Ep.236 – Home Sweet Horror - Krampus is Loose and Wants REVENGE!

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The holiday season is a time for
charity, and who needs charity more than

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orphans? But what happens when an
orphanage finds itself dealing with something much more

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scary than budget cutbacks and unruly tenants? What happens when Crampis is at your

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door and he wants to punish those
who've been naughty? What's that you want

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to be scared? Come with me? He will experience tales over opera,

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ghosts and death. Death. It
is not recommended at the foot of week

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at Heart Heart listeners in the dark, it's more fun at that way way.

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But now it's time for our story
after these quick words. Home Sweet

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Horror by Rob Fields Part one Bailey
Downs. I can't believe I totally messed

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up on the dates. Good thing, Missus Emma Gibson from Home Sweet Home

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Orphanage over in Pendleton called me to
confirm. After confirming the date, I

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realized the upcoming event was for the
day before. You see. Missus Gibson

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called me at home a few months
back and asked if I wouldn't mind coming

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to the orphanage in December to help
out with the big Christmas event there.

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At first I didn't want to.
However, after really thinking about it,

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I reconsidered Mom and Dad were more
than willing to take me to Pendleton for

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the event. Except now there's a
problem. The event is going to be

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on December sixteenth, which is a
Saturday. I thought it was on Sunday

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the seventeenth. When I told my
parents about the mix up, they told

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me they wouldn't be able to take
me on the sixteenth because they'll both be

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too busy. Dad's working mandatory overtime
at Strickfield Automotive, and Mom's got to

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deliver mail and won't be done until
later in the afternoon. If you can

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find another way there, Bailey,
then you can go ahead and go to

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Pendleton. Mom told me otherwise,
you better call missus Gibson back and clear

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things up. Like I said,
I really don't want to do the event.

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But two things, It's a Christmas
celebration, so it would be morally

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wrong to back out. And two
and only a select few people know I

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was adopted. I don't know the
circumstances to where I ended up at Home,

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Sweet Home, but I do know
I was there from when I was

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a baby and only known as Bailey. I grew up in the orphanage until

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the day came when Monty and Vera
Downs came in looking to adopt a daughter.

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I was seven years old at the
time, by the way, but

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they took one look at me and
the rest was history. I ended up

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leaving to go to Strickfield with them
one week later and officially became Bailey Downs.

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I actually laughed last night when we
watched a Christmas horror story at Ariel

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mirr and Slumber Party funny thing.
The town in that movie and in Ginger

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Snaps are called Bailey Downs. Lucky
Me. Believe it or not, I'm

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probably one of the few cases where
being in orphanage care actually wasn't bad.

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I was never mistreated in any way. It was nice to have other kids

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to play with and everything, and
Missus Gibson and the rest of the staff

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were very motherly to all of us. I suppose I agreed to come back

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to the orphanage because Missus Gibson kept
in touch with me after I was adopted.

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In a way, I'd kind of
like to visit it there again and

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see how things are there now.
So I'm sitting here in the living room

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and racking my brain trying to think
of a way I can get a ride

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to Pendleton. At first, I
thought about calling a ride service, but

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after hearing Mona Abels tell me how
expensive an uber was for her and her

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mom to get to North Ridgeway a
few months ago, I decided not to

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go that route, and then a
rather risky idea hit me. Getting a

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car wouldn't be a problem, it's
the driver that I'll have to do some

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convincing on. I sigh and pull
out my smartphone. I open the texting

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app and tap my thread with mouse. I message her and ask if she

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can call me. When I don't
get an answer after several minutes, I'm

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thinking she's probably busy doing something and
not looking at her phone. Then I

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know exactly where she's likely to be. I get out of the recliner and

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put my coat on. I open
the door to Roth's Rings, a twenty

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four hour donut shop and video game
arcade in downtown village. Sure enough,

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I see Mouse sitting behind the wheel
of a full sized driving cabinet for the

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brand new Grand Turismo game. Her
real name is Madeline Donnerley, and she's

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just a happy, go lucky kind
of girl. I mean, nothing ever

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really bothers her. The reason people
call her Mouse is because she's short,

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skinny, and has a mousey voice. She's also a geek with all the

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stuff she's into video games and horror
movies. You wouldn't think she was a

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geek when you'd see her wearing her
beret and scarf like she's a cultured person.

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I never really asked her why she
wears them, but nobody really gives

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her a hard time about it.
Plus she drinks coffee the same way her

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mom does. Let's just say she's
very mature for a seventh grader. I

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know you're probably thinking I've got a
screw loose somewhere, but Mouse is the

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only shot I got. Like I
said, she's a fellow seventh grader at

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Strickfield Junior High, But that little
squeaker can actually drive a car. You

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should have seen Mouse on Halloween night
when we were checking out the legend of

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cry Baby Bridge and found the legend
to be true. When Abigail Tomlin's ghost

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was chasing us down, Mouse found
this beat up car and ended up driving

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it to save all of us.
Okay, we didn't quite get away since

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the tire blew out, but she
really surprised me that day with how well

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she was driving. This is going
to take some real convincing on my part,

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but I think I can do it. I wait until Mouse finishes and

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wins a race. Then she reaches
out for her cup of coffee on the

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stand next to the game and sees
me standing there. Oh hey, Bailey,

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how you doing? She asks?
What brings you in here? Then

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she looks out there's Mona and Aeriel. I'm here alone. Actually, I

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tell her I was wondering if I
could talk to you for a little bit.

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Mouse comes out of the game,
be okay, is something wrong?

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You in trouble? I quickly shake
my head. No, No, nothing

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like that. I mean, okay, yes, I'm I'm kind of in

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trouble. I quickly raise my hands
in front of me. Don't worry,

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it's nothing real bad. I'm just
in a bit of a bind and need

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your help. So can we talk. Mouse points to a table in the

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far corner. That good. I
nod. Before I sit down with Mouse.

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I order a peppermint hot chocolate.
I don't want the girl behind the

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counter to think I'm loitering. After
I get my drink, I sit down

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with Mouse and tell her my problem. Mouse has this weird look on her

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face when I'm done. So you're
saying you want me to drive your dad's

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old SUV de Pendleton. You do
understand I was only driving that night because

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of I quickly raise a hand in
front of me. I know, Mouse,

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believe me, I remember, I
sigh and lower my hand. You're

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really my only hope here. It's
a Christmas celebration at the Orphanage, and

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I really want to help out there. I know asking you is a long

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shot, but you're the only one
I can turn to. I can pay

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you money to drive, if that's
what you want. Oh it ain't that,

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Bailey. If I recall, you
did tell me in the car Halloween

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night that we ain't old enough to
drive. What if something happens and we

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get pulled over? You really want
to face your parents after the cops bust

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us? I know I don't want
to be explaining to mom and dad why

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I was driving a car and got
arrested. For a long moment, the

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two of us look at each other, then Mouse sighs. But I'm gonna

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do it, Bailey. I'll take
you to Pendleton. My heart's skipping several

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beats. Okay, but what made
you decide to do it? After all?

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Mouse, I've been kind of itching
to drive a real car again after

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Halloween night, Mouse admits, But
you're willing to trust me now, Hugh

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and Bailey weren't too trusted to me
that night. You know, like I

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said, you're my only hope.
I'm willing to do a big favor for

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you or give you money if that's
what you want. Mouse and I talk

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about it some more. Ultimately she's
willing, and we make a plan.

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I can't believe what we're going to
do. We're really doing. It sounds

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crazy, right, but I'm just
not willing to let Home, Sweet Home

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Orphanage down. It's Friday at school. I'm walking the halls with my very

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best friend, Mona Abels and telling
her about what's going down. I expected

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Mona to give me her odd look. I know I could have kept this

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quiet, Like I said, Mona's
my dearest friend. Though, little Mouse

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is gonna drive you to Pendleton,
she asked for the fifth time. Yes,

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already, you want me to write
it on your palm? I snap,

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I'm desperate here. Mona sighs.
I can't believe I'm gonna say this,

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but I'm coming with you. You
don't have to. I tell her

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somebody's got to look out for you
in case that wicked little rodent crashes the

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car. She raises her finger.
Not up for debate, Bailey, I

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smile, Okay, okay, you
can come. Then I see the worried

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look on Mona's face. Uh oh, things just got bad. Turn around,

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I do, and we both see
a very angry Ariel Miran coming right

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at us. Where is he who? Mona asks, who do you think

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Carter cross? Ariel yells last I
saw him, he was sitting in the

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cafeteria with Horton, Chapman, and
Chunker, I say. Ariel quickly pulls

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out her smartphone. Look what Carter
just post it on Facebook? Look at

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it? Mona and I both see
a video of Ariel and her little cousin

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Stewart, at Roth's Rings. She
bought him a slice of pie and a

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soft drink. Little Stuart was in
a really foul mood, since he ended

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up throwing both the pie and the
soda at Ariel. The soda was the

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worst, since it exploded all over. Carter had to have been there since

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he recorded it. The comment said, little Stewie treats Princess Ariel to a

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coke. Ariel growls. Then we
carefully follow her when she marches right to

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the cafeteria. Sure enough, Ariel
finds Carter right where I said. Soon

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as he sees a very angry Ariel
coming, he quickly gets up and moves

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to keep a table in between him
and her. Ariel points right at him.

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You are so dead, Carter cross. Carter raises his hands in front

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of him. Hey, princess,
it ain't my fault. You'd rather wear

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your coke instead of drink it.
What did you do tell the kid he

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couldn't come to your royal palace anymore? Then? Ariel gives him an evil

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grin. I should just drop that
little goober off at your house. Then

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I can post on social media how
he runs around and destroys everything while you're

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losing your mind. Carter laughs,
I don't think your little cousin would like

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being among us peasants now. Ariel
looks at Richie Horton, Bill Chapman and

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Brian Chunk. What are you three
snickering about? You think this is all

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funny? She points right at them. Remember you're in my school. You

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three will know your place here.
I don't see your name out there on

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the sign, Chapman says, Last
I checked, it says Strickfield Junior High

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School. He's the rough looking guy
with the buzz haircut. Yeah, there

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ain't no school named after any Mirrons
in Strickfield. Last I checked. Horton

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ads, he's the skinny toothpick of
a kid with circular lensed glasses. Then

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Carter points at her, but you
could probably buy the sign and rename it

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to Princess Ariel Miron's Royal Peasant Camp. Ariel suddenly points right at him,

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Oh you you. Everybody puts their
hands to their ears when Ariel belts out

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her infamous scream that can be heard
throughout the whole building and could probably wake

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the dead. Ariel and Carter are
both circling each other. Now I'm trying

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to get their attention, but neither
of them are wanting to look my way.

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Hey, we got company, Chunker
calls out, helping me. He's

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the heavy set guy who's always wearing
cargo shorts and the open Hawaiian shirt over

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a T shirt. When Ariel and
Carter both look at Chunker, he nods

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in the direction. Before Ariel and
Carter know it, Principal Benjamin van dest

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is right there, you two again. He demands, what is it this

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time? Then he raises his hand
and shakes his head. You know what,

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I really don't want to know,
He points to Ariel. Get to

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class. Ariel's face is really red
now. Then she points to Carter.

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You just wait. Ariel storms out
of the cafeteria. Then principal Van dest

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waits for Carter to leave. Next, he looks at the rest of us,

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but doesn't say anything. After a
little bit, he leaves and goes

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back to the office. I'm sorry
you guys had to see that, I

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tell them. Chapman waves me off. Yeah, we're used to Ariel mirran

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By now. Yeah, we've known
her for years, Chunker says, even

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before we disappeared last year. Mona
and I both nod quickly. She's your

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friend, we get it. Horton
says, in his squeaky, nerdy voice.

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Anyway, we've dealt with way worse
people. I know Abigail Tomlin,

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right, I ask, Then I
wink. Chunker was in the middle of

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drinking his pop when he spits out, what ah, come on, Bailey,

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Yeah, that ain't nothing to be
joking about. Chapman agrees. Then

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Mona gives me that look again.
Really, I smirk a little. Okay,

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I take it back, my bad. Something on your mind, Bailey,

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Chapman asks, you kinda got that
look. Mona and I have been

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hanging out with these guys since all
of us rescued them from Abigail Tomlin on

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Halloween. They're really good guys.
Yeah, Chunker likes to eat, same

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as Mona, but he's really gentle
in a way. I think he's kind

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of cute, like a teddy bear. Mona and I sit down with the

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guys and tell them what's going on. You should see the looks on their

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faces when I tell the mouse is
driving us tomorrow. You realize how crazy

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that sounds, right, Horton asks
Madeline Donnerly. I know right. Mona

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agrees, Man. I'd love to
see her drive a car, Chunker says.

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Chapman turns to him, Seriously,
you've been eating too much of Denoyer's

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sweet potato pie again, haven't you
what you wouldn't want to see Madeline Donnerley

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driving a car? Horton cuts in. I've seen her playing those car games

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at Roth's rings. I really think
she could do it. Chapman gives his

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buddies his evil eyes, then he
gives them to me. How about you

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let us tag along and see for
ourselves. At first, I'm not keen

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on the idea, but then I
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extra help at the orphanage, so
I tell them that's the only way they

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can come along. I'd have expected
them to scoff and say no way,

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but they're all quick to agree.
So it's gonna be the six of us

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going to Pendleton tomorrow with Mouse driving. Did you hear that? Better check

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the locks on your doors weekly?
Spooky will be right back. Part two.

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The next morning, Saturday, the
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We're packing in the old suv.
Mouse is sitting in the driver's seat

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and looking over everything. Then I
hand her the keys. You sure you're

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going to be able to drive this
thing? Mona asks her. I think

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I can get us there, okay, Mouse says confidently, of course,

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I didn't know all of you were
tagging along. We're all gonna work at

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the orphanage. Chapman tells her,
are you gonna help too? Mouse makes

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her usual shrug. Why not?
I mean we're all going to Pendleton,

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right, I know. I don't
want to be sitting here in the car

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all day. Once we're all seated
and ready to go, Mouse starts the

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car. Yeah, we're all gonna
die. Mona mutters, oh, we

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already did that, Mona, don't
you remember? Mouse says, I really

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did crash the car on Halloween night. Now, we're hanging out here in

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the afterlife together. We all jeer
Mouse as she snickers. Even I have

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to admit little Mouse can be funny
when she wants to be. Anyway,

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it's us girls in the front and
the guys in the back. Mouse finally

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starts the car and takes a deep
breath before she shifts the gears. Then

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we're moving forward until we're out on
the road itself. So far, so

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good. Just please don't get us
pulled over, Mouse, Mona says,

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shakingly. Don't worry. I've been
studying up since Bailey asked me to drive

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today. Mouse replies, I know
what I'm doing. I think everybody was

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worried, especially when a few police
cars passed us. We really panic when

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a police car suddenly turns around with
its flashers on. We probably thought they

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recognize Mouse and that was it.
Nope, Mouse does pull over, only

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for the police car to pass right
by us on the way to an emergency.

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We all breathe big sighs of relief. Then Mouse starts driving again.

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We're all feeling better when we finally
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We only have to make one stop
to put gas in the car.

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We get some weird looks from people, but nobody asks and nobody turns us

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in. We get back on the
road and eventually make it to Pendleton.

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From there, I give Mouse the
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Mouse finally pulls us into the parking
lot and backs into a spot nice

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and neat. Wow, we really
made it, Mona says, we're still

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alive. Yeah, I really thought
those people at the gas station were gonna

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call the police, Horton admits.
Then Mona looks at Mouse. You did

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good. Mouse turns off the motor. Not bad for my second time.

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Huh, Like Mona said, you
did good, Mouse, I say you

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one. Mouse waves me off.
Nah. We get out and head into

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the orphanage. Sure enough, Missus
Gibson is at the front door waiting for

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us. Believe it or not,
she doesn't even ask who brought us here.

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Hey, don't ask, don't tell, right, Missus Gibson and I

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hug. She's kind of my third
grandma when you think about it. Missus

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Gibson invites us inside and takes us
for a tour around the orphanage, which

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is all decorated for the holidays.
There are plenty of kids around here.

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I don't recognize a single one from
back when I was here. I'm pretty

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sure they've all been adopted, because
Home Sweet Home doesn't pass their kids off

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to other orphanages. When missus Gibson
takes us into the kitchen, I remember

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the head cook immediately. She remembers
me too. Oh, Bailey, it's

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so good to see you. Back
when Emma told us you were coming to

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help with today's celebration, I was
overjoyed. I go and hug Miss Barrett.

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I'm glad to see you too.
We talk for a little bit.

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Then Miss Barrett asks missus Gibson if
she can keep me in the kitchen.

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I could use an extra hand with
all the preparations for our big Christmas dinner.

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I'm afraid I'm going to need Bailey
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I need her to help me with
the other kids here, But maybe

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you can have one of these others. Miss Barrett immediately points to Mouse.

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How about you, young lady?
Could I have you help me here in

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the kitchen? Sure? Why not? Mouse says. When Mouse goes to

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her, Miss Barrett quickly gives her
an apron. Looks like Mouse may get

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lost in the shuffle here. I
know what it's like helping out in the

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kitchen. Mouse will be in good
hands. After missus Gibson finishes our tour

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of the orphanage, she brings us
into the living room. Looking over all

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the kids here, it looks like
some of them might be easy going.

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I can already see the sneers on
the three boys that are kind of rough

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looking. Even when I was here
we had a few such kids. Then

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I remember Ariel and how she calls
her little troublesome cousin Stewart a goober.

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Well, I don't feel threatened,
knowing I've got Mona and the guys here.

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But it's the next woman here.
I've got to tell you about.

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The second she comes in, it's
like the room gets cold and quiet fast.

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You ever see that movie The Goonies. If you did, I'm sure

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you remember Mama for Telly. Well, picture her but with longer hair and

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skinny like Mouse and Horton. Okay, that alone probably won't scare you.

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But that glare and that scowl she's
showing now, this is miss Stanlan.

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Missus Gibson says, she's my assistant
director here at Home, Sweet Home.

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I know Miss Stanlan wasn't working here
when I was here. Missus Gibson must

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have hired her at some point after
I was long gone and living in Strickfield.

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I told you we didn't need extra
help here, Emma. She practically

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growls. Oh no. Missus Gibson
replies, it's Christmas time, Helga.

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We've got more children here in the
last couple of years, and it would

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be nice to have these kids interact
with our children. Besides, we've got

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a lot going on for the big
Christmas celebration today. Helga Stanlan grunts and

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looks ready to raise one of her
bony fingers. I'm almost wondering if she's

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going to roar or cackle like a
witch. She doesn't, though, Come

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on, Bailey, you're imagining things. Maybe Abigail Tomlin's still somewhere in the

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back of your mind. Miss Stanlin
can't be any worse than the ghost of

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the cry Baby Bridge back in Strickfield. Still, something doesn't feel right about

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her. When she turns and storms
off, Missus Gibson takes the five of

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us into her office and tells us
what she needs us to do. She

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reminds us. She wants us to
interact with the other kids here. We're

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supposed to help serve the big turkey
dinner later on. Then we're going to

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help hand out presents. Chunker raises
his hand when Missus Gibson points to him.

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He asks her, how come you're
celebrating Christmas here today instead of actually

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on Christmas Day. Missus Gibson doesn't
even blink. We actually celebrate too.

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Christmas is here, Brian. Of
course, we have the real celebration on

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Christmas Day itself. The children will
get more presents and an even better holiday

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feast. As for today, Mayor
Eloise Parkhurst will be visiting here later.

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She often drops by home, sweet
home, and make sure everything's good here.

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She's been a true friend of the
orphanage for many years, even after

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she was elected the village mayor.
Sounds good to me, Chunker says,

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satisfied. Missus Gibson points to me. Mayor Parkhurst also wants to see you

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again. Bailey, Ah, I
think I now understand why Missus Gibson asked

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me to come here and help.
But that's okay. Like I said,

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this place was a good home until
mom and Dad adopted me and took me

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home to live with them. Suddenly
we hear a loud, screaming noise.

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What the Chapman mutters. The rest
of us follow missus Gibson through a couple

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of doors until she goes into an
office. Miss Stanlin, what is going

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on in here? We hear her
say. We can see that Miss Stanlin's

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got what appears to be shaving cream
all over her hands. I don't know

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about the others, but I can
see it in the desk drawer, which

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she must have been going into.
Miss Stanlan points outside. It was those

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blasted monsters. Again. We didn't
do anything. Horton pipes up. Missus

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Gibson sees us. Richie is right, Helga. These children have been with

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me the entire time, well except
for Madeline, who's with Miss Barrett in

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the kitchen. I see Miss Stanlan's
face turn really red. Now I'm not

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talking about these brats. She points
right at missus Gibson. You know what

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bratts I'm talking about. Suddenly we
hear another cry just by us. We

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turn to see Chapman with one of
those mean looking goober kids in a hammer

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lock. Chapman, I call out, what are you doing. Chapman looks

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over his shoulder. Look on the
floor there, Look what this little whimp

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just tried to do to me.
We all see the can of shaving cream

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there. Chapman turns him around.
Yeah, thought you'd come up behind me

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and lather me up. Huh.
I gotta hang you upside down from the

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upstairs banister for that. When Missus
Gibson tells Chapman to let the kid go,

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he does. She turns the kid
around. Butch, were you three

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giving Miss Stanlin a hard time again? Butch doesn't even try hiding it.

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That old hag deserves it. All
she does is yell at us and make

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us all do the dirtiest jobs around
here. We're sick of cleaning the bathrooms

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every day. Missus Gibson nods.
I see Stan Joe, you boys come

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out here too. The lead goobers
to Owls come out. They both have

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shaving cream cans in their hands too, makes me wonder where and how they

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got them. Just as they're about
to reach Missus Gibson, Miss Stanlin screams

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and comes right out of the office. You rotten little devils, she yells,

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grabbing one of the other kids.
I'm gonna make your bottom so red

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you'll never sit down ever again.
Before she can make good on her promise,

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missus Gibson quickly gets in between them, Miss Stanlin, You stop this

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right now, Miss Stanlin points past
her. Those wretched little monsters never appreciate

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anything they get here. They have
a roof over their heads and three squares

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a day, and all they do
is run rampant and play their mean tricks

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on the other kids and on me. Seriously, Emma, either you do

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something about those boys, or I
will. And just then, the one

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called Butch has this wicked little smile
on his face. When Miss stand goes

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back in her office, he throws
these little white paper wads at her.

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They make these popping noises when they
hit the floor, startling her. Then

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her hands end up back in the
desk door filled with the shaving cream.

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She gasps and trips over her chair
to fall onto her side. Mona and

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I quickly go into the office to
help her up, but she's grabbing things

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that fell on the floor and throwing
them at us. We quickly back off

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and get out of the office.
We see Miss Stanlin's all right when she

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gets back up with her hands slickened
with shaving cream. She nearly slips on

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the desktop and falls again. She
doesn't though. When Miss Stanlan sees those

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three goobers pointing at her and laughing
it up, she points right back at

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them. You just wait, you
rotten brats. You're going to regret the

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day you ever started messing with me. Yeah, whatever, you old hag.

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Butcher returns now. Missus Gibson is
upset and points to the three goobers

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go into the main living room right
now. When they don't obey her,

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Chapman moves up to Butch. Since
you got rocks in your head, let

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me tell you what she means.
He shoves Butch move it. Butch and

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his two friends, No, Chapman
means business and do what he says.

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Seeing the looks on their faces,
they're planning something else, possibly on Chapman.

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I'm going to have faith in him, since he doesn't let even Ariel

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Miron get to him. I notice
the look on Mona's face, not because

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of what Chapman's doing, but because
we both feel something real bad's going to

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go down. Yeah, you'd expect
that, justin Strickfield, right. Truth

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is, there have been other things
going on here in Feltner County. All

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you have to do is go to
the Strickfield University website and click on the

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local legends tab. Then I get
a shiver down my back when I remember

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how one of those actually came true
back in October, back when some of

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us went and explored the myth of
the cry Baby Bridge. Anyway, Mona

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and I both feel something really bad's
about to go down. When Horton and

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Chunker look at us, I sigh. Then the four of us go into

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the living room to meet up with
Chapman and Missus Gibson. Are you afraid?

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00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:31.119
Good? Weekly spooky, We'll be
right back. Part three. Helga

404
00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:36.079
Stanlein had just finished washing all of
the shaving cream off of her hands.

405
00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:40.559
She had just finished cleaning out her
desk drawer prior. Helga wasn't always the

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menacing figure the children assumed she was. What few people knew was that Helga

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herself had grown up at the Home
Sweet Home orphanage, and fortunately for her,

408
00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:55.799
no potential parents would ever adopt her. As she got older, it

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00:32:55.839 --> 00:33:01.119
was clear that she would still be
an orphan going in to adulthood. Helga

410
00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:05.920
never let being an orphan bother her
since she had a warm place to live

411
00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:09.599
and three meals a day. Even
the other kids who were there with her

412
00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:15.279
at the time never gave her any
problems. In fact, they were her

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00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:20.039
friends and family. But the years
went by and many of them had been

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adopted or had grown to adulthood and
ended up leaving. Helga was given the

415
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opportunity to work at a sister location
of Home Sweet Home over in Ridgeway Heights

416
00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:35.599
and went there to train and live, which would explain how she had missed

417
00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:40.160
out on seeing Bailey Downs when she
was an orphan in Pendleton. Then Edith

418
00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:45.279
Hensley retired from her assistant director position
in Pendleton only a few years ago,

419
00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:51.160
and Helga had the opportunity to return
to her home if she wanted to.

420
00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:58.480
Helga accepted the position and became Missus
Gibson's assistant. When she got there,

421
00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:01.240
these new kids were nothing like the
ones she had grown up with. To

422
00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:06.079
her, many of them seemed to
feel entitled, didn't want to be around

423
00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:09.920
others didn't want to be there at
all, or were just simply bad seeds.

424
00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:15.000
From the moment she had met Butch, Joe, and Stan, they

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00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:19.599
started playing mean tricks on her a
joke or too was okay every once in

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00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:24.639
a blue moon. But enough was
enough. When missus Gibson refused to give

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00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:30.000
them severe punishments for the cruel pranks
the boys played on her or some of

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00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:34.920
the other children, she started to
turn sour. This place had been her

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00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:39.360
home and these kids and her boss
were ruining it. Finally, Helga had

430
00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:44.239
reached the point to where she would
give the kids tasks to do. If

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00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:49.199
they didn't do them, she would
punish them severely. No, she couldn't

432
00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:52.199
give them the kinds of punishments the
children of her generation received back in her

433
00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:58.320
day, but she could take things
they valued away from them or lock them

434
00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:01.559
in other rooms. The more Helga
would take away from Butch, Joe,

435
00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:06.960
and Stan, the more dirty tricks
they would play on her. Although she

436
00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:10.599
wouldn't admit it, she almost smiled
when she had seen Bill Chapman put Butch

437
00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:15.039
in his place. Just the same. She was upset with Bill because this

438
00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:20.800
junior high brat could get away with
the things she herself wanted to do.

439
00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:27.360
She could have easily returned to Ridgeway
Heights, but this location in Pendleton was

440
00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:31.320
her home. She would not give
it up to these little hooligans. She

441
00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:37.000
would get rid of each and every
last one of them first. Just then,

442
00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:42.880
the front doorbell rang, Helga,
could you please get that missus,

443
00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:46.960
Gibson called out. Helga growled in
disgusted and marched right out of the bathroom.

444
00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:52.039
She stormed through the downstairs hallway and
was soon at the front door.

445
00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:55.679
She opened it to see a postal
carrier in his late forties to early fifties

446
00:35:57.320 --> 00:36:01.239
standing there with a beautifully gift wrapped
package in his hands. I have a

447
00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:07.559
very special delivery for a Helga Stanlen, the man said, pleasantly. Helga

448
00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:15.039
looked at his name tag E.
Tinker. That would be me, Helga

449
00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:17.880
told him, But I have no
idea who would send me a Christmas gift.

450
00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:23.360
You must be mistaken, mister Tinker. Tinker smiled, now, no,

451
00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:28.199
your name is clearly marked on the
card, ma'am. Of course,

452
00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:31.480
I can't force you to accept it
if you don't want to. Helga groaned,

453
00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:37.239
Fine, where do I sign?
Tinker handed her the electronic clipboard and

454
00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:42.559
stylus pen. Once she had signed
it, she traded him for the package.

455
00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:47.559
This thing sure is heavy, Helga
observed, upon taking the package.

456
00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:51.880
I'm sure everything will be all right, ma'am. Then he gave her a

457
00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:55.920
pleasant nod. Isley Tinker at your
service. Good day to you, and

458
00:36:57.039 --> 00:37:04.639
have a very merry Christmas. Helga
growled and slammed the door. Eisley Tinker

459
00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:08.400
turned away and looked up at the
sky. I do so love being a

460
00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:15.159
shopkeeper. It's even better when I
can branch out into delivery, he chuckled.

461
00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:19.960
No, you most certainly did not
order what I've given you, Helga

462
00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:23.920
Stanlen, but you shall most certainly
be thankful for the contents. Once you

463
00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:30.440
have come to accept its power,
then you shall have your heart's desire.

464
00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:36.599
The college girl who wielded it in
the previous Christmas Eve chose to throw that

465
00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:44.719
power away. But I believe that
you shall become the perfect vessel. Eisley

466
00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:50.119
Tinker got into his mail truck and
drove away. He would return to Strickfield

467
00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:54.599
Town Center Mall and manage his store
there again. It would only be a

468
00:37:54.639 --> 00:38:00.920
matter of time before some one would
enter his shop and look for something that

469
00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:07.840
would change their lives literally. Helga
took the package up to her room and

470
00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:13.320
closed the door. She sat at
her desk and opened it up. She

471
00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:17.280
kept wondering who would possibly send her
a Christmas gift. When she had finished

472
00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:22.679
removing the wrapping paper, she worked
off the top of the box and looked

473
00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:30.000
inside. Oh, she gasped.
She reached inside the box and removed a

474
00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:36.199
large snow globe. She was right
about it being heavy. It was a

475
00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:39.760
full foot from the top of the
glass to the bottom of the rocky pedestal.

476
00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:45.639
She put it down and stared at
it. The artificial snow inside it

477
00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:52.239
began to fall within the contained water. Now, who would send you to

478
00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:59.559
me? Helga murmured. The figure
inside the globe made her smile. It

479
00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:05.880
was Crampus, sitting upon his wintry
throne and holding a scepter. The figure

480
00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:10.119
looked every bit like the story she
and her former childhood friends had grown up

481
00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:15.440
with and shared with each other around
this time of year. The figure had

482
00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:21.360
big, curly horns, brown to
graying fur, bright red eyes, and

483
00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:27.440
cloven hoofs for feet. Those bright
red eyes glowed hot as she looked at

484
00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:31.280
them. Helga didn't know why,
but she just couldn't seem to take her

485
00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:37.880
own eyes off of them. Well
what are you waiting for? She heard

486
00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:44.039
in her mind. You know you
wish to make those little trouble makers pay

487
00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:51.920
for their sins. They've been very
naughty. Have they not accept my power

488
00:39:52.760 --> 00:40:00.960
and claim what is yours? Helga
looked around but didn't see anyone who's there.

489
00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:06.280
It better not be you kids playing
your cruel pranks again. When I

490
00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:09.159
get a hold of you, I'll
have your breeches down and tan you good.

491
00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:15.960
She darted right out of her room, but didn't see anybody. Then

492
00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:21.000
a little girl came out of one
of the bedrooms and just looked at her.

493
00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.360
Helga wanted to make good on her
promise, but she knew the little

494
00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:30.119
girl well enough to know she wouldn't
have heard a fly. After a little

495
00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:38.000
bit, the little girl moved and
made her way downstairs. A little bit

496
00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:44.239
later, she made her way back
downstairs herself. Then she remembered that the

497
00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:47.760
rest of the mail was likely still
in the mailbox. She knew she only

498
00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:51.840
had to go to the end of
the walkway to get it, so she

499
00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:57.119
didn't bother putting on her coat.
She opened the front door and stepped outside.

500
00:40:57.840 --> 00:41:00.719
When Helga reached the mailbox, she
opened it and pulled out the short

501
00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:06.800
stack of envelopes. Then she saw
the car pulling out of the parking lot

502
00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:12.440
and knew it was miss Barrett.
She also saw the mousey junior high girl

503
00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:17.159
who came with those other kids sitting
in the passenger seat. Probably ran out

504
00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:22.599
of something. Helga muttered, Emma
should have fired her a long time ago.

505
00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:27.280
Helga turned and made her way back
to the door. She had the

506
00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:32.239
door halfway opened when she suddenly felt
it being pushed hard against her and slammed

507
00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:37.519
shut. The lock clicked Shortly after, she dug into her pocket for her

508
00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:43.559
keys. When she couldn't find them, she knew she had left them upstairs

509
00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:49.199
in her room. Helga started pushing
on the doorbell button, but no sound

510
00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:53.519
was heard inside, at least not
the one she was listening for. A

511
00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:59.199
few moments later, she heard some
tapping on one of the windows and saw

512
00:41:59.320 --> 00:42:05.760
Butch and Stan looking out at her. They gave her their mischievous looks as

513
00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:10.360
they waved at her. Open this
door right now, you rotten little brats,

514
00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:15.360
Helga yelled in response. The three
boys were making even worse faces at

515
00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:21.440
her. Then Butch opened the window. You stay outside, you old witch,

516
00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:27.400
yeah, Joe added, go away. We don't want you here.

517
00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:31.679
Stan added further. Then the boys
started pushing clothes out of the window.

518
00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:38.599
Helga immediately knew they were hers.
You little monsters. You just wait till

519
00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:45.719
I get back inside. The last
thing the mischievous boys throughout was the snow

520
00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:50.320
globe she had just received. When
I get back inside, I'm going to

521
00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:53.559
see to it. You never leave
your bedrooms ever again. Helga yelled,

522
00:42:54.079 --> 00:43:00.000
yeah, but you ain't never getting
back inside, Butch teased. Suddenly,

523
00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:05.519
the front door opened up. Helga
rushed right in and saw Brian Chunk standing

524
00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:09.519
there. Then she grabbed him,
You rotten little boy, she yelled,

525
00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:16.079
I'm gonna tan your hide. What
I didn't do nothing. Brian returned as

526
00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:20.599
he broke loose from her. I
just came by and heard yelling outside,

527
00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:23.400
so I opened the door to see
what was up. Just then, Butch

528
00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:29.320
appeared and saw Helga had been let
back in. Then he pointed to Brian,

529
00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:32.639
this ain't none of your business,
fat stuff. He looked back at

530
00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:37.320
Helga and made a hideous face.
You wanna fight, Come and get me,

531
00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:43.480
the ugly old bat. Helga turned
and went straight after Butch. As

532
00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:45.760
she was about to grab him,
the other two boys sprung out of their

533
00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:51.719
hiding places and came together to make
Helga trip over their backs and hit the

534
00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:58.000
floor hard. Then the three troublesome
boys came together, pointed down at Helga

535
00:43:58.599 --> 00:44:02.840
and laughed. Brian Chunk pushed right
past them and went to help Helga up.

536
00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:07.400
That was when the boys moved and
jumped him from behind. However,

537
00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:13.320
they had greatly underestimated Brian. Not
only was he taller than all of them,

538
00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:16.880
but he was also strong. True, he looked overweight on account of

539
00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:22.960
loving to eat, but he also
exercised and lifted weights. Brian had no

540
00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:27.719
problem getting the troublesome boys off of
him before Butch and his pals could come

541
00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:31.000
at Brian again. His friends came
to his aid. When they saw Bill

542
00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:37.239
Chapman, they knew they didn't want
to tangle with him again. Miss Stanlan,

543
00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:40.079
are you all right, missus Gibson
asked when she finally arrived on the

544
00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:45.800
scene. Brian Chunk and Mona Abels
were trying to help Helga up, but

545
00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:50.360
she shoved them away. When she
was almost to her feet, she pointed

546
00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:54.039
right at missus Gibson. That's the
last straw I have had it with these

547
00:44:54.119 --> 00:45:00.360
little brats, Miss Stanlan. We
do not call them that here at missus

548
00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:05.360
Gibson started to say, but they
are every last one of these rotten children

549
00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:12.199
here are just that rotten, especially
those three little boys. Then she heard

550
00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:16.239
the voice in her mind again.
Come back outside and pick me up.

551
00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:22.639
Accept my power, and you shall
have your revenge. Helga marched to the

552
00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:28.880
front door and opened it, not
wanting to waste an opportunity. Butch quickly

553
00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:34.639
moved up behind her and shoved her
back outside. Everybody could hear Helga fall

554
00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:39.480
down the front steps. Then Butch
closed the door and locked it. When

555
00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:45.599
Helga was picking herself up off the
snowy ground, she saw something glowing nearby

556
00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:51.440
and went to it. She found
and picked up the snow globe. As

557
00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:58.000
before, the crampest figure's eyes glowed
brightly as she looked into them. She

558
00:45:58.039 --> 00:46:02.960
could hear the voice in her mind
one more time. Those children deserved to

559
00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:09.519
be punished. There are no good
children in that house. All you have

560
00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:19.039
to do is accept me and invite
me in use my power. Helga Stanlen

561
00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:27.679
Yes. Helga replied quickly. Yes. Then Helga's own eyes began to glow

562
00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:31.920
brightly as she felt the incredible surge
of energy flowing from the snow globe.

563
00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:37.679
And into her body. It was
then when she started to feel herself transforming.

564
00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:44.079
She groaned with pain when her muscles
started to burn as they swelled,

565
00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:49.079
her bones began to grow, Her
skin turned white, and she was growing

566
00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:53.119
two very large horns out of the
top of her head. Gray fur was

567
00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:59.800
starting to form, and her feet
were transforming into hoofs. Her eyes were

568
00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:02.639
now now just as red as the
figures in the snow globe and were glowing.

569
00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:08.559
She looked at her hands and saw
they were now clawlike. When the

570
00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:15.320
transformation was complete, she was still
holding the snow globe. She moved to

571
00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:20.519
a nearby tree and reached up to
break off the branch that she wanted.

572
00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:24.320
Then she put one end of the
branch to the bottom of the snow globe

573
00:47:24.719 --> 00:47:31.559
and watched them fuse together to make
her staff. Crampis turned and looked at

574
00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:37.360
the home, Sweet Home, Orphanage
as a whole. Those naughty children shall

575
00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:45.719
pay for their sins soon enough,
But first Crampus raised the staff to the

576
00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:52.280
sky. Moments later, wintery storm
clouds came together fast. Soon the winds

577
00:47:52.280 --> 00:48:00.000
were blowing hard and heavy snow was
coming down fast. Crampis knew that eventually

578
00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:07.400
traveling would be next to impossible.
Everybody would be trapped inside the orphanage.

579
00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:10.960
She wanted to burst through the front
door, but she decided to wait until

580
00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:16.920
everything was just right before she would
make those children pay for their sins.

581
00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:22.960
She wanted to take them back to
her layer and make them stay in her

582
00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:30.239
many cages there forever and ever.
You shall pay for your sins as well,

583
00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:36.360
Emma Gibson. You've let those monsters
get away with everything for far too

584
00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:43.039
long. Then she saw a car
turning into the parking lot and knew who

585
00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:50.280
it was immediately. Ah, seems
the Mayor of Pendleton has arrived. This

586
00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:55.519
night shall prove to be most interesting. Get comfortable, Mayor, because you

587
00:48:55.760 --> 00:49:05.199
shall never be leaving. You and
everyone else shall soon belong to Crumpus.

588
00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:12.519
If you're not afraid, then you're
already dead. Weekly Spooky, We'll be

589
00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:22.239
right back. Part four perspective Bailey
downs. Missus Gibson has those three goobers

590
00:49:22.239 --> 00:49:25.039
sitting down in the main living room. Listening to her. It sounds like

591
00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:30.360
butch, Joe and Stan have been
nothing but trouble. Joe and Stan both

592
00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:34.920
came here a month apart a few
years ago, and seemed to be distant

593
00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:38.159
from everybody. As soon as Butch
came along, he ended up getting with

594
00:49:38.239 --> 00:49:44.440
those two. Since then, he's
been their fearless leader, and together they've

595
00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:49.280
been causing all kinds of problems here. Looking at them, they don't seem

596
00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:53.519
to have any remorse for what they've
done, especially to Miss Stanlan. Yeah,

597
00:49:53.559 --> 00:49:59.000
they're making their wicked little smiles.
Go figure. They're probably around nine,

598
00:49:59.400 --> 00:50:01.760
maybe ten or eleven, and they
act like they run the orphanage.

599
00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:07.960
When missus Gibson emphasizes how they've driven
many potential parents away, she tells them

600
00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:12.960
she really doesn't know how much longer
she'll be able to keep them there.

601
00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:19.280
Can't hear you, old lady,
Butch says, not listening, Joe ads

602
00:50:19.800 --> 00:50:24.079
forget it, stand further ads.
A moment later, an important looking middle

603
00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:29.800
aged woman walks into the living room. When Missus Gibson sees her, she

604
00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:34.280
points to the boys. You three
will stay right here and not move a

605
00:50:34.360 --> 00:50:40.000
muscle whatever. Butch says defiantly,
Who'll do whatever we want. But when

606
00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:45.159
they try getting off the couch,
Chunker, Mona and Chapman are right there

607
00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:50.199
to make them reconsider. Those goobers
only scowl at my friends, but they

608
00:50:50.239 --> 00:50:53.960
can't really do much to them,
since they're bigger and stronger. The important

609
00:50:53.960 --> 00:50:59.280
looking woman is definitely younger than any
of the staff women we've seen working here.

610
00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:04.800
She's about my mom's age. In
fact, I know her. Then

611
00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:08.760
I realize something. Hey, have
you guys seen miss Barrett or Mouse?

612
00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:15.199
I ask? Missus Gibson raises her
finger. Oh dear, I'm so sorry.

613
00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:19.559
I should have told you all.
They just left here. Miss Barrett

614
00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:22.800
went to Strickfield to pick up some
things and took your friend with her.

615
00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:27.920
The important looking woman takes off her
coat. I hope they'll be all right,

616
00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:31.480
Emma. The weather just got really
nasty all of the sudden. Are

617
00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:36.920
you serious, Elouise, missus Gibson
asked, It wasn't that bad when I

618
00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:40.079
looked outside a little while ago.
When I pulled in here, it was

619
00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:45.800
snowing really hard with heavy winds.
Eloise points to a nearby window. See

620
00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:52.079
for yourself. Missus Gibson goes and
looks outside. Oh my, She turns

621
00:51:52.119 --> 00:51:57.440
back to Eloise. It wasn't supposed
to be like this. The news said

622
00:51:57.480 --> 00:52:00.920
it was supposed to be a clear
day. I can't I believe how dark

623
00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:06.440
it looks outside. You'd think it
was night and it's only going on one.

624
00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:09.719
She sighs and turns around. Guess
you can't always trust the weatherman.

625
00:52:10.679 --> 00:52:15.760
Then Eloise looks at all of us. Are these your helpers for today?

626
00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:21.960
Yes, missus Gibson answers cheerfully and
introduces us. Then she tells us kids,

627
00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:27.360
this is Mayor Eloise Parkhurst, a
huge supporter of Home Sweet Home.

628
00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:32.360
She's been the driving force behind us
keeping our doors open. Indeed, Mayor

629
00:52:32.400 --> 00:52:37.000
Parkhurst degrees, my husband and I
have adopted and are raising two children from

630
00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:42.400
here. Then she points to me
and I do remember you, Bailey?

631
00:52:42.840 --> 00:52:45.880
Come here. I go to her
so we can hug. It's nice to

632
00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:52.519
see you again, I say.
Indeed, she replies, you've really grown

633
00:52:52.639 --> 00:52:55.480
since I last saw you the day
you left here with your new parents.

634
00:52:55.960 --> 00:53:00.679
When we finish our hug, Horton
goes and looks out. Geez, you

635
00:53:00.760 --> 00:53:05.920
were right, Missus Gibson. He
turns to look at us. It really

636
00:53:05.960 --> 00:53:10.639
does look like it's night outside.
Mona hugs herself and shivers. Why do

637
00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:15.719
I get the feeling things are gonna
be bad? I put my hand on

638
00:53:15.760 --> 00:53:21.360
Mona's shoulder. Hey, it's okay, we're all here together. Only now

639
00:53:22.480 --> 00:53:25.920
I'm a little scared myself. I
hope Miss Barrett and Mouse make it back

640
00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:31.079
here safely. Then Chunker turns and
moves to the window to see for himself.

641
00:53:31.920 --> 00:53:37.400
Aw man, how to become night
all? A sudden Horton shrugs.

642
00:53:37.159 --> 00:53:45.239
Your guess is as good as mine. As Chunker turns back around, the

643
00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:52.039
window seemingly explodes right behind him,
and these two hideous claw like hands grab

644
00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:57.400
him. Come to me, you
little porker. Chunker screams and fights to

645
00:53:57.519 --> 00:54:04.480
lean forward. Hell. Then he
screams again. We scream ourselves and quickly

646
00:54:04.559 --> 00:54:07.840
move to help Chunker. We grab
hold of him and pull back with our

647
00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:13.239
combined weight. There's no use trying
to help your friend. He belongs to

648
00:54:13.280 --> 00:54:16.519
Crampus. Now I'll place him in
my sack and take him back to my

649
00:54:16.679 --> 00:54:22.679
layir with me. You shall be
caged up forever and ever. All of

650
00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:29.599
you shall soon belong to Crampus.
Chunker screams again, Get your hands off

651
00:54:29.639 --> 00:54:34.280
me. I ain't going nowhere with
you. Then Mona makes a very bold

652
00:54:34.360 --> 00:54:37.760
move and slips in between that thing
and Chunker. Let him go, you

653
00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:43.079
ugly monster, she growls, and
kicks that thing right in the face,

654
00:54:43.480 --> 00:54:46.960
making it finally let go of Chunker. We all cry out and fall on

655
00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:52.679
the floor. Snow and heavy winds
are blowing into the orphanage. Looking at

656
00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:55.039
those three goobers, they're not looking
as cool as they thought they were.

657
00:54:55.880 --> 00:55:00.039
When the thing reappears in the broken
out window, where all screaming now.

658
00:55:00.599 --> 00:55:05.800
Then she points to the three goobers
on the couch. Just give me those

659
00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:09.480
boys right there, and you may
get to enjoy your Christmas after all.

660
00:55:10.400 --> 00:55:15.360
What are you, missus? Gibson
stammers, Then she makes this weird look.

661
00:55:16.639 --> 00:55:24.079
Helga, is that you the thing? Laughs? There is no more

662
00:55:24.280 --> 00:55:31.880
Helga Stanlein. Now there is only
Crampus, and I want those mischievous boys.

663
00:55:32.719 --> 00:55:38.119
You can either give them to me
or I'll just have to come in

664
00:55:38.199 --> 00:55:44.519
there and claim them myself. Why
are you doing this, Helga? Missus

665
00:55:44.559 --> 00:55:49.599
Gibson demands. The goobers quickly stand
up on the couch. Then they move

666
00:55:49.679 --> 00:55:52.679
over the top and stand behind it. Next thing we know, they turn

667
00:55:52.719 --> 00:55:59.559
and run away, screaming because you
refuse to punish them. Emma, how

668
00:55:59.599 --> 00:56:02.639
many times have you let those brats
practically get away with whatever they wanted to

669
00:56:02.760 --> 00:56:07.920
hear. She raises her hand.
Well, now you don't have to do

670
00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:14.960
anything. Crampus shall do what you
were unwilling to do. Crampis laughs a

671
00:56:15.039 --> 00:56:20.480
long, horrible, evil laugh before
she comes in through the window. We

672
00:56:20.519 --> 00:56:24.000
all scream again and scatter in different
directions. Horton and I run down one

673
00:56:24.000 --> 00:56:29.840
of the downstairs hallways into another living
room area. Hey, this place is

674
00:56:29.880 --> 00:56:31.960
big enough to have three of them. Oh man, oh man, oh

675
00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:35.719
man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man. Horton

676
00:56:35.760 --> 00:56:40.320
practically breathes out why do things like
this keep happening? Before I can answer

677
00:56:40.360 --> 00:56:45.400
him, Crampis is suddenly coming in
behind us. She points at us and

678
00:56:45.440 --> 00:56:51.159
says, your souls belong to Crampis
now. Horton and I both scream again

679
00:56:51.400 --> 00:56:55.599
and run into another hallway. It
seems like Crampis is practically floating after us.

680
00:56:57.119 --> 00:57:00.400
We both have the same idea and
start pulling stuff to the floor to

681
00:57:00.440 --> 00:57:05.760
try making the monster stagger. You
two naughties might as well just jump into

682
00:57:05.800 --> 00:57:10.480
my sack. No way, I
yell, get away from us. We

683
00:57:10.519 --> 00:57:15.519
make our way back around into the
previous living room. When we get there,

684
00:57:15.559 --> 00:57:19.239
I quickly grab a glass sculpture off
of a table and throw it at

685
00:57:19.239 --> 00:57:23.559
Crampus. She's got this devilish smile
on her face when she catches it and

686
00:57:23.679 --> 00:57:29.840
easily crumbles it in her hands.
Then Horton starts grabbing books off the shelf

687
00:57:30.039 --> 00:57:35.039
and heaving a matter, what a
shame. A mind is a terrible thing

688
00:57:35.119 --> 00:57:40.119
to waste, she teases, knocking
the books away. Suddenly someone comes running

689
00:57:40.119 --> 00:57:46.559
from out of nowhere and tackles Crampis
Chunker. Horton cries excitedly. He quickly

690
00:57:46.599 --> 00:57:51.559
gets off the monster and comes to
us. I can't believe it just did

691
00:57:51.599 --> 00:57:54.760
that, run, I yell.
The three of us keep moving through the

692
00:57:54.880 --> 00:58:00.360
orphanage. Then we've only got one
choice available and do the one horror movie

693
00:58:00.400 --> 00:58:07.480
thing you should never do. We
head upstairs. It surprises me how Chunker

694
00:58:07.559 --> 00:58:09.840
can keep up with us, being
a little on the portly side, and

695
00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:16.079
all we can hear Crampis following us
on up Help me, Chunker yells.

696
00:58:16.559 --> 00:58:21.679
At first, I'm thinking he's in
trouble. When I turn around, Horton's

697
00:58:21.719 --> 00:58:24.519
moving to Chunker to help him push
a big, heavy shelf down the stairs.

698
00:58:24.920 --> 00:58:30.000
I quickly move to help them.
You really need to just stop,

699
00:58:30.440 --> 00:58:35.159
the demon groans. We get the
shelf to tumble down the stairs at Crampis,

700
00:58:35.639 --> 00:58:38.559
It slams into her and makes her
hit the wall hard. We turn

701
00:58:38.679 --> 00:58:43.119
and keep running. Where are we
going to run to? Up here?

702
00:58:43.519 --> 00:58:46.719
Horton yells, follow me. I
tell them I know my way around this

703
00:58:46.840 --> 00:58:52.119
place. I lead Horton and Chunker
down to the end of this hallway so

704
00:58:52.159 --> 00:58:55.000
we can take a quick left and
keep moving. I would imagine since miss

705
00:58:55.079 --> 00:59:00.199
stanlin is Crampis now, she probably
knows where we're heading. Still, we

706
00:59:00.280 --> 00:59:04.719
can't let her just trap us up
here. We make it to the other

707
00:59:04.800 --> 00:59:08.840
stairway and start heading back down.
Suddenly Crampis is right there. We all

708
00:59:08.880 --> 00:59:15.000
scream and turn back around. Face
it. You'll never escape me, and

709
00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:20.760
believe me when I say, no
naughty escapes me. How are we naughty?

710
00:59:21.079 --> 00:59:24.400
Chunker calls back, what did we
do? None of you are ever

711
00:59:24.519 --> 00:59:30.800
satisfied with anything you've been given,
especially those three rotten brats. You're trying

712
00:59:30.800 --> 00:59:37.800
to protect them, so that makes
you sinful and naughty. Then the absolute

713
00:59:37.880 --> 00:59:43.679
weirdest thing happens when we reach the
stairway we came up. Chunker trips on

714
00:59:43.719 --> 00:59:46.639
a bunched up part of the hallway, carpet and is diving at the stairs

715
00:59:47.559 --> 00:59:52.880
in trying to stop Chunker. I
fall onto his back and we start sliding

716
00:59:52.920 --> 00:59:57.360
down the stairs together. Then I
feel skinny little Horton land on top of

717
00:59:57.400 --> 01:00:01.480
me, and he's sliding with us
as a triple decker sandwich. We reach

718
01:00:01.559 --> 01:00:06.199
the bottom, separate and quickly get
up in time to see Crampis at the

719
01:00:06.199 --> 01:00:10.119
top of the stairs and getting ready
to jump. We scream and run again,

720
01:00:10.840 --> 01:00:15.760
talk about needing that stroke of luck
again as Crampis lands on the floor

721
01:00:15.880 --> 01:00:22.599
hard and falls right through it to
land in the basement. Hey over here,

722
01:00:22.679 --> 01:00:27.000
you guys, We turned to see
Chapman called out to us and motioning

723
01:00:27.039 --> 01:00:30.679
for us to come to the kitchen. We turn down that hallway and move

724
01:00:30.760 --> 01:00:34.880
until we're all in the kitchen.
Missus Gibson, Mayor Parkhurst, and all

725
01:00:34.920 --> 01:00:38.840
the other kids and our other two
friends are all in there. Chapman and

726
01:00:38.880 --> 01:00:45.360
Mona worked to slide the big metal
door shut. Of course, I quickly

727
01:00:45.400 --> 01:00:50.239
say, realizing I should have remembered
this orphanage uses the kitchen as a tornado

728
01:00:50.320 --> 01:00:54.280
shelter. I really have been away
from here for too long. What you

729
01:00:54.320 --> 01:00:59.320
want to come live here again?
Mona cracks, I laugh a little and

730
01:00:59.360 --> 01:01:02.719
gently slap her shoulder. Then I
noticed those three goobers ain't in here with

731
01:01:02.880 --> 01:01:07.880
us. Chapman sees the look on
my face. Yeah, they ended up

732
01:01:07.920 --> 01:01:13.079
going into the pantry over there and
locking it behind them. They got most

733
01:01:13.079 --> 01:01:15.719
of the food in there and won't
open up. Mona walks to the door

734
01:01:15.760 --> 01:01:21.480
and punches and kicks it. Open
up, you stupid little goobers. No,

735
01:01:22.079 --> 01:01:25.480
you're all stupid. Stan jeers from
behind the door. Yeah, that

736
01:01:25.599 --> 01:01:30.599
think you get all of you,
butch Ads, we ain't opening up.

737
01:01:30.280 --> 01:01:36.039
Chapman slams his fist into the door. Yeah, clearly, you dummies ain't

738
01:01:36.039 --> 01:01:39.079
thinking things through. If that monster
gets all of us, how long do

739
01:01:39.119 --> 01:01:43.360
you think it'll be before she'll be
coming right through this door to get you,

740
01:01:44.480 --> 01:01:50.000
especially when it's you three She wants
horton Ads. Then we hear butch

741
01:01:50.119 --> 01:01:53.280
making mocking noises at us, kind
of like those squeakers tend to do if

742
01:01:53.320 --> 01:01:58.480
you run into any when you're playing
video games online. Now, a little

743
01:01:58.480 --> 01:02:02.199
girl comes up to me and holds
on me. I'm scared. I squat

744
01:02:02.280 --> 01:02:07.400
down to give her a gentle hug. Hey, I'm scared too. We

745
01:02:07.519 --> 01:02:09.840
all are, but we've got to
be strong if we're going to get through

746
01:02:09.880 --> 01:02:16.280
this. Chunker asks missus Gibson,
any ideas what we can do? She

747
01:02:16.400 --> 01:02:21.920
gives Chunker a confused look. I
can't believe any of this is real.

748
01:02:22.079 --> 01:02:27.639
You and me both, Mayor Parkhurst
tells her. Mona turns to them.

749
01:02:28.119 --> 01:02:31.480
Yeah, be glad neither of you
live in Strickfield. This sort of thing

750
01:02:31.559 --> 01:02:35.920
tends to happen all the time.
There. She looks at me. Now,

751
01:02:36.320 --> 01:02:39.239
I'd rather have to deal with seeing
Bloody Mary again than face down Crampis.

752
01:02:39.920 --> 01:02:45.840
I nod quickly. At least Bloody
Mary only scared us. Then I'm

753
01:02:45.880 --> 01:02:50.719
looking around for Mouse and the cook. And then remember, at least Mouse

754
01:02:50.760 --> 01:02:53.880
and miss Barrett are safe. They
won't be if they end up coming back

755
01:02:53.920 --> 01:02:59.960
here. Horton says. Suddenly we
hear a huge thud at the metal door.

756
01:03:00.159 --> 01:03:05.960
Or you really think this door will
keep Crampus out, foolish Mortals.

757
01:03:06.199 --> 01:03:09.119
All I want are those three rotten
little boys. Just give them to me

758
01:03:09.400 --> 01:03:14.960
and I'll leave you here in peace. Yeah, like we're stupid enough to

759
01:03:14.960 --> 01:03:19.880
believe that she was just chasing Chunker, Horton in me, she's going to

760
01:03:19.920 --> 01:03:23.360
try and grab all of us before
she's through here. Then Mona states the

761
01:03:23.440 --> 01:03:30.400
obvious. We got two choices here
the way I see it, One we

762
01:03:30.519 --> 01:03:34.880
either try and tough it out in
here. Two we gotta try and get

763
01:03:34.880 --> 01:03:37.679
out of here. Before missus Gibson
can say anything, Mona raises her hand

764
01:03:37.760 --> 01:03:40.679
up in front of her. I
know, I know, it's easier said

765
01:03:40.679 --> 01:03:46.480
than done with that nasty weather out
there. Thud, boom, bang,

766
01:03:47.199 --> 01:03:52.760
crash. Then I have an idea. What about using the bus outside?

767
01:03:54.079 --> 01:03:59.159
Even if we could get everybody there, there's no guarantee the bus will start

768
01:03:59.280 --> 01:04:02.480
or that will be able to get
away. Missus Gibson counters, well,

769
01:04:02.519 --> 01:04:08.079
we can't just stay here, Missus
Gibson. Chapman states boldly, how long

770
01:04:08.119 --> 01:04:12.000
do you think that door's gonna hold
out? Okay, yeah, we're between

771
01:04:12.000 --> 01:04:15.679
a rock and a hard place here, but we gotta do something. Crash,

772
01:04:16.000 --> 01:04:23.199
boom, bang slam. If only
mouse we're here to drive. Mona

773
01:04:23.280 --> 01:04:28.039
groans, missus Gibson, can you
drive the bus? I ask her.

774
01:04:28.599 --> 01:04:30.760
When she's still looking scared and confused, I slap her on the arm.

775
01:04:31.239 --> 01:04:35.559
Missus Gibson, snap out of it. She finally does and looks right at

776
01:04:35.599 --> 01:04:40.719
me. I'm sorry, what,
Bailey? Can you drive the bus if

777
01:04:40.719 --> 01:04:44.599
we can get it started? I
repeat, Oh, yes, yes I

778
01:04:44.679 --> 01:04:47.559
can. But how will you get
out there to start it? She returns.

779
01:04:48.079 --> 01:04:51.920
Horton raises his finger. I think
you just answered your own question,

780
01:04:53.039 --> 01:04:57.760
Lady. Chapman steps up next to
him. Horton's right, ma'am. You

781
01:04:57.880 --> 01:05:00.960
got the keys. We can go
out there and see if we can fire

782
01:05:00.000 --> 01:05:04.119
it up. But what if miss
Stanlin. The five of us suddenly all

783
01:05:04.159 --> 01:05:09.039
have the same idea and quickly point
to the door, which is starting to

784
01:05:09.159 --> 01:05:13.480
dent pretty good. Now. Oh
yes, yes, missus Gibson's quick to

785
01:05:13.519 --> 01:05:16.679
agree, I see what you mean. We would have thought she would need

786
01:05:16.719 --> 01:05:19.599
to go to the office or something, but it turns out there's a board

787
01:05:19.679 --> 01:05:25.519
next to the sliding metal door with
many key rings on it. She suddenly

788
01:05:25.559 --> 01:05:29.039
takes the one she knows has the
key for the bus on it. There

789
01:05:29.079 --> 01:05:32.719
are two buses outside, Missus Gibson
says, handing me the keys. I

790
01:05:32.800 --> 01:05:38.880
nod once get ready to open up. I'm going for it. Chunker comes

791
01:05:38.880 --> 01:05:42.280
over to me. You ain't going
there by yourself, Bailey, I'm coming

792
01:05:42.320 --> 01:05:46.840
with you me too. Mayor Parkhurst
quickly says, Hugh, kids can't drive

793
01:05:46.880 --> 01:05:51.599
the bus. Missus Gibson quickly agrees, yes, you go with them,

794
01:05:51.599 --> 01:05:56.480
Elouise. My place is here.
I need to be with the children.

795
01:05:57.400 --> 01:06:00.800
Mayor Parkhurst nods in agreement. Hey, hey, if mouse can drive,

796
01:06:00.840 --> 01:06:06.559
why can't we. Mona disagrees,
because we don't play driving games religiously like

797
01:06:06.639 --> 01:06:12.360
mouse does I return? Okay,
Mayor Parkhurst, it's you, Chunker and

798
01:06:12.400 --> 01:06:16.400
me and me. Mona states,
you're my best friend, Bailey. No

799
01:06:16.480 --> 01:06:20.760
way I'm leaving you like that.
No way I'm arguing with Mona on this,

800
01:06:21.159 --> 01:06:25.480
especially when I do the same thing
for her. Mona was the first

801
01:06:25.480 --> 01:06:29.760
real friend I made since leaving the
Home Sweet Home Orphanage and coming to Strickfield.

802
01:06:29.760 --> 01:06:32.440
As Bailey downs, Mona and I
have been through thick and thin with

803
01:06:32.519 --> 01:06:36.199
each other, even before we came
to meet Ariel mir and Carter Cross and

804
01:06:36.239 --> 01:06:42.039
Madeline Donnerly. It doesn't take me
long to remember we screamed through Bloody Mary

805
01:06:42.079 --> 01:06:47.519
together and survived Abigail Tomlin this last
Halloween. I quickly hug Mona. She

806
01:06:47.639 --> 01:06:51.960
hugs me back. Then we look
at each other. We're really doing this,

807
01:06:53.360 --> 01:06:58.320
Mona states, I nod quickly right. Then I point to Chapman.

808
01:06:59.079 --> 01:07:02.679
Can you stand at the back You
got it, Bailey, He gestures around

809
01:07:02.719 --> 01:07:08.480
the kitchen, But at least arm
yourselves first, right, I repeat.

810
01:07:09.199 --> 01:07:12.920
We each open drawers and grab something
to take out with us. When we're

811
01:07:12.920 --> 01:07:16.199
ready. Chapman stands at the back
door. Unfortunately, our jackets are in

812
01:07:16.239 --> 01:07:19.800
the walk in coat closet near the
main living room, so we're going to

813
01:07:19.880 --> 01:07:25.239
have to brave the blowing winds and
snow wearing just the clothes on our backs

814
01:07:25.239 --> 01:07:30.320
alone. I look at Mayor Parkhurst, Mona and Chunker. You guys ready,

815
01:07:30.920 --> 01:07:34.159
Chunker scoffs, you kidding? How
would we be ready for crampis?

816
01:07:34.760 --> 01:07:40.360
Oh? Shut up? Mona groans
really scared. Chunker looks at Chapman.

817
01:07:41.159 --> 01:07:45.800
Open up, buddy. Chapman nods
once on three. He unlocks the door,

818
01:07:46.079 --> 01:07:49.960
makes the count, then pulls hard. The blowing snow and wind blast

819
01:07:50.039 --> 01:07:54.239
right into the kitchen, but the
four of us shoot right outside and are

820
01:07:54.320 --> 01:07:57.639
running for it. We hear Chapman
yelling for Horton and some of the other

821
01:07:57.719 --> 01:08:00.679
kids to come and help him slide
the door shut again. It seems like

822
01:08:00.760 --> 01:08:05.719
a long long way to get to
the buses. It gets even longer when

823
01:08:05.719 --> 01:08:12.960
we hear Crampis's horrible laughter echoing in
the darkness. I can tell you right

824
01:08:13.000 --> 01:08:16.159
now, I have never been as
scared as I am right now. We're

825
01:08:16.199 --> 01:08:20.880
all scared, but we gotta save
the orphanage. Also, I know I

826
01:08:20.920 --> 01:08:27.399
want to see my adopted mom and
dad again and have Christmas with them.

827
01:08:28.279 --> 01:08:32.520
There's more scares where that came from. Weekly Spooky will be right back.

828
01:08:36.600 --> 01:08:42.000
Part five. The four of us
are powering our way through the winds and

829
01:08:42.079 --> 01:08:45.760
snow. Chunkers leading the way,
so we just follow him. It's actually

830
01:08:45.800 --> 01:08:50.079
pretty easy to see the bright colors
on his Hawaiian shirt. I can't see

831
01:08:50.119 --> 01:08:56.960
anything. Mayor Parkhurst says, I
can. Chunker tells her we're almost there.

832
01:08:57.720 --> 01:09:00.439
In the back of my mind,
I keep hoping and praying that Crampis

833
01:09:00.479 --> 01:09:04.680
isn't anticipating what we're doing. If
she shows up back here, we can

834
01:09:04.720 --> 01:09:11.119
plan on spending the next several holiday
seasons in some dark place where we'll never

835
01:09:11.159 --> 01:09:15.600
see the light of day ever again. Bailey, give me those keys,

836
01:09:15.119 --> 01:09:19.239
Chunker says. When we reach the
bus here, I hand them to him.

837
01:09:19.840 --> 01:09:25.520
He takes them and tries to push
open the bus door locked. Chunker

838
01:09:25.560 --> 01:09:29.479
works through the key ring quickly.
Wouldn't you know it. It's gotta be

839
01:09:29.560 --> 01:09:33.239
the last key that finally works.
Chunker unlocks the bus and pushes the door

840
01:09:33.279 --> 01:09:39.600
open. Once we're in, Mayor
Parkhurst closes the door. Chunker hands her

841
01:09:39.600 --> 01:09:43.039
the keys and again, it's gotta
be the last one she uses, But

842
01:09:43.079 --> 01:09:45.239
the Mayor slips the key in and
turns it. As the rest of us

843
01:09:45.239 --> 01:09:49.680
are crossing our fingers, the bus
makes a few week cranks. Oh,

844
01:09:49.880 --> 01:09:56.199
come on, come on, Mayor
Parkhurst groans. The Mayor of Pendleton takes

845
01:09:56.199 --> 01:10:00.479
a deep breath and turns the key
one more time. It's another week crank.

846
01:10:00.039 --> 01:10:05.880
Then it finally fires up. Yes, Mona shrieks, Yes, is

847
01:10:05.960 --> 01:10:11.279
right Mona. Mayor Parkers degrees sharply. Okay, you kids, sit down.

848
01:10:11.800 --> 01:10:15.159
We get this mobile fortress up by
the door, get everybody on and

849
01:10:15.239 --> 01:10:18.159
get out of here. The Mayor
puts the bus in gear. At first,

850
01:10:18.239 --> 01:10:23.000
it seems like we're spinning our tires
on the snow covered parking lot,

851
01:10:23.119 --> 01:10:29.000
but the bus does finally move along. Then we start cheering. Mayor Parkers

852
01:10:29.079 --> 01:10:31.840
drives the bus towards the building,
turning it When we're near the back door.

853
01:10:32.279 --> 01:10:36.600
She stops and opens the bus doors. Chunker and I climb off the

854
01:10:36.640 --> 01:10:41.760
bus and knock on the back door. Chapman opens up. Come on,

855
01:10:42.000 --> 01:10:45.960
let's load up, Chunker tells him. Chapman glances over his shoulder. We

856
01:10:45.960 --> 01:10:49.720
can get out of here, people. Let's go. But Horton's kind of

857
01:10:49.760 --> 01:10:56.119
being a Debbie downer with good reason. We still got those what did you

858
01:10:56.159 --> 01:11:00.119
call them, Bailey goobers. I
tell him I'm arch right inside and go

859
01:11:00.239 --> 01:11:03.760
right to the locked pantry door.
We're getting out of here, you little

860
01:11:03.840 --> 01:11:09.159
goobers. I mean it. Crampis
is almost in here. Last chance you

861
01:11:09.199 --> 01:11:13.399
don't come. You can send us
all postcards from Crampus's layer each and every

862
01:11:13.479 --> 01:11:17.119
Christmas, of course, butch has
to talk in that stupid idiotic voice.

863
01:11:17.880 --> 01:11:24.800
Oh okay, then his two friends
are making their stupid idiotic noises again.

864
01:11:25.560 --> 01:11:29.199
Chapman quickly taps my shoulder. We
gotta go, Bailey. A few more

865
01:11:29.279 --> 01:11:32.560
hits, and Crampis is coming in
again. Those idiots won't stop with their

866
01:11:32.640 --> 01:11:38.600
stupid noises. Okay, goobers,
We're leaving. I tell them one last

867
01:11:38.640 --> 01:11:44.199
time, goodbye forever. Chapman and
Horton and I are the last ones out.

868
01:11:44.640 --> 01:11:47.880
Chapman and I are just sliding the
back door shut when Crampis finally comes

869
01:11:47.920 --> 01:11:54.119
through the other one. She's really
mad and her eyes are glowing red hot.

870
01:11:54.680 --> 01:11:57.439
Come on, we gotta get out
of here, Chunker calls out.

871
01:11:58.000 --> 01:12:01.319
Suddenly those little goobers burst out of
the pantry, screaming their brains out.

872
01:12:01.720 --> 01:12:05.840
Guess they finally realized we weren't stooping
to their level. After all, they

873
01:12:05.880 --> 01:12:09.560
can't get out through the back door
and get on the bus fast enough.

874
01:12:09.960 --> 01:12:15.439
Crampis snarls and points her staff with
some snow globeonet at us. You truly

875
01:12:15.560 --> 01:12:19.439
underestimate my power. I shall have
those naughty boys. I shall have you

876
01:12:19.560 --> 01:12:25.760
all. I barely comprehend things when
Crampis is almost on me. I shriek

877
01:12:25.800 --> 01:12:30.319
when I feel myself being lifted off
my feet and am draping over Chapman's shoulder.

878
01:12:30.800 --> 01:12:34.159
He's literally carrying me in a fireman's
carry out the back door. Close

879
01:12:34.199 --> 01:12:39.600
it, Chunker, he yells.
Chunker quickly slides the back door shut.

880
01:12:39.960 --> 01:12:45.319
Then I feel Chapman shaking me,
Hey you okay, Bailey. I quickly

881
01:12:45.359 --> 01:12:48.640
look around and see I'm on a
very crowded bus. Mayor Parkhurst is pulling

882
01:12:48.680 --> 01:12:53.199
away from the back door and driving
across the parking lot to get us to

883
01:12:53.279 --> 01:12:57.840
the road. I look back at
Chapman and nod quickly. Yeah, I'm

884
01:12:57.840 --> 01:13:00.479
okay, I'm I'm sorry. Ay. I really thought Crampus had me.

885
01:13:00.920 --> 01:13:06.319
That's how close she got. Thank
you for saving me. Chapman nods back.

886
01:13:06.760 --> 01:13:11.880
We're getting out of here. Go
faster, stupid, Butch tells the

887
01:13:11.880 --> 01:13:15.840
Mayor. Chapman grabs him and plants
him in a seat. Fact check.

888
01:13:15.119 --> 01:13:18.760
The roads are dangerous out here right
now. One wrong move and we'll turn

889
01:13:18.800 --> 01:13:24.359
onto our side. Where would we
go then again? Butch makes with the

890
01:13:24.399 --> 01:13:28.479
dorky noises. He quickly shuts up
when Chapman gives him a mean look.

891
01:13:29.239 --> 01:13:32.800
At last, Mayor Parkers pulls out
onto the road. Then I remember I

892
01:13:32.880 --> 01:13:39.279
have my smartphone and pull it out. Ah no, I mutter, no

893
01:13:39.399 --> 01:13:44.199
signal. The storm must have knocked
out the cell towers. I can't text

894
01:13:44.239 --> 01:13:47.079
Mouse and Warner to stay away from
the orphanage. Suddenly, Horton's got this

895
01:13:47.199 --> 01:13:51.399
weird look on his face. What
the He scurries to the back of the

896
01:13:51.399 --> 01:13:57.159
bus and looks out the window.
Uh, guys, we have a huge

897
01:13:57.199 --> 01:14:01.479
problem the other kids who see what
Hortons sees or screaming now Mona quickly comes

898
01:14:01.560 --> 01:14:05.359
up behind him. Then she turns
to look our way. He's right.

899
01:14:05.920 --> 01:14:12.279
Crampis has a sleigh and some zombie
looking reindeer pulling it. I can't drive

900
01:14:12.279 --> 01:14:15.680
any faster, Mayor Parkhurst groans,
I'm barely keeping this bus on the road

901
01:14:15.760 --> 01:14:19.880
as it is. When the goobers
start doing their stupid stuff again, I

902
01:14:19.960 --> 01:14:25.359
quickly say maybe we should take these
three and throw them out the back.

903
01:14:25.800 --> 01:14:30.239
I'll bet Crampis would finally leave us
alone. That definitely shut those goobers up,

904
01:14:30.479 --> 01:14:35.279
and I mean fast. This road
ends up ahead, Eluise missus.

905
01:14:35.319 --> 01:14:40.279
Gibson mourns her. You'll have to
turn the bus. I'm aware of that,

906
01:14:40.359 --> 01:14:45.439
Emma. The Mayor quickly replies,
hang on. When we reach the

907
01:14:45.479 --> 01:14:49.319
intersection where this road ends, Mayor
Parkhurst has to try and turn. Unfortunately,

908
01:14:49.359 --> 01:14:53.159
the roads are too snow covered for
her to make the turn at the

909
01:14:53.159 --> 01:14:57.560
speed she's driving. We end up
going through the intersection and over the curb.

910
01:14:58.079 --> 01:15:01.439
The Mayor hits the gas and drives
right across the open area. Do

911
01:15:01.520 --> 01:15:05.560
you know where you're going, I
ask her, Little lady, I'm the

912
01:15:05.560 --> 01:15:10.640
mayor of Pendleton, she replies,
I know this village like I know my

913
01:15:10.680 --> 01:15:14.399
own house. Don't worry, I
don't plan on getting us caught. You

914
01:15:14.439 --> 01:15:16.000
want to get back to your parents
in Strickfield, and I want to get

915
01:15:16.039 --> 01:15:20.720
back to my husband and my kids. Hang on, look, Chunker yells,

916
01:15:20.720 --> 01:15:26.359
pointing straight ahead. The mayor gasps
when Crampis's sleigh and zombie reindeer pull

917
01:15:26.439 --> 01:15:30.279
across the way to block us.
The Mayor's still keeping her lead foot on

918
01:15:30.319 --> 01:15:33.199
the gas I get it. Trying
to stop the bus might cause us to

919
01:15:33.239 --> 01:15:38.319
turn sharply and make us flip onto
one side. On the other hand,

920
01:15:38.399 --> 01:15:44.680
Crampis is going to have to move
or be moved or not. Crampis hops

921
01:15:44.720 --> 01:15:48.159
off the sleigh and quickly stops the
bus dead in its tracks. Before any

922
01:15:48.199 --> 01:15:51.640
of us can think of what to
do next, Crampus pulls off the hood

923
01:15:51.720 --> 01:15:57.319
like it's a cardboard top. Then
she reaches in and rips the huge motor

924
01:15:57.399 --> 01:16:00.279
clean out so she can toss it
over her shoulder like an empty soda can.

925
01:16:01.319 --> 01:16:06.439
End of the road. Everybody out, Crampis jeers. She walks to

926
01:16:06.479 --> 01:16:10.880
the bus doors and rips them off. She looks in and points right at

927
01:16:10.880 --> 01:16:15.920
Butch. You belong to me,
you little naughty. Then Crampis sees the

928
01:16:15.960 --> 01:16:19.199
bus as getting more and more empty, turns out. Horton open the emergency

929
01:16:19.199 --> 01:16:23.760
door in the back is Mona and
missus Gibson got everybody to go out.

930
01:16:24.159 --> 01:16:28.359
Now all the kids are running for
their lives. No, I shall not

931
01:16:28.479 --> 01:16:32.800
be robbed of my prizes, Crampis
declares. Suddenly, Crampis drops her staff

932
01:16:33.000 --> 01:16:36.720
and walks to tip the bus onto
its left side. I have a gut

933
01:16:36.720 --> 01:16:42.680
feeling about that staff. Without even
thinking of whatever repercussions may result, I

934
01:16:42.800 --> 01:16:45.359
dive right out of the bus entrance
and hit the snow. Then I get

935
01:16:45.439 --> 01:16:51.159
up and grab Crampis's staff. I
just turn in a direction and run for

936
01:16:51.239 --> 01:16:58.039
all I'm worth, you dare.
Crampis roars so loudly that the force actually

937
01:16:58.119 --> 01:17:01.119
knocks me down. I quickly get
back up, still holding the staff.

938
01:17:01.760 --> 01:17:06.479
You want those goobers or me,
Crampis. Crampis comes after me. Now

939
01:17:08.159 --> 01:17:11.680
give me my staff, you little
naughty I shall have your soul for this.

940
01:17:11.840 --> 01:17:15.000
Bailey downs. I'm still holding onto
the staff. When I turn and

941
01:17:15.079 --> 01:17:19.600
run again, I hear Crampis roaring
behind me. The next thing I know,

942
01:17:19.920 --> 01:17:24.920
I get clipped and I'm being shoved
into the snow face first, Crampis

943
01:17:25.000 --> 01:17:29.000
is incredibly strong as she holds me
down while trying to take her staff back.

944
01:17:29.800 --> 01:17:34.319
Let go, she demands, no, I yell back. Suddenly Crampis

945
01:17:34.359 --> 01:17:39.199
lifts me right off the ground and
slams me onto my back. I groan

946
01:17:39.279 --> 01:17:42.319
when I feel the wind get knocked
out of me. I can't move.

947
01:17:43.239 --> 01:17:46.079
Just as Crampis grabs her staff,
she gets taken down for the second time

948
01:17:46.119 --> 01:17:50.920
today by Chunker. He quickly gets
off her and grabs the staff. Then

949
01:17:50.960 --> 01:17:56.119
I feel Chapman lifting me up into
a fireman's carry. Let's go, Chunker.

950
01:17:56.479 --> 01:18:00.000
Chapman yells, I'm going. I'm
going. He yells back. Chapman's

951
01:18:00.079 --> 01:18:03.399
running with me like I'm a pillow. I know he works out like Chunker,

952
01:18:03.439 --> 01:18:06.880
but he doesn't look as strong as
Carter Cross. Yeah, I ain't

953
01:18:06.880 --> 01:18:13.000
complaining. He got me far away
from Crampis. Man. It's really freezing

954
01:18:13.000 --> 01:18:17.520
out here. I hear Chunker groan. You think Chapman returns, Just keep

955
01:18:17.600 --> 01:18:21.680
running, You're gonna be okay,
Bailey. Then I'm starting to feel I

956
01:18:21.720 --> 01:18:26.880
can move again. As I'm getting
my wind back. The guy has managed

957
01:18:26.920 --> 01:18:30.159
to make it to a nearby building
and move by the loading docks. You

958
01:18:30.199 --> 01:18:33.840
can put me down now, Chapman, I tell him, I'm okay.

959
01:18:34.920 --> 01:18:41.399
Chapman, does you sure you're okay? I nod, yeah, I'm fine.

960
01:18:41.479 --> 01:18:45.840
Now what do we do with this
thing? Chunker asked me. You

961
01:18:45.920 --> 01:18:49.319
went after it for a reason,
Bailey, Chapman gets it. I'm thinking

962
01:18:49.399 --> 01:18:54.399
without this, Crampis doesn't have any
power. You're right, Chapman, that

963
01:18:54.520 --> 01:18:58.279
is what I think. I agree. Crampis will come for us before she

964
01:18:58.359 --> 01:19:02.760
goes after the others, even those
goobers. Suddenly, Crampis drops right down

965
01:19:02.800 --> 01:19:08.680
in front of us. I'll take
that now. I leap at Crampis and

966
01:19:08.800 --> 01:19:12.960
let her catch me. Run,
Chunker, run. Chapman and Chunker both

967
01:19:13.000 --> 01:19:16.079
turn and run. I hold onto
Crampis's face, hoping to blind her so

968
01:19:16.119 --> 01:19:20.880
she can't see where the guys ran
off to. Crampis eventually proves too strong

969
01:19:20.920 --> 01:19:25.520
and grabs hold of me. She
lifts me high into the air and throws

970
01:19:25.560 --> 01:19:30.119
me really far. I land on
snowy ground and feel the wind get knocked

971
01:19:30.119 --> 01:19:35.159
out of me again. No,
I can't move but I groan and grit

972
01:19:35.239 --> 01:19:42.640
my teeth. I won't let Crampis
win. I push to sit up with

973
01:19:42.720 --> 01:19:46.479
all the determination I can muster.
Then I feel myself finally sitting up.

974
01:19:47.159 --> 01:19:51.560
I use more willpower and force myself
to get to my feet. I fall

975
01:19:51.600 --> 01:19:56.840
to my knees, but I force
myself to stand again. I can only

976
01:19:56.880 --> 01:20:00.479
manage short trots as I'm trying to
run. Before long, I have my

977
01:20:00.560 --> 01:20:05.159
wind back again, and I run
to find Crampis. When I get back

978
01:20:05.199 --> 01:20:10.359
to the loading docks, I see
the cloven hoof prints and know where to

979
01:20:10.439 --> 01:20:15.319
follow. Soon I see she's caught
up to Chunker and Chapman. She's about

980
01:20:15.399 --> 01:20:18.119
to take the staff away from Chunker. When I run to them and snatch

981
01:20:18.159 --> 01:20:24.199
it up myself. N Na can't
catch me. I jeer at Crampus.

982
01:20:24.920 --> 01:20:28.560
I know I can't outrun that monster. If she easily caught up to me

983
01:20:28.640 --> 01:20:31.680
first, then the guys she'll catch
up to me again. I have one

984
01:20:31.760 --> 01:20:35.600
last ditch idea I can try.
I'm scared for my life, but I'm

985
01:20:35.640 --> 01:20:42.279
also determined. I never forgot what
happened on Halloween night, when Bloody Mary

986
01:20:42.399 --> 01:20:47.279
showed up to save us from Abigail. Tomlin. Just seeing that made me

987
01:20:47.359 --> 01:20:51.520
want to be a better person.
I stop trying to be more like Ariel.

988
01:20:53.239 --> 01:20:57.880
I've been trying so hard to be
nice to others. Well, now's

989
01:20:57.920 --> 01:21:01.079
my big chance to really do some
good. I can keep Crampis here with

990
01:21:01.239 --> 01:21:05.319
me and make sure she doesn't get
the others. What do you think you're

991
01:21:05.359 --> 01:21:09.840
doing? Child? Give me back
my staff, or I shall rip it

992
01:21:09.840 --> 01:21:15.159
from your hands, along with your
very soul. I tighten my hands on

993
01:21:15.239 --> 01:21:19.039
the staff. You can't have it. Really, all of this because of

994
01:21:19.119 --> 01:21:24.279
three rotten little kids who don't know
any better. Give me a break.

995
01:21:24.600 --> 01:21:27.960
We've all done stupid things in our
lives. I know I have, you

996
01:21:28.039 --> 01:21:31.399
know what. I may be doing
something really stupid right now, but I'm

997
01:21:31.479 --> 01:21:36.000
doing it. I feel my anger. Now you ain't getting this staff back,

998
01:21:36.079 --> 01:21:42.119
Helga. Crampis roars at me and
knocks me down again. Then I

999
01:21:42.159 --> 01:21:46.399
feel myself being lifted up along with
the staff. Now I'm looking Crampis right

1000
01:21:46.439 --> 01:21:50.199
in the face as I'm hanging off
the staff like a pull bar at a

1001
01:21:50.239 --> 01:21:56.520
gym. You are mine, Bailey
Downs. You shall never return to your

1002
01:21:56.600 --> 01:22:01.319
family again. I growl with anger
and determination as I hold onto the staff.

1003
01:22:01.399 --> 01:22:04.680
And push my feet to kick off
her stomach. Then I come back

1004
01:22:04.720 --> 01:22:09.520
into her while still holding the staff, and give her a kick real hard

1005
01:22:09.520 --> 01:22:14.159
in the gut. She's momentarily stunned, but she drops me and the staff.

1006
01:22:14.800 --> 01:22:18.279
I pick myself up and hold onto
that staff tight. Crampis comes for

1007
01:22:18.399 --> 01:22:21.399
me again, but I lash out
and hit her with the snow globe.

1008
01:22:21.960 --> 01:22:27.319
I can't believe how fast Crampis goes
down. Chapman and I were on the

1009
01:22:27.359 --> 01:22:31.479
same page. This snow globe is
the source of Crampis's power. Without it,

1010
01:22:31.560 --> 01:22:35.279
she can be beaten. When Crampis
gets up again, I step up

1011
01:22:35.319 --> 01:22:41.399
to bat and swing. I connect
with Crampis again and knock her down fast.

1012
01:22:41.960 --> 01:22:45.960
As she's getting back up, Chunker
tackles her one more time. He

1013
01:22:45.000 --> 01:22:48.880
gets up and gets away from her. When Crampis gets up again, this

1014
01:22:49.000 --> 01:22:55.000
time Chapman tackles her. I know
we can't just keep hitting her. Then

1015
01:22:55.079 --> 01:22:58.720
I have an idea. I move
to the side of the building and swing

1016
01:22:58.800 --> 01:23:01.760
the snow globe to try and shatter
it. I swing with all my strength

1017
01:23:01.840 --> 01:23:09.640
again and again, but the globe
just will not shatter. I scream at

1018
01:23:09.640 --> 01:23:13.840
the top of my lungs and hit
the building one more time. Yes,

1019
01:23:15.000 --> 01:23:17.239
okay, I still couldn't shatter the
snow globe, but I made it come

1020
01:23:17.279 --> 01:23:21.119
off the wooden staff. I quickly
pick it up. Think, Bailey,

1021
01:23:21.199 --> 01:23:27.800
Think what can I do to stop
crampis? Okay? What would mouse do?

1022
01:23:28.840 --> 01:23:31.479
Of course, I'll just think outside
the box here, and then I

1023
01:23:31.560 --> 01:23:35.520
have an idea. I turn the
snow globe and look at the crampis figure

1024
01:23:35.560 --> 01:23:41.760
sitting on its throne. Its eyes
are glowing red hot. Take me,

1025
01:23:42.520 --> 01:23:45.039
I tell it. I'll give myself
to save the others. Take me.

1026
01:23:45.800 --> 01:23:49.199
I know I'm flawed and weak.
I know I've been a bad person and

1027
01:23:49.319 --> 01:23:53.680
was mean to others at school,
but I've been trying to do right.

1028
01:23:54.359 --> 01:23:58.479
Take me. Take my soul if
you gotta have one, but I'm begging

1029
01:23:58.520 --> 01:24:01.720
you to let the others go.
Suddenly, the snow globe begins to glow

1030
01:24:01.840 --> 01:24:10.479
brightly. Take me. I hold
onto the globe tightly as the light illuminates

1031
01:24:10.520 --> 01:24:15.960
the entire area. Suddenly, the
very bright light is all I can see.

1032
01:24:16.079 --> 01:24:19.279
I don't know where I am now, but I still won't let go

1033
01:24:19.359 --> 01:24:24.279
of the crampist snow glow. I
can even feel the light shooting out of

1034
01:24:24.279 --> 01:24:33.039
my own eyes take me, I
say weekly and then the light dims and

1035
01:24:33.199 --> 01:24:39.920
slowly turns to darkness. If this
is truly the end for me, then

1036
01:24:39.960 --> 01:24:44.279
I pray that if there is a
higher power I have to answer to that

1037
01:24:44.359 --> 01:24:49.800
I'll be judged fairly. I gave
it my best shot in life. I

1038
01:24:50.000 --> 01:24:58.119
just hope and pray beyond all hope
that the others are saved. You're not

1039
01:24:58.319 --> 01:25:18.279
safe yet, Spooky, We'll be
right back. Epilogue perspective. Bailey downs

1040
01:25:19.159 --> 01:25:25.520
Mouse can't believe the story I'm telling
everybody as she's driving us back to Strickfield.

1041
01:25:26.880 --> 01:25:31.920
Wow, you really met up with
Crampis, She gawks. She's telling

1042
01:25:31.920 --> 01:25:36.560
the truth. Maddie Horton says,
backing me up. Yeah, why would

1043
01:25:36.560 --> 01:25:42.840
we lie about something like that?
Chunker ads never said you guys did?

1044
01:25:43.319 --> 01:25:46.359
Mouse replies, and I wouldn't call
you a liar, Bailey. Not after

1045
01:25:46.439 --> 01:25:53.399
our meeting up with Abigail Tomlin on
Halloween and Bloody Mary back in September at

1046
01:25:53.399 --> 01:25:58.920
Ariel Mirror's sleepover, Mona adds I
finished the story with a little help from

1047
01:25:59.000 --> 01:26:02.960
Chapman and Chunker. Turns out,
after I passed out, the disastrous winter

1048
01:26:03.079 --> 01:26:10.600
weather suddenly just stop dead. When
Mayor Parkursed and Missus Gibson found us,

1049
01:26:11.199 --> 01:26:15.760
they found me unconscious with the crampesst
snow globe in my hands. Not too

1050
01:26:15.800 --> 01:26:20.479
far away, they found Helga Stanlein
back to normal and lying in the snow.

1051
01:26:21.800 --> 01:26:29.399
Mayor Parkers took care of everything since
cell signal was miraculously restored. Only

1052
01:26:29.439 --> 01:26:33.000
thing I can figure was that Crampis
got pulled out of Helga and back into

1053
01:26:33.079 --> 01:26:38.760
the snow globe. Also, the
night that happened during the afternoon ended up

1054
01:26:38.800 --> 01:26:45.000
becoming daylight again. We ended up
getting the orphanage cleaned up and still having

1055
01:26:45.079 --> 01:26:49.520
the Christmas celebration. It was a
little late, but better late than never.

1056
01:26:50.520 --> 01:26:56.520
As for the three Goobers, they
were given a choice. Either they

1057
01:26:56.600 --> 01:27:01.479
could help clean up or they could
be shipped off to another orphanage. Both

1058
01:27:01.479 --> 01:27:08.119
Mayor Parkhurst and Missus Gibson put their
feet down on them. The Goobers realized

1059
01:27:08.159 --> 01:27:12.880
they had it better at Home Sweet
Home and helped clean up. And you

1060
01:27:12.920 --> 01:27:16.960
know what, they actually did a
good job. They were even good boys

1061
01:27:17.000 --> 01:27:24.319
when potential parents came to Home Sweet
Home looking to adopt, Butch's little gang

1062
01:27:24.359 --> 01:27:28.479
may end up being broken up.
Both Joe and Stan are likely going to

1063
01:27:28.520 --> 01:27:32.079
be adopted. I think the two
of them know they're better off having parents

1064
01:27:32.079 --> 01:27:38.800
in a real home than staying in
the orphanage system. Don't get me wrong,

1065
01:27:39.399 --> 01:27:43.680
Home Sweet Home wasn't a bad place
to be again. I was glad

1066
01:27:43.680 --> 01:27:47.439
I had a roof over my head, good food to eat, and people

1067
01:27:47.520 --> 01:27:53.399
who really cared about us. Deep
down, I'm very thankful for the man

1068
01:27:53.439 --> 01:27:59.239
and woman who came to Home Sweet
Home and adopted me. I'm hoping Joe

1069
01:27:59.279 --> 01:28:03.600
and Stan will think so too when
they go to their new homes with their

1070
01:28:03.640 --> 01:28:09.600
new parents. And here's the really
messed up part about all of this.

1071
01:28:11.119 --> 01:28:15.039
That Crampis snow globe just disappeared.
We looked all over the Orphanage for it,

1072
01:28:15.640 --> 01:28:18.880
but it was nowhere to be found. We had to give it up

1073
01:28:18.920 --> 01:28:24.800
for lost and head back to Strickfield
without it. This Saturday turned out to

1074
01:28:24.840 --> 01:28:30.359
be quite the eventful one. Mause
ended up missing out on Crampis, but

1075
01:28:30.279 --> 01:28:34.439
it was for the best. I
tried and tried to remember what I could

1076
01:28:34.479 --> 01:28:40.760
before I passed out, but there
wasn't anything else. Like I said,

1077
01:28:40.800 --> 01:28:45.000
I was found and brought back to
the orphanage. I was revived and everything

1078
01:28:45.119 --> 01:28:50.159
was back to normal again. As
for Helga Stanlin, she was fired from

1079
01:28:50.199 --> 01:28:56.319
the Orphanage. She was told on
no uncertain terms by Missus Gibson to pack

1080
01:28:56.439 --> 01:29:00.720
up and leave. Helga didn't need
to be told twice. What's more,

1081
01:29:01.359 --> 01:29:05.920
those goobers even tried to apologize to
her for what they did, but she

1082
01:29:06.000 --> 01:29:10.960
wouldn't even acknowledge them. He got
to hand it to him, though.

1083
01:29:11.760 --> 01:29:15.159
They tried to make things right,
but Helga wasn't going to be redeemed.

1084
01:29:15.800 --> 01:29:21.479
On a much brighter note, nobody
got hurt or killed. When it came

1085
01:29:21.520 --> 01:29:26.960
to the big celebration dinner, Miss
Barrett and Mouse prepared. It was definitely

1086
01:29:27.000 --> 01:29:30.960
a nice turkey dinner with all the
trimmings. I don't think we're going to

1087
01:29:30.960 --> 01:29:35.079
want to eat anything until tomorrow,
even Chunker ate good. Turns out,

1088
01:29:35.079 --> 01:29:39.600
Miss Barrett and Mouse went all the
way to Denoyer's grill to get dessert pies,

1089
01:29:40.159 --> 01:29:45.800
including Chunker's favorite sweet potato pie.
The truck that was supposed to deliver

1090
01:29:45.880 --> 01:29:49.079
the dessert pies to the Orphanage broke
down coming from North Ridgeway, so Miss

1091
01:29:49.119 --> 01:29:56.000
Barrett took Mouse and made their emergency
run to Denoyer's grill back in Strickfield go

1092
01:29:56.079 --> 01:30:01.640
figure to end the day, Mouse
would get us back to Strickfield just fine.

1093
01:30:01.760 --> 01:30:04.600
I can't believe how well she can
drive, for all of us being

1094
01:30:04.640 --> 01:30:09.960
in seventh grade. She even managed
to put the suv right back where it

1095
01:30:10.119 --> 01:30:15.239
was. From there, we got
out and set our goodbyes before parting ways.

1096
01:30:15.760 --> 01:30:20.079
Of course, I thanked Mouse again
and told her I owed her one

1097
01:30:20.279 --> 01:30:25.520
again. Mouse just waved me off. Nah, we're good, Bailey.

1098
01:30:26.239 --> 01:30:29.720
We did it for a good cause. See you at school on Monday.

1099
01:30:30.720 --> 01:30:35.640
Yeah, have a good one,
Mouse, Thanks again. Mom and Dad

1100
01:30:35.680 --> 01:30:41.640
eventually came home. They never did
find out about our little adventure with the

1101
01:30:41.720 --> 01:30:45.720
suv. I hated to do it, but I told them a little white

1102
01:30:45.800 --> 01:30:50.159
lie and said Mona and I took
an uber and that was the end of

1103
01:30:50.159 --> 01:30:57.199
that. We went through our final
week of school before we went on Christmas

1104
01:30:57.279 --> 01:31:02.399
vacation. Then we ended up having
another adventure just before Christmas Day. Horton,

1105
01:31:02.479 --> 01:31:06.239
Chapman, and Chunker weren't part of
this one, but let's just say

1106
01:31:06.279 --> 01:31:10.840
it was another one where we barely
made it by the skins of our teeth.

1107
01:31:12.359 --> 01:31:15.239
Of all the things that could come
and cause trouble, for us.

1108
01:31:15.199 --> 01:31:19.800
It was an old school VR video
game console that was possessed by some really

1109
01:31:19.840 --> 01:31:24.920
advanced code that came to life.
And that's all I'm going to say.

1110
01:31:24.920 --> 01:31:30.159
On that Christmas Day finally came,
I would have a wonderful dinner with the

1111
01:31:30.199 --> 01:31:34.840
man and woman who adopted me,
whom I gladly call Mom and Dad.

1112
01:31:35.840 --> 01:31:40.319
I've been told by my friends that
our home is a small one, but

1113
01:31:40.359 --> 01:31:44.880
Mom and Dad made more than enough
room for me. I excused myself from

1114
01:31:44.880 --> 01:31:48.640
the table and went to my room
for a little bit. I felt so

1115
01:31:48.760 --> 01:31:54.319
emotional about my life and my adoptive
parents. I cried for a little while.

1116
01:31:55.439 --> 01:31:58.600
I've been trying to be the best
daughter to my adoptive parents that I

1117
01:31:58.640 --> 01:32:02.520
can be. Leave me when I
say I'm very thankful for everything I have.

1118
01:32:03.600 --> 01:32:08.479
That was the biggest lesson I took
away from the home Sweet Home,

1119
01:32:08.600 --> 01:32:15.840
orphanage then and now. I finished
crying for joy and returned to the table.

1120
01:32:16.079 --> 01:32:19.680
After dinner, we sat down in
the living room and watched some Hallmark

1121
01:32:19.760 --> 01:32:25.840
Christmas movies on TV. Later on, Mona came over and we hung out.

1122
01:32:26.520 --> 01:32:30.039
My parents never care that Mona comes
over. I'm also very thankful for

1123
01:32:30.159 --> 01:32:35.560
Mona, Like I said, she
was my first real friend that I made

1124
01:32:35.600 --> 01:32:42.079
since being Bailey Downs. Mom and
Dad got me wonderful presents like they always

1125
01:32:42.119 --> 01:32:45.760
do, but Mona and my parents
continue to be the very best gifts that

1126
01:32:45.880 --> 01:32:50.000
keep on giving. I know I'll
always have my parents, but when it

1127
01:32:50.039 --> 01:32:54.920
comes to Mona, I truly hope
we never lose touch with one another,

1128
01:32:55.880 --> 01:33:00.520
even when we move into adulthood and
go our separate ways. But I'm overthinking

1129
01:33:00.560 --> 01:33:04.359
things, ain't I. No,
I better stick to the here and now.

1130
01:33:05.159 --> 01:33:09.760
Mona and I are lying on my
bed and watching a few Christmas horror

1131
01:33:09.800 --> 01:33:15.399
movies together. And guess what,
right, we're actually watching Crampus. Yeah,

1132
01:33:15.439 --> 01:33:19.800
I know, call us crazy.
Afterwards, we watch a Christmas horror

1133
01:33:19.840 --> 01:33:24.920
story again. I already told you
we watched this one at one of Ariel's

1134
01:33:24.960 --> 01:33:29.119
Friday night sleepovers earlier this month,
but Mona and I wanted to see it

1135
01:33:29.159 --> 01:33:31.359
again. Like I said, it's
one of the few horror movies where the

1136
01:33:31.399 --> 01:33:35.720
town is the same name as mine, and this one does have a few

1137
01:33:35.760 --> 01:33:41.560
stories about Crampus in it. Even
though we went through that horrible ordeal with

1138
01:33:41.640 --> 01:33:45.720
the real thing, We're still here
and doing the things we love with each

1139
01:33:45.720 --> 01:33:50.199
other. When it comes to the
home, sweet Home Orphanage, I actually

1140
01:33:50.199 --> 01:33:56.239
found myself missing that place when we
left. Missus Gibson and Mayor Parkhurst both

1141
01:33:56.319 --> 01:34:00.439
asked us if we'd consider coming back
next holiday season to help out for their

1142
01:34:00.479 --> 01:34:05.560
big celebration. We all promised we
would. Mouse said she'd even drive us

1143
01:34:05.560 --> 01:34:09.880
to Pendleton again as long as we
could get a hold of another car.

1144
01:34:11.199 --> 01:34:15.840
I really am happy and thankful for
everyone and everything in my life. I

1145
01:34:15.880 --> 01:34:19.079
love Halloween and Christmas just the same
and always look forward to celebrating them both,

1146
01:34:19.680 --> 01:34:26.199
even if we've got ghosts and demons
chasing us down, Speaking of which

1147
01:34:26.960 --> 01:34:30.279
I have the feeling this won't be
the last time we're going to be dealing

1148
01:34:30.319 --> 01:34:34.239
with such things. Mona and I
are going to finish Christmas together, enjoy

1149
01:34:34.239 --> 01:34:38.079
the rest of our holiday break with
the rest of our circle of friends,

1150
01:34:38.680 --> 01:34:43.039
and then return to school. And
you just know we're going to be heading

1151
01:34:43.079 --> 01:34:47.439
into some other wild adventures down the
road. In other words, we're going

1152
01:34:47.520 --> 01:35:00.039
to be back again in the meantime. Merry Christmas, Oh my spookies,

1153
01:35:00.119 --> 01:35:04.720
I cannot tell a lie. I'm
a sucker for an upbeat ending like that.

1154
01:35:04.880 --> 01:35:09.039
It's one of my favorite parts of
the holiday season. I know,

1155
01:35:09.239 --> 01:35:13.720
I know, I'm a sentimental fool. Well, guilty is charged, but

1156
01:35:13.800 --> 01:35:17.760
I enjoyed that story quite a bit. Nothing beats crampis going on a rampage

1157
01:35:18.119 --> 01:35:23.760
and a group of plucky kids having
to stop it. And remember, we'll

1158
01:35:23.760 --> 01:35:29.920
be back tomorrow with another terrifying tale
to keep you entertained all through the holiday

1159
01:35:30.000 --> 01:35:32.840
season. I know I've said it
a few times, but it bears repeating.

1160
01:35:33.399 --> 01:35:36.680
This could be a relaxing time of
year for many, but many others

1161
01:35:36.720 --> 01:35:42.359
are out there making the holiday happen
for everybody else. Whether it's preparing a

1162
01:35:42.399 --> 01:35:46.079
family get together, or driving a
big rig truck, working as a mechanic,

1163
01:35:46.600 --> 01:35:50.199
doing housekeeping at a hotel, all
of these things are hard work that

1164
01:35:50.239 --> 01:35:54.920
helps make the holidays happen. And
we want to be here in your ears

1165
01:35:55.039 --> 01:35:59.520
to keep you entertained throughout whatever you
may be up to during the beginning of

1166
01:35:59.520 --> 01:36:01.760
the winter months. So thank you
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1167
01:36:01.800 --> 01:36:05.600
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1172
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The Weekend publishing two episodes every month. But now, my Spooky is it's

1178
01:36:50.760 --> 01:36:55.720
time for me to get back to
work, so you all have a wonderful

1179
01:36:55.800 --> 01:37:00.000
day, for myself, for my
producer Dan Wilder, my composer Ray Mattis,

1180
01:37:00.000 --> 01:37:02.960
and of course our executive producer Rob
Fields. I will talk at you

1181
01:37:03.319 --> 01:37:09.640
tomorrow. Thank you for listening.
Make sure to find your way back next

1182
01:37:09.680 --> 01:37:15.079
week, but for now you are
safe. Trust me.