4 Beware the Stinger Finger

BEWARE THE STINGER FINGER

"Is it time to go to sleep yet?" asked Webster. "Not even close," said Sophie. "Is it time for sharks?" Stink asked Miss D. "It's time for... jellyfish." The sleepover kids followed Miss D. past the Wall of Fish to the Planet of the Jellies. Mimi ran up to Sophie, clutching a red-haired mermaid. Her face was streaked with tears. Sophie's mom pulled Sophie aside to talk to her. In every tank, ooey-gooey, creepy-deepy blobs danced and glowed, zoomed and bloomed in the water. There were blue, green, and pink jellies. There were purple-striped jellies and whitespotted jellies. There were upside down jellies and rainbow-colored glow-in-the-dark jellies.

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"I hope we get to sleep here," said Webster. "Sleeping with jellyfith would be cool." "Everybody knows you don't sleep at a sleepover, right, Sophie?" Stink looked around. "Sophie?" "Here I am," said Sophie, coming up behind them. "Hey, what's wrong with Mimi?" asked Stink. "She got scared and won't go to sleep, so Mom has to take her home." "Does that mean we have to go?" asked Webster. "Nope. My mom talked to Stink's mom and we get to stay with the Moodys." "Phew," said Stink. "Phew," said Webster. "Too bad about your little sister," said Eagle- Ears Riley. "She probably couldn't sleep because she was afraid of getting stung by the world's deadliest box jelly. Or whiplashed by a bat ray. Or eaten by a tiger shark." Stink turned as white as a ghost shrimp. "Check out this jellyfish," he said, changing the subject. "It looks like a broken egg."

"That one over there looks like a plate," said Webster. "Look at the one that's wearing a hula skirt," said Sophie. "That was the egg-yolk jellyfish, the dinnerplate jellyfish, and the hula-skirt jellyfish," said a man in a blue shirt. "No lie?" asked Stink. "No lie," said the man. "Everybody," said Miss D., "this is Marco." "Polo!" said Webster. "Marco is our resident jellyfish wrangler," said Miss D.

"Cool-o," said Stink. Marco laughed. "Welcome to Planet of the Jellies. Jellyfish are unusual because they don't have brains or bones or blood. Or teeth or fins. "Over here, we have the giant lion's mane jelly. Its body can grow up to eight feet around and more than eight feet long. Add its tentacles, and it can be longer than a blue whale— the biggest mammal on Earth."