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- He unfolded the paper and raised it to his face. And then he shouted out the mysterious words that were written there:
- “Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano.”
- ...
- I backed up.
- And saw the other dummies move.
- All of them. They were sliding off their chairs. Lowering themselves from the couch.
- They stretched their skinny arms. Flexed their big, wooden hands.
- Their heads bobbed, their knees bent as they started to shuffle toward us.
- They had all come to life! Twelve dummies, brought to life by those strange words Dan had cried out.
- ...
- Then I waited.
- Waited for their wooden hands to grab us.
- I uttered a loud gasp as Wilbur and Arnie staggered right past me.
- The dummies all brushed past Dan and me.
- As if we weren’t there.
- I stared in shock as they circled Slappy. I saw Rocky grab Slappy by the collar. I saw Lucy grab Slappy’s shoes.
- Then the circle of dummies moved in closer. Tighter.
- I couldn’t see what they were doing to Slappy. But I saw their skinny arms jerking and tugging. I saw them all struggling together.
- Wrestling with him.
- Were they pulling him apart?
- I couldn’t see. But I heard Slappy’s scream of terror.
- Dan and I clung to each other, watching the strange sight. It looked like a football huddle. A huddle of dummies.
- The dummies grunted and groaned, muttering in low tones as they worked over Slappy.
- We couldn’t see Slappy in the middle.
- We heard only one scream.
- We didn’t hear him scream again.
- ...
- We both cried out as Zane climbed up to the attic and squinted across the long room at us.
- Did he see the struggling dummies? Did he see that they were all alive?
- I turned back—in time to see the dummies all collapse in a heap.
- “Whoa!” I cried, my heart pounding. I blinked several times. I didn’t believe what I saw.
- The twelve dummies lay lifeless on the floor, arms and legs in a wild tangle. Mouths open. Eyes gazing up blankly at the low ceiling.
- - Night of the Living Dummy III, chapters 28, 29, 30 and 31
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