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The next day in cooking class, Mrs. Hag was explaining the importance of using the best ingredients.
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Ben tried to listen, but he was distracted by his worries about Winnie.
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And his worries that Winnie would know what he was thinking.
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"Everything should be moldy or rotten," Mrs. Hag told the students.
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"Some cooks like to use fresh earwax and pocket lint."
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Ben didn't have any earwax, so he reached into his pocket to see about lint.
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He felt the tooth he'd found in the broom flying classroom and took it out of his pocket.
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Mrs. Hag spotted it as she walked past Ben's worktable.
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"Oh, you've got a bat claw.
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I bought some the other day, but I can't find them.
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I guess I lost them somewhere."
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Ben was stunned. The object in his palm wasn't a tooth; it was a bat claw!
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Had Mrs. Hag accidentally dropped one in the broom-flying classroom? Could she be . . . ?
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Did that mean Winnie . . . ?
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"Oh, wow," Ben murmured.
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He had to tell Mr. Freaky! But Ben knew he needed proof before he accused a teacher of anything.
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He glanced at Mog. Maybe Mog would help him.
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They weren't exactly friends now, but they weren't enemies anymore either.
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At the end of the day, Ben found Mog in the hallway.
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"Mog! I need to talk to you."
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"Sure," said Mog. "What's up?"
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"I think Mrs. Hag is the one flying the brooms," whispered Ben.
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"Really?" said Mog. He looked shocked.
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Ben filled him in.
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"It makes sense," said Mog.
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"Winnie told me Mrs. Hag was really upset when Mr. Freaky made her stop teaching broom flying.
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And everyone says she's terrible at flying.
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That could explain the crashing brooms."
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Ben nodded. He was getting more and more excited about his theory.
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"Now we just need to prove it."
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"Let's look for clues in the broom-flying classroom," said Mog.
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The two monsters hurried upstairs and into the classroom.
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"Hey!" cried a voice from the closet. "Get me out of here!"
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"That's Winnie!" cried Ben. He quickly unlocked the closet door.
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Winnie leaped out of the closet. "Thanks! It was hot in there!"
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"What were you doing in the broom closet?" asked Mog.
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"I came up here to look at the brooms," said Winnie. "I miss them.
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But Mrs. Hag was here. She pushed me into the closet and locked me—"
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Crash! A window smashed as Mrs. Hag rocketed into the room, flying two brooms.
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"Look out!" she cried.
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The brooms shot around the room, zipped upside down, and then flew out the door.
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Ben, Mog, and Winnie rushed into the hallway.
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One broom flew out from under Mrs. Hag and crashed into a trophy case.
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The teacher lost her grip on the other one, which shot up through the ceiling.
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Mrs. Hag tumbled downward. Bam! She crashed into Mr. Freaky.
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The next day Mrs. Hag announced her retirement.
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It turned out that she'd been making trouble at school to get back at Mr. Freaky.
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Ben didn't think anyone at Monster Academy was sorry to see Mrs. Hag go.
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Mr. Freaky had already hired a new cooking teacher, and Miss Bungle was going to start teaching broom flying again.
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Later Gaby rushed up to Ben in the hallway.
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"Did you hear the news? Mr. Freaky rescheduled the Monster Mash dance.
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It's tomorrow night. Now Waldo and I can go together.
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It's going to be so awesome!"
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Ben floated down the hallway toward his locker.
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He was glad for Gaby, but he couldn't help feeling a little sorry for himself.
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Winnie wasn't mad at Mog anymore.
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So now she would go with Mog to the dance, of course.
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"It's just as well," thought Ben. Mog was his friend now too.
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Maybe Ben could—
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"Hey, Ben!" shouted Mog just then. The monster came running toward him.
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"Hey, Mog," Ben replied.
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"Do you know Lilly?" asked Mog. "She's got three eyes and a big blue horn."
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"No," said Ben. "Why?"
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"I just asked her to the Monster Mash dance," said Mog with a big smile. "And she said yes!"
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"That's great!" said Ben. "But what about Winnie? Aren't you two—"
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"Nah," said Mog. "We broke up."
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When Mog left, Ben felt a smile spread across his face.
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Winnie and Mog had broken up! Now he could ask Winnie to the dance!
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But as he floated toward the exit, Ben felt himself getting nervous.
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"Maybe she won't say yes," he thought.
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"Maybe she's already going with someone else."
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Outside, he could see Winnie soaring over the soccer field on one of the school brooms.
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She was leaning over it with a happy look on her face, probably thrilled to be flying again.
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"Here goes." Ben took a deep breath and then headed toward her.