The picture showed a troop of beautiful women dressed in white They had very long fingernails And then Ivy read on the duke goes to see Giselle’s grave and she comes out with the Wilis and they decide to dance him to death Ivy stared at the picture To death Bean leaned over for a closer look It was pretty amazing Giselle’s pointed toe had snapped the duke’s head up so that his chin pointed straight up to the sky It would fall off in a moment The Wilis stood in a circle waving their long fingernails admiringly Bean lifted the page wishing that she could see more of the picture but there was no more There never was Wow she said shaking her head She showed him For a few minutes Ivy and Bean sat in silence thinking 10
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Okay Ivy said finally I’m Giselle and you’re the duke All right said Bean But next time I get to be Giselle It was fun playing Giselle even though Ivy’s mom wouldn’t let them dance with a knife and they had to use a Wiffle bat instead After they had each been Giselle a couple of 12
times they were Wilis waving long Scotch tape fingernails as they danced various people to death Mrs Noble shrieked Bean I’m dancing Mrs Noble to death Ivy ran to get a pair of her mother’s high heels and pretended to be Mrs Noble a fifth-grade teacher who had once given Ivy and Bean a lot of trouble
