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Chapter 28
"Okay,"Isaid,quitecontentwiththirtycentsandCecil.IwentwithCecildowntothefrontoftheauditorium,throughadoorononeside,andbackstage.Igotridofmyhamcostumeanddepartedinahurry,forMrs.Merriweatherwasstandingatalecterninfrontofthefirstrowofseatsmakinglast-minute,frenziedchangesinthescript.
"Howmuchmoneyyougot?"IaskedCecil.Cecilhadthirtycents,too,whichmadeuseven.WesquanderedourfirstnickelsontheHouseofHorrors,whichscaredusnotatall;weenteredtheblackseventh-graderoomandwereledaroundbythetemporaryghoulinresidenceandweremadetotouchseveralobjectsallegedtobecomponentpartsofahumanbeing."Here’shiseyes,"weweretoldwhenwetouchedtwopeeledgrapesonasaucer."Here’shisheart,"whichfeltlikerawliver."Thesearehisinnards,"andourhandswerethrustintoaplateofcoldspaghetti.
CecilandIvisitedseveralbooths.WeeachboughtasackofMrs.JudgeTaylor’shomemadedivinity.Iwantedtobobforapples,butCecilsaiditwasn’tsanitary.Hismothersaidhemightcatchsomethingfromeverybody’sheadshavingbeeninthesametub."Ain’tanythingaroundtownnowtocatch,"Iprotested.ButCecilsaidhismothersaiditwasunsanitarytoeatafterfolks.IlateraskedAuntAlexandraaboutthis,andshesaidpeoplewhoheldsuchviewswereusuallyclimbers.
WewereabouttopurchaseabloboftaffywhenMrs.Merriweather’srunnersappearedandtoldustogobackstage,itwastimetogetready.
