Page  13 

"So what is that?" he asked as he shouldered closer to get a better view. "Look you little sissy! You better turn around and go back upstairs right now before I rip out your intestines and feed them to you!" Andrew momentarily put on a tough face until he broke down and began crying. He immediately fled up the stairs wailing, "I'm gonna tell mom! You are so busted (sob, sob)." With him gone I could now continue with my machinations. Before besieging the world with my giant mousetrap I decided that it would be best to do a test run on a nearby tree. I pulled back the giant arm and then pushed the lever to release it. "Snap" was the only sound heard, not from the mousetrap, but from my fingers because nothing had happened. It was probably just a simple malfunction.