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- “Hey, check this out!” a voice called from the stairs.
- Ian turned to see Molly burst into the basement, holding her iPad in front of her. “I looked it up,” she said breathlessly. “Do you believe it? Slappy has his own Wikipedia page.”
- “You’re joking,” Mr. Barker said. “What does it say?”
- Ian stared at his sister. She loved looking things up. She carried her iPad everywhere so she could share information with everyone. She took notes about every doll in her collection. She liked to know all kinds of facts.
- “This is so weird,” she said. She lowered her eyes to the screen. “It says that Slappy wasn’t made by a doll maker or a puppet maker. It says he was built by a sorcerer.”
- “Huh?” Jonny murmured. “You mean like in Harry Potter?”
- “Wikipedia says a sorcerer made him a hundred years ago. And his head was carved out of wood from a coffin. And get this.” Molly tapped the screen with her finger. “The coffin was stolen, and it had a curse on it. And so the dummy carries a curse.”
- ...
- “There’s more,” Molly said, returning to the screen. “Wikipedia says if you read six magical words out loud, Slappy will come to life.”
- Ian’s mouth dropped open. He suddenly remembered the laughing dummies in the Castle of the Little People. Of course, those dummies hadn’t come to life. It was all a trick. But thinking about them gave Ian a chill.
- “Magic words! Awesome!” Vinny cried. “What are the words? Let’s try it. Read us the words.”
- Molly bit her bottom lip as she scanned the page. “The words aren’t here,” she said, shaking her head. “No. No words. They don’t have them here.”
- - Slappy Birthday to You, chapter 12
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