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Ben sat with his friends in the crowded hallway outside the nurse's office.
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Everyone was talking about the epidemic.
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"I wonder if we'll get to go home," a ghoul murmured.
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"I hope we don't need shots," said a three-eyed monster.
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Suddenly Mog shouted, "My purple spots are getting bigger!"
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His girlfriend, Lilly, looked nervous.
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"If those spots keep growing, your whole body will be purple."
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"My spots are growing too," said a goblin. He looked around.
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"Everyone's spots are growing!"
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"This is awful!" cried Jen, jiggling nervously.
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"What's happening to us?"
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"What are you worried about?" asked the goblin.
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"You were purple already!"
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Ben looked at his own hands.
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His spots were getting bigger and bigger too.
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He looked at Waldo and Gaby. They were completely purple by now.
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Mr. Freaky hurried down the hallway, his noses wiggling wildly.
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"We have a serious problem," the principal announced.
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His spots were growing as he spoke.
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"Mayor Hubbletree is sending over a health inspector to look into this epidemic. He's very upset.
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He plans to build a concrete wall between Monsterville and People Place.
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I don't think he'll ever let his students visit us."
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Ben and his friends exchanged looks.
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He'd already told them about the concrete wall.
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Mrs. Germ, the school nurse, came out of her office.
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Usually she was large and blue. But by now she was large and purple.
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"I can't find any information about this epidemic, Mr. Freaky," said the nurse.
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"Monster flu usually causes green spots, not purple."
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Mr. Freaky scratched his head. "What does that mean then?"
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"It means that we don't know what this disease is," said the nurse.
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"It must be more serious than we thought."
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Everyone gasped. Mr. Freaky's noses wiggled more than ever.
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"I'm placing Monster Academy under lockdown," continued Mrs. Germ.
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"Until everyone is well, we have to be quarantined."
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"What does quarantined mean?" Mog asked Waldo.
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"It means we can't leave," said Waldo.
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"That way we won't spread the disease."
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Ben heard Winnie gasp nearby.
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"Lockdown?" she echoed.
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"I was going to practice broom flying after school today!
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I have my flying test soon."
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"Yeah! I have a violin lesson today," complained another monster.
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"I wanted to go home and watch TV!"
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Mr. Freaky held up a hand to silence everyone.
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"This is nothing to worry about, students.
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We'll try to turn this into something . . . fun."
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"Fun?" repeated a skeleton. "Since when is living at school fun?"
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The new cooking teacher strode over.
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"The cafeteria trolls and I can cook a lovely dinner for everyone.
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How does frog brain stew sound?"
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Murmurs of excitement ran through hallway.
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"After school I'll set up some games in the gym," said Mr. Gwarg, the PE teacher.
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"Can we fly brooms in the gym too?" asked Winnie hopefully.
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"No," said Mr. Freaky. "Unfortunately, Miss Bungle is still out sick."
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"Oh," said Winnie in a small voice.
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Then she murmured something else that Ben couldn't hear.
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He stole a glance at her. "Poor Winnie," he thought.
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She loved broom flying, and she couldn't wait to pass her flying test.
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Once she got her license, she could fly all over Monsterville on her own.
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He felt sorry for her, but he was glad to see that she was sitting with her friends and not with Zork.
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"It seems that everyone feels well despite the spots," Mr. Freaky was saying.
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"So I think you can all go to class."
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The students groaned.
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"When the school day is over, we'll have fun," Mr. Freaky promised.
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"Now I must get back to my office to alert your parents about the quarantine."
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"Attention, students." At the end of the day, Mr. Freaky's voice came over the loudspeaker again.
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"We have set up activities throughout the school.
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Please try to have some fun.
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Even if we are all suffering from a terrible epidemic, things are still totally under control!"
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The bell clanged, and students dashed into the hallways.
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"I'm playing volleyball!" called out a fish monster, racing toward the gym.
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A group of trolls, goblins, and skeletons raced after him.
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Ben floated at the top of a stairwell.
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"Maybe I should look for Winnie," he thought.
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Maybe if he tried again to explain about the locked door, she would understand.
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Maybe he could even tell her about how he couldn't float through walls like a—
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"Oh! Ben! There you are." Suddenly Waldo was standing in front of him.
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"We must solve this mystery," the wizard declared.
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"What mystery?" asked Ben.
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Waldo adjusted his glasses.
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"The mystery of who tried to ruin my talk potion."
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Ben nodded slowly. "There are definitely some weird things happening at this school."
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"It can't be just a coincidence," said Waldo.
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"First purple fog filled the gym during the Monster Mash dance.
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And now we've all turned purple!"