No Place for Monsters Flashcards

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More like never there to begin with.

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Listen: If the knowledge is in my brain, they’ll be able to access it and use it against us.

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Maybe the memory eraser malfunctioned.

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You blew through that stupid jellyfish-thingy assignment before I even had a chance to contribute!

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It was small and decrepit, but shave away some rust, rearrange the seats, fortify the windows…not a bad hideout.

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My mom wanted me home by five thirty!

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Something scurried across the road ahead of him.

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8
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The stranger stopped whistling…leaned against the lamppost…tipped its hat.

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Neighbors lined the sidewalk as the ice cream truck rolled down the street.

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10
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And then her eyes fixed on the ivy-strangled house across the street.

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What have you done to my garden?

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A fence is just a fence, but the plants are priceless!

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13
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I eat elephants for lunch and rhinos for dinner!!!

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14
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If she kisses you, she’ll give you brain-eating worms!

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I don’t have a brother!

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16
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But you’ve got to believe me: something is wrong.

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17
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It was a warm smile - not the smirk she wore when trying to impress her friends.

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18
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What happened to her room?

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19
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Your own family has forgotten her.

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20
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I’m saying either they’ll think you’re crazy, or they’ll think you know too much.

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21
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And this two-liter soda bottle is the rocket.

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22
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Sorry about the freak-out this morning.

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23
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The bed was stuffed with pillows, and in the darkness, it made a passable decoy.

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24
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No, he could never sleep at a time like this.

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25
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It had you in some sort of trance and was dragging you out the window

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26
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You have the wrong house

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27
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He stared longingly at the people lining the streets as they chatted and laughed and savored their frozen treats.

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28
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Three sheep have been found dead over the course of the week at German Farm.

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29
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I thought we were supposed to be stealthy!

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30
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The sheep erupted in a wave of confusion and terror, and a runt on the fringe was torn from the mass.

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No Place for Monsters

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31
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There was a flash of green fluorescence as the creature’s eyes flickered open.

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32
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You’ve only made things worse!

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No Place for Monsters

33
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They crept through mist and over lichen encrusted stones to the edge of a dark pool

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No Place for Monsters

34
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You have one last chance to give your address before I’ll be forced to make a citizen’s arrest!

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No Place for Monsters

35
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These children fit the description.

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No Place for Monsters

36
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When the Watch stoops to harassing my grandchildren, it most certainly is my business!

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No Place for Monsters

37
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Then she turned and slipped down the sidewalk, away from the ivy-strangled house, away from the quiet neighborhood, to the shadows at the edge of town.

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No Place for Monsters

38
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The sense of safety and order is likely the very thing that drew the Boojum here.

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No Place for Monsters

39
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WE got wrapped in ivy, scratched by thorns, breathed in the pollen.

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No Place for Monsters

40
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Cicada trilled

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No place for monsters

41
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Katydid rasped

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No place for monsters

42
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Cricket chirped

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No place for monsters

43
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I’m sure your dad’s a nice guy once you get to know him

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No place for monsters

44
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I think it’s under the house!

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No place for monsters

45
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They stood in the middle of the walk while the overgrowth twisted around them

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No place for monsters

46
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Misshapen shadows skittered just beyond the streetlight’s glow

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No place for monsters

47
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You look like you’ve seen the bogeyman

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No place for monsters

48
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One little breath and you’ll sleep forevermore

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No place for monsters

49
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The ice cream man pulled a vial of sand from his coat

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No place for monsters

50
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The vine thatched onto the ice cream man’s face and lashed with budding thorns.

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No place for monsters

51
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If those crates come loose and spill, we’ll be buried under twenty tons of ice cream.

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No place for monsters

52
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They rounded a corner just in time to see the spiny thing slip through the gap in the warehouse door.

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No place for monsters

53
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The pipe expanded and became the gritty stone of an underground tunnel lit by bioluminescent fungus

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No place for monsters

54
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Where the ditzies are my eyes?!

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No place for monsters

55
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All sugar and sprinkles and spores and spice!

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No place for monsters

56
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Questions and confuddlements will be addressed at the end of the tour.

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No place for monsters

57
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Oh, but they forgot us, the underground dwellers, hiding just below the crust, watching the human-folk grow soft and dull

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No place for monsters

58
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True, but we are very fond of electrochemical pulses, especially the sort produced by dreams.

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No place for monsters

59
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Run, goofooligans!

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No place for monsters

60
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Let the wild rumbus commence!

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No place for monsters

61
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They slipped past the rioting workers, dashed down the main tunnel, veered left, darted right, slipped left, and dove through the stone arches Heckbender had described

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No place for monsters

62
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Plus she was working for the bad guys, remember?

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No place for monsters

63
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I’m offering you a chance to be my new shepherd

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No place for monsters

64
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But it turns out you’re just a bully who likes stupid mind games.

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No place for monsters

65
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I’m sick of all the pretending and lying

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No place for monsters

66
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He reached the nearest veil of nothing-threads and swung the cane

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No place for monsters

67
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He darted back and forth, waking the other children, hauling them upright

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No place for monsters

68
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Behind, he could hear the clatter of stones as the tunnel collapsed

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No place for monsters

69
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They’d shed their trappings - the ties and shirts and clipboards - and gone back to their true nature

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No place for monsters

70
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They were slouched and shuffling, but at that moment, they somehow managed to be majestic

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No place for monsters

71
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We’ll do everything we can, she said, but you need to stay here with the others.

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No place for monsters

72
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And please, understand we did everything we could to find your friend

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No place for monsters

73
Q

If this note fails to scratch that lingering itch, please cast it aside with the cobwebs

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No place for monsters

74
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The hand wobbled, as if two minds were fighting for control.

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No place for monsters

75
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The ripe fall apple lay in three pieces amid the grass, it’s juice droplets sparkling in the daylight

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No place for monsters

76
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Think anyone will believe our story?

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No place for monsters