Revenge of the Living Dummy

Revenge of the Living Dummy is the first Goosebumps Horrorland book.

Plot
The book starts out with Britney Crosby, and her friend Molly Molloy, at a graveyard, taking turns digging. They see raccoons, but the storm scare them away. Then, Molly points at a tombstone, and a pale hand reaches out for the screaming Britney.

Then it cuts to a flashback, and she's talking about her one big problem - her cousin Ethan. She's been moved into the tiny sewing room to make room for Ethan. She then talks to Molly, who comes up with outlandish suggestions. But, then Britney mentions last time he visited, he deleted her term paper - intentionally. Molly remarks that her life's over, and Britney hears a crash.

She finds her clumsy mom picking up china. Her mom pinches her, and reminds her to keep a good attitude. Then, her dad comes in and say Ethan has arrived. Then Ethan, and someone else come in. He introduces his new friend as Mr. Badboy, his ventriloquist's dummy. He hits Britney with the dummy, pretending to say hi.

Ethan pretends innocent, and blames Mr. Badboy, and the three, Britney, Ethan, and Mr. Badboy, the latter two reluctantly, go to Molly's house. After Ethan and Molly introduce themselves, via insults, they enter the house. The see Mr. Molloy, who says Mr. Badboy is familiar. Mr. Molloy then urges them to come to his Museum of the Weird, and stare into the face of pure evil.

They ultimately agree, and follow him upstairs. and see a weird doll. Its body wooden, and its head was a real shrunken head. He explains it is a mind stealer doll, which steals your mind if you touch it. They head downstairs, and Britney hears the mind stealer doll flirting with her.

Too bad. It was just Ethan pulling a prank on her. They ask if Mr. Molloy really believes the story, and he says yes, but it's safe because it's under triple-thick glass. Then, Ethan shoves her into the case, and she hears buzzing. She prepares for the stealing of her mind.

But, it doesn't come. The buzzing was from her cell phone. A text message from her mom. When they return, Ethan drags Britney upstairs, to watch his comedy act. To her surprise, Ethan was an excellent ventriloquist, and as they leave, Mr. Badboy, by himself, laughs.

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