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Page 71 Awful as the rats seem, you’re more willing to take your chances with them than to confront the ghost. “Come on,” you say to Jenny. The two of you strike out through the darkness, hoping the rats will keep clear of you. One of them runs across you r foot. You leap ahead a few feet and feel yourself step on a squishy squirming thing. The rat squeals. Jenny yelps in pain. “What happened?” you ask. “I crashed into a wall.” “Sorry. But let’s follow the wall. Maybe we’ll come to a door.” As you work your way along the wall, another rat brushes you’re leg. You kick out “One of them bit me!” Jenny shrieks. “Come on, we’ve got to keep moving!” you hurry on along the all, feeling for a door. The rats grow bolder. You feel another…another. You jiggle and dance, trying to shove them away. Aaaaah!” A rat has bitten you in the calf, right through your jeans! Your whole body shakes. “I think this is a door!” Jenny yells. Turn to page 82