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Chapter 21
I'
M
S
CARED
!

“And the winner isâ¦” B. A. Gool said. And then he stopped.

“Why don't I
show
you the winning video first?” he said.

He pulled down a movie screen from the ceiling. “Okay, roll it,” he said. And a few seconds later the winning video started.

A face came on the screen.

I squinted at it. What's up with
that
? It wasn't a face from
my
video!

“Is that Chipmunk?” I whispered to Feenman.
“Why is he trembling and shaking and quaking like that?”

Feenman shrugged. “Beats me.”

You couldn't see what he was afraid of. You could
only see his face. You could see that he was totally terrified.

“This is the most original video I've ever seen,” Gool boomed. “You can
feel
this boy's terror. What amazing acting! You really believe that he is scared to death. And he taped it all by himself!”

I let out a long moan. Is this really
happening
?
Chipmunk
made the scariest movie?

Gool turned to Chipmunk. “What is your video called, young man?”

Chipmunk trembled for a few seconds. Then he finally answered in a tiny voice, “It's called
I'm Scared
.”

“Brilliant!” Gool cried, pumping his fists into the air. “Brilliant job! You win! Chipmunk, you get to play the victim in my next film!”

“Really?” Chipmunk said. “I get to play a
victim
?

Chipmunk let out a cheer, and so did everyone else.

My mouth had dropped to my knees. I tried to push it closed, but it wouldn't go.

I stood there frozen, unable to move.

Chipmunk
is the winner? How could he win?

He didn't even have a gorilla suit!

Finally I got my legs working again. I hurried across the room to Chipmunk. I slapped him a high five, we touched knuckles, and did the secret Rotten House Handshake.

I put a hand on his shoulder. “Congratulations, Chipper,” I said. “I'm sure you'll want me to come to Hollywood with you to help you out in your scenes. I'll go pack my bags.”

He brushed my hand away. “Please,” he said, “don't touch a star.”

He stuck his nose into the air. “Sorry, Bernieâno autographs today. I'm just not in the mood. Please back away. You're crowding me. Give a star room to breathe.”

“Butâbutâbutâ” I sputtered.

“Sorry,” he said, pushing me aside. “My limo is waiting outside. Wish I could give you a lift. But I never let lowly fans travel with me. Ta-ta.”

He gave a little wave, then hurried out the door.

I turned to Sherman. “Now,
that's
SCARY!” I said.

About the Author

R.L. Stine
graduated from Rotten School with a solid D+ average, which put him at the top of his class. He says that his favorite activities at school were Scratching Body Parts and Making Armpit Noises.

In sixth grade, R.L. won the school Athletic Award for his performance in the Wedgie Championships. Unfortunately, after the tournament, his underpants had to be surgically removed.

After graduation, R.L. became well known for writing scary book series such as The Nightmare Room, Fear Street, Goosebumps, and Mostly Ghostly, and a short story collection called
Beware!

Today, R.L. lives in New York City, where he is busy writing stories about his school days.

For more information about R.L. Stine, go to www.rottenschool.com and www.rlstine.com

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ROTTEN SCHOOL
series:

#1. The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!

#2. The Great Smelling Bee

#3. The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy

#4. Lose, Team, Lose!

#5. Shake, Rattle, & Hurl!

#6. The Heinie Prize

#7. Dudes, The School Is Haunted!

#8. The Teacher from Heck

#9. Party Poopers

#10. The Rottenest Angel

#11. Punk'd and Skunked

#12. Battle of the Dum Diddys

#13. Got Cake?

Credits

Cover art by Trip Park

Cover design by mjcdesign.com

Copyright

ROTTEN SCHOOL #14: NIGHT OF THE CREEPY THINGS
. Copyright Â© 2007 by Parachute Publishing, L.L.C. Cover copyright Â© 2007 by Parachute Publishing, L.L.C. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Adobe Digital Edition March 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-190671-8

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