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Ben tucked the two paintings under his arm.

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"Follow me!" he said, grabbing Pixel's arm.

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Together the ghosts floated smoothly through a wall of the darkroom and out into the classroom.

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Then they glided through another door into the hallway.

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"Whoa! This is what I call floating," Pixel exclaimed.

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"We haven't bumped into anything or knocked stuff over!"

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"You'll get better soon," Ben promised him. "I'll help you."

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The two ghosts zipped downstairs and quickly hung up the two missing paintings.

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Then they got the third one from the newspaper office and hung it up too.

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After they'd picked out some good photos for the newspaper article, they flew to the gym.

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The witches were still flying around, frantically putting the finishing touches on the flying painting.

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When Ben went up close, he could see the fresh paint in several places.

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But the paint would dry, and from a distance, nobody would notice a thing.

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"It looks great, Winnie," Ben said.

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"Thanks!" Her green eyes glowed with relief. "I think so too."

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Only Mr. Freaky still looked worried as he wrung his hands and blew his noses.

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"Hurry up, witches! Leonardo da Creepy will be here in fifteen minutes!"

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At seven o'clock Ben went into the main lobby, where Mr. Freaky and Ms. Van Ghoul were waiting nervously.

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A few minutes later, a sleek black car pulled up in front of the school.

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The famous artist emerged, carrying a large painting wrapped in brown paper.

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Ms. Van Ghoul and Mr. Freaky hurried to greet him.

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"Welcome back, and please come with us," Ms. Van Ghoul said.

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"We're holding the ceremony in the gym.

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Everyone is very excited to see your new painting."

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"It's one of my best," Mr. da Creepy boasted.

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"It might be even better than <font color="#ffff00"><i>Moaning Lisa</i></font>."

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"Wow," Ben thought. "It must be a spectacular painting."

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"And don't worry about all the commotion," Mr. Freaky went on.

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"If you need quiet time, you can use the newspaper office.

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It's very quiet in there."

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They entered the gym, which was crowded now with students and a news crew.

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A camerawoman was shooting the flying painting as a reporter stood in front of it with a microphone.

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Ben pointed them out to Winnie.

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"Look! Your flying painting is going to be on TV!"

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"Thanks, but I bet they're just killing time until Mr. da Creepy unveils his new painting."

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Ben shook his head.

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"Nope. Everybody loves that painting.

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It's the best work of art in the whole school."

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Winnie grinned slyly. "Better than <font color="#ffff00"><i>Moving Inspiration</i></font>?"

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"Hmm." Ben pretended to think for a minute.

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"Yep! Much, much, much better!"

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At last the lights dimmed, and the Boneyard Brass Band played a couple of songs.

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Then Mr. Freaky and Ms. Van Ghoul each gave a long speech about Art Week and how great everything had turned out.

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At last it was Leonardo da Creepy's turn.

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Everyone clapped as the artist stepped up to the microphone.

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His painting stood on a big easel next to the podium, still wrapped in brown paper.

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Winnie gripped Ben's hand. "This is so exciting!"

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Ben nodded, jotting down a few notes for his newspaper story. "It sure is."

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Leonardo da Creepy cleared his throat.

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"Good evening, students and members of the Monster Academy community.

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I'm very proud to be here to present a gift to this wonderful, artistic school—it's my latest masterpiece."

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Several monsters cheered.

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"Let's see it!" cried a skeleton.

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"It sounds like you're all very eager to get to it," Mr. da Creepy said with a smile.

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"So, with no further ado . . . "

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He leaned closer to the painting.

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"I'll present my latest work of art."

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Ms. Van Ghoul hurried forward, and together they removed the brown paper wrapping.

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A gasp rippled through the audience as the covering fell away.

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Ben looked at Winnie, and Winnie looked back at Ben.

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They both burst out laughing at the same time.

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"It's a portrait of Mr. Freaky!" Ben said.

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"I'm sorry, but—" Winnie covered her mouth as she laughed even harder.

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"That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen!"

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"I know!" Ben said. "His noses look huge!"

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But onstage Leonardo da Creepy was beaming.

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And so was Mr. Freaky.

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In fact, Ben had never seen the principal look prouder.

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"Mr. Freaky loves it!" Mog said.

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"And you know what?" Mog cocked his head and stared at the painting.

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"I like it too. I think it captures his personality."

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"I guess Ms. Van Ghoul was right," Ben whispered to Winnie.

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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!"