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1 " Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice. "
― R.L. Stine , The Haunted Mask II (Goosebumps, #36)
2 " So Miss Curdy said I had to be punished.She gave me a choice of punishments. One: I could come into the gym after school every day and inflate all the basketballs — by mouth — until my head exploded.Or two: I could coach the first-grade soccer team.I chose number two.The wrong choice. "
3 " My friend Chuck was supposed to help me coach the team. But he told Miss Curdy he had an after-school job. Do you know what his after-school job is? Going home and watching TV. - Steve Boswell "
4 " Behind me, Mom busily cleaned out the refrigerator, making room for the groceries Dad was out buying. I was dying to tell her about the scary mask. I wanted to show it to her. Maybe put it on and make her scream.But I knew she’d ask too many questions about where I bought it, and how much it cost, and how much of my allowance I used up to pay for it.All questions I couldn’t answer. "
5 " That was my costume for the past five years.A hobo. Actually, it wasn’t much of a costume. I wore one of Dad’s baggy old suits with patches on the pants. Mom rubbed charcoal on my face to make me look dirty. And I carried a knapsack on a fishing pole over my shoulder.Bor-ring! "