7 While the boys continued to follow Hazel Hazel followed the compass And the compass followed the powerful pull of Barnaby Snoop’s giant electromagnet The compass led them to a small clearing in the woods with nice green grass A single red-and-white
checkered picnic blanket had been spread out In the middle of the blanket sat a large empty dish The dish had a few small clumps of purple in it We found it said Hazel I knew we could do it But but Norm’s shoulders slumped We’re too late he groaned Grumplestick ate all of the berry casserole Suddenly the compass shook and wiggled It began to pull out of Hazel’s grip She held on as tight as she could but she started to stumble forward Something was pulling Hazel and the compass toward itself Oliver reached out and grabbed her but he was pulled forward too Norm
grabbed Oliver but whatever was pulling them was too strong It began to drag Norm who was holding Oliver who was holding Hazel who was holding the compass forward Wisp grabbed Norm and flapped his little wings as fast as he could It was just enough to stop them from moving forward Hazel gripped the compass Oliver held Hazel’s antlers Norm held Oliver’s belt And Wisp hugged Norm’s leg as tightly as he could They couldn’t let go and they couldn’t move back But at least they weren’t being pulled forward any more
