Over in the Hollow (2 page)

Over in the hollow, in a mossy green glen, live a two-headed monster and his little monsters ten.

“Eek!” shrieks the papa.

“WE EEk!” shriek the ten.

So they eeeeek and they shrieeeeek in the mossy green glen.

Over in the hollow, ‘neath the dark, starry heavens, shake a singin’ skeleton and his little bones eleven.

“Boogie!” sings the papa.

“WE Boogie!” sing the eleven.

So they boogie and they woogie ‘neath the dark, starry heavens.

Over in the hollow, where the rats dig and delve, slink a spooky black cat and her little kitties twelve.

“Hiss!” yowls the mother.

“We HISSSSS!” yowl the twelve.

So they hiss and they hunt where the rats dig and delve.

Over in the hollow, through the eerie, moonlit scene, glide a phantom mama ghost and her little ghosts thirteen.

“Boo!” wails the mother.

“We BOOOO!” wail the thirteen.

And they float over the hollow through the velvet night, unseen.

About the Author

Rebecca Dickinson
lives and works…
over near Seattle, where the rain falls damp and wet, in an old spooky house, with three children and her pets
. She loves to draw and write about fun and creepy creatures, because, of course, Halloween is her very favorite holiday. This is her fifth book.

S.britt
dreams of one day retiring in Transylvania and opening a flight school for bats. When he’s not drawing, he enjoys bicycling, traveling, and sleeping in the cozy confines of his creaky coffin. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Text © 2009 by Rebecca Dickinson.

Illustrations © 2009 by Stephan Britt.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dickinson, Rebecca.

Over in the hollow / by Rebecca Dickinson ; illustrated by S. britt.

p. cm.

Summary: A counting book that features a variety of spooky Halloween creatures, from one spider to thirteen ghosts.

eISBN: 978-0-8118-5035-3

[1. Stories in rhyme. 2. Monsters—Fiction. 3. Halloween—Fiction. 4. Counting.] I. Britt, Stephan, ill. II. Title.

PZ8.3.D5535Ov 2009

[E]—dc22

2009000955

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Conforms to CPSIA 2008.

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