I cried out. And spun free.
“Danielle, what’s your problem?” Addie asked.
“You—you scared me to death!” I told her breathlessly. “There was a man—here.”
“Huh?” She looked past me to the tree. “What man?”
“I don’t know. He—he disappeared. But look—” I pointed to the ground. Deep shoe prints in the wet dirt behind the tree.
“Maybe it was the mailman,” Addie said. She put an arm around my shoulders and led me back to the house. “You’ve been so tense ever since you
moved here, Danielle.”
I closed the door behind us and bolted it. Addie headed back into the living room. But I had a sudden urge to get out of the house.
“Let’s get our bikes and ride up to SummervillePark,” I suggested.
Addie shook her head. “No. We have to rehearse. We have to do this hypnotism thing.”
I dropped down onto the couch. “Addie, why do we have to do this? Why do we have to be in the stupid talent show, anyway?”
She sighed and set the book down on the coffee table. “Because of Zack and Mojo, of course!”
My mouth dropped open. “Huh?”
“Danielle, those guys came over here, and they went right to Peter’s room. They think a nine-year-old kid is more interesting than we are!”
She tossed the book aside and plopped down beside me on the couch. “Look. We’ve been in high school two years, and hardly anyone knows we’re
there. I want to be noticed. I want kids to say, ‘Hey, there goes Addie. She and Danielle are really cool.’ ”
“But, Addie—” I started.
“Don’t you want Zack and Mojo to think we’re more interesting than Peter’s stupid computer games?” she asked.
“Well, yeah. Sure.” Once Addie gets worked up like this, there’s no stopping her. “There’s also a two-hundred-dollar prize, right?”
“Right.”
“Let’s do it,” I said.
I cried out. And spun free.“Danielle, what’s your problem?” Addie asked.“You—you scared me to death!” I told her breathlessly. “There was a man—here.”“Huh?” She looked past me to the tree. “What man?”“I don’t know. He—he disappeared. But look—” I pointed to the ground. Deep shoe prints in the wet dirt behind the tree.“Maybe it was the mailman,” Addie said. She put an arm around my shoulders and led me back to the house. “You’ve been so tense ever since youmoved here, Danielle.”I closed the door behind us and bolted it. Addie headed back into the living room. But I had a sudden urge to get out of the house.“Let’s get our bikes and ride up to SummervillePark,” I suggested.Addie shook her head. “No. We have to rehearse. We have to do this hypnotism thing.”I dropped down onto the couch. “Addie, why do we have to do this? Why do we have to be in the stupid talent show, anyway?”She sighed and set the book down on the coffee table. “Because of Zack and Mojo, of course!”My mouth dropped open. “Huh?”“Danielle, those guys came over here, and they went right to Peter’s room. They think a nine-year-old kid is more interesting than we are!”She tossed the book aside and plopped down beside me on the couch. “Look. We’ve been in high school two years, and hardly anyone knows we’rethere. I want to be noticed. I want kids to say, ‘Hey, there goes Addie. She and Danielle are really cool.’ ”"但是,艾迪 — —"我开始。她问,"你不要扎克和 Mojo 觉得我们比彼得的愚蠢的电脑游戏更有趣吗?。哦,是的。"确定。一旦 Addie 获取工作像这样,就没有什么可以阻止她。"还有两张一百美元的奖,正确吗?""权利"。"让我们做它,"我说。
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