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repeated, trying tosound calm. “Did you by any chance clean my room today?” He already knew the answer.
    His mother laughed. “So you noticed,” she said over her shoulder as she bent down to get something out of the cabinet under the sink. “Maybe you can try to keep it that way for a while, huh?”
    â€œYeah.” He told her what she wanted to hear, just so she would answer his next question. “When you were cleaning my room, did you find a cookie jar in my closet?”
    â€œYes,” she answered, pouring detergent into the dishwasher. “As a matter of fact, I did. And do you mind telling me what my cookie jar was doing in the bottom of your closet?”
    Scott ignored his mother’s question and asked another one of his own. One that was much more important. “You didn’t open it, did you?”
    â€œYes. I did.” His mother stared at him as if he were nuts. She closed the dishwasher door. “But there was nothing in it.”
    â€œAre you sure?” Glen asked.
    â€œI didn’t see anything,” she told him. “Just some crumbs. What are all these questions about?”
    Scott ignored her again. “Well, what did youdo with it?” he asked. “What did you do with the cookie jar?”
    â€œIt’s in the dishwasher,” she answered, pushing the button to turn the dishwasher on.
    â€œNo!” Scott and Glen screamed. But it was already too late. They could already hear the sound of water spraying inside the machine.
    â€œYou two definitely need a hobby,” Scott’s mother said, as she turned and headed out of the room.
    Scott and Glen stood frozen in horror.
    They stared at the machine.
    They stared as a giant monkey claw slammed out of the door of the dishwasher. Mac’s giant monkey claw.
    And he was definitely not waving.

R.L. STINE IS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS IN AMERICA AND HAS SOLD MORE THAN 300 MILLION BOOKS. HIS SERIES INCLUDE FEAR STREET, GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET, FEAR STREET SAGAS, GOOSEBUMPS, AND GOOSEBUMPS HORRORLAND. HE LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY WITH HIS WIFE, JANE.
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