GHOST DETECTORS Monsters BY DOTTI ENDERLE ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD MCWILLIAM
Face-Friends Malcolm opened one eye then the next Hmmm It was awfully quiet for a Saturday morning He sat up yawned and scratched his moppy bedhead Where is everybody It was obvious that his sister Cocoa was gone no size-ten clomping feet or teeth-grinding whiny twang His stomach growled like a monster Must Eat He crawled out of bed in search of food Surely Mom had whipped
up a wonderfully tasty breakfast of Huh The kitchen was empty and clean No eggs No oatmeal No waffl es Malcolm poured a bowl of Fancy Flakes drowned them in milk and shoveled them in After the last fl oating fl ake had been swallowed he gulped the milk right out of the bowl He rinsed his dishes then wandered through the house looking for signs of life Just when he thought he was all alone he found Grandma Eunice sitting at his dad’s computer Her eyes were narrowed in concentration and her tongue poked out of the corner of her mouth as she typed Where’s Mom Malcolm asked Grandma Eunice didn’t look up Cocoa joined the debate club and your mother volunteered to chaperone today’s tournament 5
