Lindy and Kris's parents ask that their daughters perform a ventriloquist act for their neighbors. That night, the Powell's elderly neighbors, Mr. After reading the card out loud, Kris thinks she sees Mr. Wood's pocket that reads, ' KARRU MARRI ODONNA LOMA MOLONU KARRANO,'. A couple of days later, Kris finds a small card in Mr. Kris is infuriated, but doesn't tell their Mom about this, as they have been banned from talking about the dummies. She was tired of Kris being a copycat, so she decided to pull this big prank on Kris. While the girls clean up the mess, Lindy reveals to Kris that she is the one who has been doing all these horrible things. Wood away if the girls keep insisting that Mr. Wood is responsible for the mess, but Mrs. Both girls try to convince their mother that Mr. Powell goes downstairs and sees the disarray. Before Kris and Lindy can clean everything up, Mrs. Wood lying near the refrigerator with food around him. Kris ventures to the kitchen and sees Mr. Kris continues to hear noises coming from the kitchen throughout the night. Powell doesn't believe them and tells the girls to go to bed. When the sisters tell their mother what happened, Mrs. When they go to investigate, they find Mr. That night, Lindy and Kris hear strange noises coming from inside their house. Kris assumes that Lindy is the one speaking, but Lindy insists that she isn't controlling the dummy. Wood, currently being held by Lindy, begins hurling insults at Kris. Lindy offers to help Kris improve her act, but Mr. Berman, Kris's music teacher, asks her to perform a ventriloquist act for the school's upcoming spring concert. Powell reveals that he has bought a ventriloquist dummy for Kris from a pawn shop. However, when Kris tries to take Slappy from Lindy, Slappy hits Kris in the face. Lindy and Kris's parents ask the two girls to share the dummy. Since some of the neighborhood kids seem to love her ventriloquism, Lindy decides to start using Slappy for children's acts and birthday parties. Lindy uses her dummy to gain popularity, and Kris quickly becomes jealous. While searching through a garbage container near the house, Lindy finds a mysterious ventriloquist's dummy and decides to call him Slappy. The two girls decide to inspect a house that is under construction. Lindy and Kris Powell are walking through their neighborhood. No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk.īut Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. 8.1 References in other Goosebumps media.

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