Chapter 16

CHAPTER 16 Although studying for a math test is a really important thing, reading about someone studying for a math test is a really boring thing, quite possibly the world's most boring thing. Suffice it to say that Michael studied hard. Even when he felt like giving up and juggling his soccer ball, or lying down on his bed, or playing video games, he pushed through and kept on going.

While Michael and Pearl worked on math, Merle worked on transforming one of Michael's dresser drawers into a cozy bed. "And it tucks away, too!" Merle said proudly, demonstrating the slider on the drawer. "Great job!" Pearl told Michael and Merle as everyone turned in for the night. "We've all worked hard." After a good night's sleep, Michael headed off to school in the morning, leaving his window open for Merle and Pearl. As Jane left for preschool, Mr. Nemesis snuck out through her bedroom door, then outside through an open kitchen window. He watched as the squirrels exited Michael's bedroom window, and then he cleverly crept into Michael's room. Merle and Pearl returned from gathering breakfast walnuts to find a crazed cat waiting for them. "MEOOOOOWWWWW!" growled Mr. Nemesis, which in cat means...

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"AHHHHH!" screamed Merle and Pearl. Fortunately, the squirrels were armed with walnuts. As Mr. Nemesis pounced, they pelted him with woody shells, allowing them to make a break for the air vent and scurry into the ductwork. You would think that Mr. Nemesis would have learned his lesson about diving headfirst into a vent, but when a cat is focused on his prey, memory sometimes fails. His head and forelegs once again jammed into a vent, Mr. Nemesis screamed out, "MEOOOOOWWWWW!" You don't want the translation for that.