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My heart raced. Magnus was in danger. I could feel it. Snatching my sweater from the back of my chair, I made up my mind to go t ...

Magnus pinned to the ground, with its large, hooked claws pressed to his throat. Magnus bared his teeth threateningly. He snappe ...

shaggy coat and ambled up to me, his long tail swinging low and his eyes glowing with recognition. I threw my arms around his ne ...

“Thank you, Gretal,” she said when I had finished. She gave my shoulder a little squeeze—a squeeze that made my blood cur- dle a ...

On whisper paws, coyote prowls, scanning fields in evening’s hush, hunting rustlings in the brush. Lonesome in the dusk, she how ...

He slept in hatboxes and shipping boxes, gift boxes and takeout food boxes. He slept in Sasha’s sock drawer, if she left it open ...

on the second floor. Sasha had to redecorate the dollhouse every day, but she didn’t mind as long as Chester was happy. One day ...

“PossiblyoneofthestrangerthingsI’veseen,”sheadmitted.Shehad Sasha andherparentswaitinthelobbywhileshegaveChesterashotto make him ...

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Her father was managing (just) to keep his temper, but she knew that wouldn’t last. “You’ve got to learn there’s more to life th ...

“Tay, this isn’t helping. We have something to tell you. Now. Something you need to hear.” Tay stared. This wasn’t part of the r ...

I swear I won’t cry. But she was already sobbing as the air lock sealed. Too late it occurred to her that this was her chance to ...

helmets that allowed teacher and pupils to communicate. Seaweed anchorage kept the pupils more or less in place, and the screen ...

The woman grunted. She seemed fed up. “I can move in for a closer look if you like, though,” the man suggested. “Yeah. That’d be ...

The ship had slammed into the shock wave from the solar flare and immediately begun to break up. Two hundred escape pods had lau ...

“An unforeseen side effect,” the teacher answered dryly. The class hooted. “Never mind, Esk, we really just love you for those s ...

In the village of Zhaocheng, a man who was too poor to marry lived with his widowed mother. He took good care of her, making rep ...

Adeputynamed i eng,who would, and the old widow went home. Of course Li Neng was just saying this to quiet the old lady, and he ...

with the tiger walking behind him. The magistrate quickly set up court and said to the tiger, “Did you eat the widow’s son?’ The ...

dayshefoundafresh wild pig in the same place. Dayafterdaythetigerbrought fresh meat to the widow. It was always more than she he ...