who was not much for staying quiet, said, "Maybe it was the rain?" The three kids turned their heads slowly toward Merle, who shrugged. "AHHHHH!" they screamed. "Merle!" Pearl whisper-yelled. "I told you to keep quiet!" "AHHHHH!" the kids screamed again.

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