The Lights Go On Again
“He picked up Mick by the scruff of his neck, flew to the top of a high building, whirled the bully around his head three times, and dropped him. Mick screamed all the way down until he landed with a SPLAT—just like in the comics.
Gavin woke up tangled in his sheet. His clock said six-thirty but he hadn’t heard the milkman’s horse clomping in his dreams the way he usually did. His windowpane rattled and a branch scraped against it.
He hopped out of bed and opened the curtains. Snow raged against... the glass, as if trying to get in. A blizzard!
Gavin grinned—then frowned, as he remembered his plan. If he pretended to be sick, he couldn’t enjoy the fresh snow. But he could go out now, then get back into bed before anyone was up.
“Come on, Boz!” Bosley looked up from his basket with sleepy surprise. He stretched his long front legs out of it, leaving his hindquarters in place as he decided whether or not to wake up. He lumbered to his feet, then stretched again with a complaining groan.MoreLess
Gavin woke up tangled in his sheet. His clock said six-thirty but he hadn’t heard the milkman’s horse clomping in his dreams the way he usually did. His windowpane rattled and a branch scraped against it.
He hopped out of bed and opened the curtains. Snow raged against... the glass, as if trying to get in. A blizzard!
Gavin grinned—then frowned, as he remembered his plan. If he pretended to be sick, he couldn’t enjoy the fresh snow. But he could go out now, then get back into bed before anyone was up.
“Come on, Boz!” Bosley looked up from his basket with sleepy surprise. He stretched his long front legs out of it, leaving his hindquarters in place as he decided whether or not to wake up. He lumbered to his feet, then stretched again with a complaining groan.MoreLess
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