chapter 48 B Flashcards
Forty-five minutes later and we’re still down in Uncle Doug’s ____________________ basement trying to get him to hold Buttons on the lab table so he can use the fake needle and pretend to draw some blood from her
dimly lit
Leyna and Hunter are crouched outside, ____________ the open basement window and laughing
looking in
They are supposed to be catching Dr. Schmaloogan in the act of doing evil experiments. But the only thing they’re witness is my uncle’s _________
breakdown
It’s not just their __________________________. Uncle Doug ________ his bushy beard. It’s their saliva too. These things bite
excrement
I’ll put up with having the animals in cages in the background ______________________.
verisimilitude
And I’ll deal wit hthe aftereffects of all the _________
fluff and dander.
But I am not about to have my penis bitten off by a ________________ disease-ridden feline, thank ou very much
venomous
Uncle Doug ________ at Buttons–take this thing away from me.
wafts his hands at Buttons
tap one cigarette out
slam a cigarette so only one comes out
He grabs his pack of American Spirits and _______
taps one out
You don’t like cats, how about the ferret?
Uncle Doug ____________ and ________________ his cigarette.
sneers; puffs on
I thin I’ll pass. The last thing I need is a feral weasel ___________________________________ and sneaking down my pants
wriggling out of my hands
Uncle Doug picks a _____ of tabacco off his tongue
fleck
By the time we are done, his tiny little tongue _____________________ as he pants
hangs from his mouth
Finally Uncle Doug sighs and _____________ his ciagrette
crushes out
Okay But I want the beast to lie ________________. In total _____________. If he even __________, I’m gonna hurl him across the rrom
stock-still. submission; flinches
Uncle Doug shuffles cautiously up to the table. Yeah, that’s how they get you. Kill ou with cuteness. _________________ And then go right for your nuts
sucker you in
We have to do at least a dozen ____________ of the scene because Uncle Doug is simply not believable as an evil mad veterinarian who experiments on animals
takes
Sure, he looks the part. ____________________, rubber gloved, lab coated, and _________.
Bi and gruff; red-eyed
But he’s barely touching the dog with the tips of his fingers, and his scrunched-up face completely betrays his absolute _____________
revulsion
He is being such a good boy. there’s no biting. No scratching. No ____________________________, not even a __________
ball-sack lunging; whimper
Just a frozen little Evok-faced puppy with his tiy furry paws _______________
stuck in the air
You are a ve for fuck’s sake. You’re not scared of animals. Just __________ with the needle and take the goddam blood
jab it
on cue means
at the correct moment
And, as if ____________, Jo-Jo sends a streaming ____________ straight into uncle Doug’s face
spout of whiz
Dog pee _____ his mountain-man beard and _________________ the front of his lab coat
soaks; cascades down
Matt and Coop’s jaws drop in sync as Uncle Dug leaps away from the lab table and ________________ the longest string of curses I think I’ve ever heard
unleashes
He grabs a _______________________ from the workbench–which, truth be told, is probably way more bacteria laden than Jo-Jo’s pee-and swabs at his face and neck like a madman
soiled rag
I have several options here. Run away and leave my dog to the mergy of my __________________ uncle. Dart in to save him and risk being beaten to death with any of the numerous blunt objects
foaming at the mouth
He didn’t mean it. You just ____________ him. When you grabbed him so suddenly.
spooked him
Uncle Doug swipes at this face again with the rag, glaring at me, breathing heavily and loudly through his nose, like a ________________________ that’s getting ready to charge
speared bull
And he is roally steamed. And he is three times my size. And he could ______________________________ in the blink of an eye
snap us all in half
He takes a deep, deep breath, his hand ___________ the filthy rag
strangling
we let’s just say the person who ____________ will regret they were ever plaed on this little planet we call EArth. Are we ________on this point?
leaked it; crystal
The five of us nod like __________________ in an earthquake
bobblehead dolls
