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| + | Trisha is spending her summer vacation with her best friend, Jeremy. Unfortunately for her, Jeremy's nerdy cousin, Harold will also be spending the summer with him. While walking down the street, the three of them meet Carla, the new girl in town. Carla is highly superstitious and reluctant to do anything that might bring bad luck. Carla then brings up the Thumbprint of Doom, her greatest fear. She reveals that if someone casts it on your forehead, something horrible will happen in twenty-four hours. Trisha and Jeremy find the story absurd, but Carla's superstitions seem to rub off on Harold. |
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| − | Trisha thought she'd have a great summer, but it's been hampered by her friend Jeremy's cousin Harold, who is more interested in reading than having fun. Harold doesn't even want to go swimming, as he'd rather stay home and read the dictionary. |
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| + | As their summer continues, Carla's superstitions keep getting in the way of their fun. In attempts to cure her, Trisha hatches a plan. She convinces Carla to accompany them to the fair. Carla is cautious, as the stars aren't right, but Trisha and Jeremy pry. They forcefully drag the terrified Carla to the fair's fortune teller, Madame Wanda. The fortune teller takes a hold of her and begins to panic. She warns Carla of a terrible future in store for her and gives her the Thumbprint of Doom. Carla freaks out and runs out of the tent. |
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| − | Luckily, a new girl has moved onto the street. Her name is Carla and she follows horoscopes and other new age superstitions very closely. She tells her new friends that the thing she fears most of all is the Thumbprint of Doom. It's an ancient spell that curses the person who receives it with death within 24 hours. |
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| + | Jeremy and Trisha follow behind and tells her it was simply a joke. Carla replies that she knows and reveals that she has the power to give the Thumbprint of Doom. Carla says that now that they know her secret, she must curse them. She presses her thumb into each of their foreheads and the three run off in terror. Carla laughs, and the fortune teller asks how long it will take before they realize she doesn't truly have magical power. Carla hopes they will soon, and thanks Madame Wanda — now revealed to her mother — for helping her. |
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| − | Unluckily for Carla's new friends, Carla takes her superstitions ''very'' seriously. She won't even let Trisha ride in a blue canoe on a Tuesday. Trisha and Jeremy talk both Carla and Harold into visiting the local fair. Once on the grounds, they get dragged to a fortune teller who reads Carla's fortune... and then in fear plants the Thumbprint of Doom on her forehead, to "spare" her the horrors she foresaw. Carla sprints out of the tent in terror. |
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| − | Trisha and Jeremy delight in their joke. They snuck away to the fairgrounds that morning and paid the fortune teller to pull the stunt as a joke. They go out to tell Carla about the gag. Carla snaps at them and reveals that she knew it was a gag, as ''she's'' the only one who can give out the Thumbprint of Doom. But now that they know that, she'll have to imprint it on all three of them. She does so and the kids run off into the night, screaming. |
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| + | * This is one of the few stories in the ''[[Tales to Give You Goosebumps]]'' series where nothing supernatural happens. |
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| − | The fortune teller sticks her head out of her tent and asks her daughter, Carla, how long it'll take her friends to realize that Carla didn't actually have any powers and was playing a trick on them. |
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Revision as of 21:48, 7 November 2019
"The Thumbprint of Doom" is the tenth and final short story in Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.
Plot
Trisha is spending her summer vacation with her best friend, Jeremy. Unfortunately for her, Jeremy's nerdy cousin, Harold will also be spending the summer with him. While walking down the street, the three of them meet Carla, the new girl in town. Carla is highly superstitious and reluctant to do anything that might bring bad luck. Carla then brings up the Thumbprint of Doom, her greatest fear. She reveals that if someone casts it on your forehead, something horrible will happen in twenty-four hours. Trisha and Jeremy find the story absurd, but Carla's superstitions seem to rub off on Harold.
As their summer continues, Carla's superstitions keep getting in the way of their fun. In attempts to cure her, Trisha hatches a plan. She convinces Carla to accompany them to the fair. Carla is cautious, as the stars aren't right, but Trisha and Jeremy pry. They forcefully drag the terrified Carla to the fair's fortune teller, Madame Wanda. The fortune teller takes a hold of her and begins to panic. She warns Carla of a terrible future in store for her and gives her the Thumbprint of Doom. Carla freaks out and runs out of the tent.
Jeremy and Trisha follow behind and tells her it was simply a joke. Carla replies that she knows and reveals that she has the power to give the Thumbprint of Doom. Carla says that now that they know her secret, she must curse them. She presses her thumb into each of their foreheads and the three run off in terror. Carla laughs, and the fortune teller asks how long it will take before they realize she doesn't truly have magical power. Carla hopes they will soon, and thanks Madame Wanda — now revealed to her mother — for helping her.
Trivia
- This is one of the few stories in the Tales to Give You Goosebumps series where nothing supernatural happens.