09 HypnoToady

Hypnotoady On the way back from the dude ranch, Judy, Stink, and Grandma Lou drove past the public library. "Hey, look," said Judy. "They have a giant thermometer like my Antarctica one." At the top it said: SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY: GO FOR THE GOAL. The red almost reached the top. "Pretty soon you'll be able to cross that off your list, Grandma Lou," said Judy. As soon as they reached Grandma Lou's house, Judy erased Ride a horse from her kickthe-bucket list and wrote Ride a hinny. Then she happily crossed it off.

She held the list up for Grandma Lou to see. "Did you cross anything off your bucket list this week?" "I did finish War and Peace last night," said Grandma Lou. "Hey! You forgot to cross it off!" said Judy. "I must have used invisible ink," said Grandma Lou, winking. "Now, you kids go play in the rumpus room until we're ready for spaghetti." "Let the wild rumpus start!" Stink called, racing Judy downstairs to the basement. Pugsy pounded down the stairs after them. "So what's next on your basket list?" he asked. "Bucket list, Stink," said Judy. He pointed to Face a fear. "Ooh, let's do this one." He grabbed some scrap paper. "I'll make a list of stuff you're scared of."

.Zombies .Bloody Mary, Vampire Squid .Blob movies "That's stuff you're scared of, Stink. Here, let me have it." Judy wrote:

.Bees .Tsunamis .Blood .Getting hypnotized .Sun burning out Stink added Ghost in the junk room to the bottom of her list. Judy's eyes darted over to the door of the junk room. "For your information, Stink, I'm not afraid of the junk room." "Ya-huh," said Stink. "Remember last time we were here? You went into the junk room to find Park and Shop, that old board game?" "Yeah. So?" "You said you saw a ghost! You ran screaming out of there and we had to push the

Ping-Pong table up against the door." "Okay, okay! So I'm afraid of the junk room! But I'm never-not-ever going in there, so you can forget it." Stink went down the list. "Bees?" Judy shivered. "They sting!" "Tsunamis?" "How am I going to face a tsunami, Stink?" "Um, you stand in the bathtub and I make really big waves?" "I'm not afraid of a bathtub tsunami, Stink." "Blood?" Stink asked. "Wait. How are you going to be a doctor if you're afraid of blood?" Judy shrugged. "That's why I have to face my fear, Stink." "Don't look at me. I'm not doing any bleeding, that's for sure. Next." "Hypnotized. I'm afraid of being hypnotized

against my will." "For real?" "It's your fault, Stink. You're always watching that toad with the googly eyes on the computer." "Hypnotoad? You're afraid of a cartoon?" "Whenever anybody stares into his cuckoo- crazy eyes, they go bonkers and have to do whatever he commands." "I've got it! I'll hypnotize you. Then you'll have faced a fear and you can cross it off your list." "I guess. While you're at it, Stink, can you make me good at contractions? And maybe cartwheels, too?" Stink ran upstairs and came back with Toady. "Meet HypnoToady!" "No way!" said Judy, holding her arm out like