21 - Go Eat Worms!
“@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } 21 “We’ll have to have a long discussion about this in the morning,” Mrs.
Barstow said, her arm still around Todd’s shoulders. “Maybe your worms are escaping from the tank somehow.”
“Maybe,” Todd replied doubtfully.
His mother lowered her eyes to the bed. “Yuck. Take the worms back downstairs, Todd, and I’ll change the sheets.”
Todd obediently lifted the worms off the sheet and pillowcase. Two of them were mashed. But the rest ...were wriggling and squirming.
They’re taking their revenge, Todd thought with a shudder as he carried them out of the room.
Regina was right.
The worms are paying me back.
The worms dangled from his hand as he carried them down to the basement. He dropped them into the tank. Then he leaned over it, staring down into the soft, wet dirt.
Most of the worms were below the surface. But a few crawled across the top.
“Hey, guys,” Todd called down to them, lowering his face over the top of the glass aquarium.MoreLess
Barstow said, her arm still around Todd’s shoulders. “Maybe your worms are escaping from the tank somehow.”
“Maybe,” Todd replied doubtfully.
His mother lowered her eyes to the bed. “Yuck. Take the worms back downstairs, Todd, and I’ll change the sheets.”
Todd obediently lifted the worms off the sheet and pillowcase. Two of them were mashed. But the rest ...were wriggling and squirming.
They’re taking their revenge, Todd thought with a shudder as he carried them out of the room.
Regina was right.
The worms are paying me back.
The worms dangled from his hand as he carried them down to the basement. He dropped them into the tank. Then he leaned over it, staring down into the soft, wet dirt.
Most of the worms were below the surface. But a few crawled across the top.
“Hey, guys,” Todd called down to them, lowering his face over the top of the glass aquarium.MoreLess
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