Chapter 1 You’ve Been Invited Malcolm Malcolm dragged his best friend into the yard Every inch was crammed with stuff from the garage Ta-da Dandy whose real name was Daniel Dee wiped his nose with his shirt sleeve What’s with all the junk Are you having a yard sale No Malcolm snapped This is the Ghost Detectors training course It will turn us into lean mean ghost hunting machines 4
Dandy sniffled and scratched his head Like robots Malcolm ignored the question He liked robots too But so far he hadn’t found a way to combine ghost hunting and robots We run climb jump crawl and slide through the course Then we’ll be better at those things when we chase ghosts I don’t remember any sliding You would if we practiced it He pulled a stopwatch out of his pocket and handed it to Dandy Here you time me Then I’ll time you That way you can see the whole course Dandy stared at the stopwatch in his hand and rubbed at his nose again Okay go Malcolm raced to the ladder and climbed to the top Then he dangled his legs and 5
jumped off onto a pile of sleeping bags He crawled under a row of sawhorses Finally he slid across a tarp staked down with his dad’s tent stakes Malcolm trotted back to Dandy panting How did I do You looked great Then he sneezed all over the stopwatch How fast did I go I don’t know Dandy held up the dripping watch I can’t read it
Malcolm sighed We’ll wash it off then you can go But I just got here Not go home Take your turn Hello boys Malcolm and Dandy turned to see Mail Carrier Nancy pulling her mail cart She waved and walked toward them on the sidewalk I’ve got something for you Malcolm whooped It must be the Super Chiller Ghost Freezing Spray he had 7
