Magic Nation Thing
“The moment she saw Abby, she pulled her across the hall by the sleeve of her jacket and started whispering so fast that Abby couldn’t make any sense of what she was hearing.
“Wait a minute.” Abby was grinning as she finally managed to interrupt. “What are you raving about? What about a dead horse?”
Paige took a deep breath, looked around to be sure no one was within earshot, and started over. Speaking distinctly, she said, “Not a dead horse. A dead corpse. A body. There’s a dead body out behind... the goalpost.”
Abby’s smile froze. “A dead body! Where? What goalpost?”
“Right here. On our soccer field.” Paige pointed toward the long strip of lawn that was used as the academy’s sports arena. “See that big hedge between the goalposts and the fence? That’s where. I noticed something kind of strange yesterday when I was chasing a ball that rolled back there. So right after the bell rang, I went back to investigate. And there’s this big rectangle”—Paige made a shape with both arms—“where the ground is all loose like it was dug up not long ago.MoreLess
“Wait a minute.” Abby was grinning as she finally managed to interrupt. “What are you raving about? What about a dead horse?”
Paige took a deep breath, looked around to be sure no one was within earshot, and started over. Speaking distinctly, she said, “Not a dead horse. A dead corpse. A body. There’s a dead body out behind... the goalpost.”
Abby’s smile froze. “A dead body! Where? What goalpost?”
“Right here. On our soccer field.” Paige pointed toward the long strip of lawn that was used as the academy’s sports arena. “See that big hedge between the goalposts and the fence? That’s where. I noticed something kind of strange yesterday when I was chasing a ball that rolled back there. So right after the bell rang, I went back to investigate. And there’s this big rectangle”—Paige made a shape with both arms—“where the ground is all loose like it was dug up not long ago.MoreLess
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