"Holly Lisle - Minerva Wakes" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lisle Holly)

Murp woke Bamey up by standing on his chest and star-
ing into his face. Bamey pushed the cat off him and sat up,
He could hear the wind howling outside. The storm was
scaryтАФbut he knew that wasn't die reason Murp was growl-
ing with his fur all sticking out.

There was something in tile house. Not the usual mon-
sters. This time it was something even worse.

He clutched Murp tightly with one hand and with the
other, pulled the blankets up around the two of them.

"Jamie," he whispered.

Jamie didn't move. Mommy always said Jamie slept like a
rockтАФand usually that was fine with Bamey, who didn't. But
not when there was something big and awiul coming to get
them.

"Jamie," he whispered louder. He was really, really scared.
He could hear hissing outside. There were big monsters
hunting through the storm.

The thing in the house was too big for the Turtle Shield,
Bamey thought. But Batman was in the closet. He lived
there when he wasn't beating had guys. All Bamey had to do
was get from the bed to the closet without the little mon-
sters getting him, and he'd be safe.

He had to save Jamie, too, thoughтАФif he could- He whis-
pered urgently, "JamieтАФwake up!" His brother didn't wake
up. Bamey threw his pillow. It missed and fell onto the floor,
into monster territory. No chance of getting that back.
Bamey took a deep breath, reached down, and grabbed
Michelangelo. He threw the Turtle and hit Jamie squarely
on the side of the face.

Jamie grunted and rolled over without waking up.

Bamey wanted to cry. His brother was a buttheadтАФbut
he was also ha brother. Clutching the cat, he took a deep
breath, then jumped to the floor and ran to Jamie's bed.
Bamey climbed onto the mattress as fast as he could and
tucked his feet under him to keep them out of the reach of
monsters. "Jamie! Jamie! Wake up! Really bad monsters are

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in the house!" He shook his brother with the hand that