6. The Halloween Monster

6 The Halloween Monster We all followed Andrea so we could go to Mrs. Yonkers's house and get the magical Halloween surprise treat. She made a left at Avondale Avenue. Then she made a right at Redman Road. Then she made a left at West End Street. Those streets weren't on Michael's map. I didn't know where we were anymore. Andrea looked a little confused. It seemed like she didn't know where she was either. "Where does Mrs. Yonkers live anyway?" I asked her. "I know her house is around here somewhere," Andrea said. "Maybe it's down this street." But it wasn't down that street. And it wasn't down the next street either. We

passed by a big field. The houses were getting farther apart. We must have walked a million hundred miles. We didn't find Mrs. Yonkers's house, and we weren't even getting candy anymore. This wasn't fun at all. The sun was going down. Soon it would be dark out. Suddenly, Andrea stopped. "I'm lost," she admitted. "Lost?" asked Emily. She looked like she was going to cry. "I don't know which way to go," said Andrea. "I'm scared." To be honest with you, I was a little scared myself. But part of me was happy that we were lost. In school, Little Miss Know-It-All never makes any mistakes. She's always in control of everything. Now we were lost, and it was all Andrea's fault. Ha! It was kind of fun to

watch her freak out for a change. "Y'know," I said, "this is just the kind of neighborhood where the Halloween Monster would be hiding." "Halloween Monster?" asked Emily, her eyes wide open. "You never heard of the Halloween Monster?" I asked her. "He lives in a cave, and he only comes out on Halloween. Every year on this night, he sneaks up from behind, chops kids into little pieces, steals their candy, and keeps it for himself. Stuff like that happens all the time, you know." I was totally yanking Emily's chain. There was no such thing as a Halloween Monster. I just made it up. "Arlo, stop trying to scare Emily," Andrea said. "I'm scared!" said Emily. "Dudes, we need to get out of here," Billy

said. "We could be stranded in the middle of nowhere for the rest of our lives." "At least we have something to eat so we can survive," Ryan said. "I think we should eat some candy so we don't starve to death." "Didn't we just eat some candy five minutes ago?" asked Neil. "I think Ryan has a good idea," I said, grabbing a Milky Way out of my pillowcase. Any idea that involves eating candy is a good idea, if you ask me. That's the first rule of being a kid. "I'm not hungry," said Alexia. "Me neither," said Michael. "Well, I am," said Billy. "I'm saving my candy for later," said Neil. We went back and forth like that for a while. But as we were arguing over when to eat our candy, something had sneaked up

behind us. I heard a noise. I turned around. And standing before us was a giant, six- foot creature that was covered with brown fur from head to toe. "Your candy or your life!" the horrible thing said with a growl. It was the Halloween Monster!

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