The Strange Third Day: Curse of Mr. Whiskers

The strange third day:

CURSE OF MR. WHISKERS

by Gilly Woolsey      

     Holy moly! I had the strangest second day of school ever, starting with meeting a giant talking praying mantis and ending with saving the school from a giant man-eating slug.  Soon, the school was back to normal... almost.  Gib now lives at school and you can see him strolling around every day.  The principal cleared out an old storage room so Gib could have a home.  One day, Gib came running down the hallway and he started calling to me, "Gilly! Gilly!"  And I said, "What? What?"

"I had the strangest night ever! Okay, a cold breeze woke me up in the middle of the night and I saw a strange glowing, it was green, and I heard a strange noise, almost like 'blub, blub' so I headed towards the room.  The last thing I heard was a zapping and it was morning.  But that's not the strangest part. 

 Look!" Gib turned around and showed me his back.  There were fish scales growing on it! "O. M. G.! You're turning into a fish!" Gib really wanted his revenge against whoever cursed him.  So, I asked the principal and my mom if I could stay the night at my school.  They both said yes and before I knew it I was pulling an all-nighter with Gib. "Are you sure you saw what you really saw?" I asked Gib. "Yes I'm absolutely positive I-" Then we saw it. The glowing green light. We crept closer to the light and the light was coming from an Egyptian tomb belonging to... "MR. WHISKERS?!?!?"  I exclaimed.  

A glowing green catfish emerged from his sarcophagus and swam for a moment around the room before saying, "Halt! Who goes there?" Gib immediately blurted, "WHO GOES THERE??!?!?! I'LL TELL YOU WHO GOES THERE!!!!!!!! THE INNOCENT GUY YOU CURSED LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!" Gib started swatting frantically at the catfish but I held Gib back with all my strength.  I explained what happened to Gib and asked Mr. Whiskers what was going on with him. Mr. Whiskers said, " Ever since I passed and was mummified, I've been trying to get out of this tomb. But no matter how much I begged and pleaded, the skies wouldn't open up. I just... lost it." The fish said solemnly. Then I came up with an idea. " I can help you out of here but only under one condition. You un-curse my friend and anyone else you've cursed ever and we will guide you out." Mr. Whiskers agreed and said a chant Gib or I just couldn't understand but when I looked on Gib's back, I saw no fish scales at all! 

I found a flashlight and led Mr. Whiskers and his servant, Shark Bait (a blue tang) lugging a big bag of belongings with him.  While we led them out, the school seemed more like an endless labyrinth than a school.  When we finally got out, The fish danced around in rejoice. Mr. Whiskers said, "Thank you for what you have done. Farewell, new friends, see you in the afterlife!" We waved as Mr. Whiskers and Shark Bait flew into the pitch black sky, soon disappearing even though they glowed.  Gib and I had saved the school once again.