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On Sunday, Stink woke up before Mom and Dad. Before Judy. He even woke up before Mouse or Toady or Astro. He did not read his Big Head Book of Sharks. He did not draw Stink Frog comics.
He ran over to his closet and pulled out the shoebox so he could check on his science experiment. Ooh. Sick-awesome! It was growing. It was pulsing. It was on the move. It looked like science fiction.
Stink’s heart skipped a beat. He had a new pet! Maybe it didn’t have fur like Astro or say ‘Ribbet’ like Toady. Maybe it wasn’t the sugar glider he’d always wanted, but it was still way cool!
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On the way home from the Stardust Drive-In Movie Theater, Stink could not get the scary movie out of his head. When the family’s car turned onto Croaker Road, he imagined the movie creature following them, oozing down the street, up the sidewalk to his front door, and into his very own house.
That’s when he remembered something truly terrifying. He remembered the experiment they were going to be doing tomorrow in Saturday Science Club.
AAAAGGGHHH!
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Aaagh! Stink screamed. He pulled his T-shirt up over his eyes so he would not have to look at the movie screen. Judy jumped. Her popcorn went flying all over the back seat of the car.
In the front seat, Mom and Dad chuckled.
“Who’s brainy idea was it to come to the drive-in movies anyway?” Stink said, with a shiver in his voice.
“Yours,” said Mom, Dad, and Judy at the same time.
“Well, I thought it would be cool to get to sit in the car and watch a movie. Outside. Under the stars.”
The Stardust, an old drive-in movie theater like the kind that had been around when Mom and Dad were kids, had just re-opened in Frog Neck Lake.
“It is cool,” said Judy.
“And dark,” said Stink. “And a little scary.”
“It’s dark at the inside movies, too,” Judy pointed out. “Besides, it’s the Friday Night Freak Fest, Stink. You wanted to see an old monster movie. It’s supposed to be freaky.”
Stink couldn’t bear to look at the screen. At the same time, he couldn’t bear not to look. He peeked out over the top of his T-shirt and watched wide-eyed until the very end.
“Mom? Dad? Can we stay for the second movie?” Stink asked.
“Stink,” said Mom, “you covered your eyes for half of the first movie!”
“So?”
“So,” said Dad. “I think we’ve had enough Freak Fest drive-in movies for one night. Besides, we have to get you home to bed. Tomorrow you have Saturday Science Club, Stink.”
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