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Show "In that movie "I Was A TeenAge Werewolf," Kelly said, "Michael Landon ripped that girl to pieces." Kelly is a scardycat and she believes that movies are true. If it wasn't for me being so brave and all, she would go around crying and shaking all the time. "I'm not scared about vampires," I said, scratching my mosquito bites, "but werewolfs rip your guts out." "I know you're trying to get Kelly started so I have to stay home tonight," Mama said, "but it's not going to work. The two of you are old enough to babysit Jeffrey, and like I told you before Papa will be checking on you." "Everytime that kid comes over here,we get into trouble," Kelly said, "You two get into trouble whether Jeffrey's here or not," Mama said. "She's right Mama," I said. "Remember the last time you made us babysit him? He did a Dick Tracey dive through the livingroom window and tore the screen off half the front porch trying to rescue us from robbers and killers." "You are going to watch your first cousin until Papa gets home from the VFW and you might as well make up your minds to it." "If we're dead when you get home," I said, feeling my forehead to see if it was hot so I would know if I had got malaria yet or not. Daddy got malaria in Guam during World War II from mosquito bites, "if there's dead bodies strung from A to Israel-then you'll be sorry." "If you don't get your feet off my new sofa you're going to -2- |