Haunted States of America: Curse of the Dead-Eyed Doll
HAUNTED STATES AMERICA of CURSE of the DEAD-EYED DOLL
CHAPTER 1 FIELD TRIP Slow down son Al’s dad cried You’re going to choke Alejandro Padilla looked up from his bowl of cereal as a stream of milk dribbled down his chin His dad was about to bite into a piece of toast with egg and ham on top Marco his older brother shook his head You always eat like it’s your last meal Al Marco added Forry Al replied Not with your mouth full Dad said Al chewed swallowed and wiped the milk from his face Try that again his dad asked He took a slow sip of his coffee I said sorry Al said digging up another heaping spoonful of Honey O’s I’m just hungry I guess Well when you choke to death being hungry will cease to be a problem Dad said There’s a nice thought to start out the day Al
grumbled spooning up a much smaller portion of his breakfast Al had thought his brother and dad might ease up on him a bit once he became a teenager But after turning thirteen over three months ago he realized that wasn’t going to happen Your history paper Dad began Is it finished No Mrs Crowley changed the due date to Friday HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA
Al replied She forgot we’ve got that field trip today I’ll work on it tonight after school no sweat Marco brought his empty dish to the sink He drank the last of his orange juice and rinsed the glass out Field trip Marco asked Where are you guys going Al shrugged Some fort museum or something Marco nodded and smirked The Fort East Martello Museum he said We went there when I was a kid too Al snorted then mumbled You’re sixteen years old not thirty Marco ignored him Al asked Is it any good Marco shrugged It’s okay I guess They have a little bit of everything there A bunch of Civil War antiques and some guy’s art he made out of junk Well that sounds great Al said failing to muster up excitement Actually Al didn’t care where they were going The museum could be filled with pencil shavings for all he cared He was just happy to get out of school for a good chunk of the day Oh there’s one other thing Marco said leaning leaning against the kitchen counter They’ve got this CURSE OF THE DEAD-EYED DOLL
