Beware, the Snowman

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Author: R. L. Stine
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in front of the church?” I asked.
    Rolonda didn’t reply. Her dark eyes peered into mine. “Are you okay?” she
asked.
    I nodded. “Yeah. Fine. Let’s get out of this snow.”
    I took one last glance at the sneering snowman. Then I followed Rolonda to a
wooden door on the side of the small church. We stepped inside and stamped the
snow off our boots on a straw mat.
    “Does it ever stop snowing here?” I grumbled, pulling back my hood and
unzipping my parka.
    “Sure. It stopped once for ten minutes. We all took a summer vacation!”
Rolonda joked. She shook out her long, black hair.
    I glanced around. We were in some kind of waiting room. A long wooden bench
stood against the back wall. Two lights shaped like old-fashioned gas lamps hung
on the wall beside the bench, giving off a soft glow.
    We dropped our coats beside the bench and sat down. I rubbed my hands, trying
to warm them. My cheeks burned.
    “It’s nice and warm in here,” Rolonda said, keeping her voice low. “The
pastor keeps the heat up really high. He doesn’t like to be cold.”
    “Who does?” I murmured, rubbing my ears, trying to return some feeling to
them.
    “It’s a nice, quiet place to talk,” Rolonda continued. “Especially to talk
about things that are… kind of scary.”
    “Scary?” I replied.
    She glanced around the small, white-walled room. She suddenly seemed tense. Uncomfortable.
    “Did your aunt tell you anything about the village?” Rolonda whispered.
“Anything about the history of the village?”
    I had to lean closer to hear her. She was whispering so softly.
    Why is she so nervous? I wondered. We’re the only ones in the entire church.
    “No,” I replied. “Not a thing. I really don’t think Aunt Greta knows much
about this village at all.”
    “Then why did you move here?” Rolonda demanded.
    I shrugged. “Beats me. Aunt Greta never explained. She said it was time for
us to leave Chicago.”
    Rolonda leaned forward tensely and brought her face close to mine. “I’ll tell
you the story,” she whispered. “The history of this village is very strange.
People don’t talk about it much.”
    “Why not?” I interrupted.
    “Because it’s so frightening,” Rolonda replied. “My brother, Eli, is
terrified all the time. That’s why I met you here at the church. He doesn’t like
for me to talk about any of this. He doesn’t like for me to talk about the
snowman.”
    “Snowman?” I demanded. I stared at her eagerly. “What about the
snowman?”

 
 
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    Rolonda shifted her weight. The wooden bench creaked beneath us. She took a
deep breath and began her story.
    “Years ago, two sorcerers lived in this village. A man and a woman. Everyone
knew they were sorcerers. But everyone left them alone.”
    “Were they evil sorcerers?” I interrupted.
    Rolonda shook her head. “No. I don’t think they were evil. At least, I don’t
think they meant to be.”
    She glanced around the room again. I settled back against the bench and
waited impatiently for her to continue.
    “One day, the two sorcerers were fooling around, having fun. They cast a
spell on a snowman. And the snowman came to life.”
    I gasped. “Really?”
    Rolonda narrowed her eyes at me. “Please, don’t interrupt, Jaclyn. Please let
me tell the whole story first.”
    I apologized.
    Leaning close to me, she continued her story in a whisper.
    “The sorcerers used their magic to bring the snowman to life. But then they
lost control of it.
    “The snowman was powerful. And it was evil. The sorcerers had given it life.
But they didn’t really know what they were doing. And they didn’t know that the
snowman would try to destroy the village and everyone in it.
    “The sorcerers tried to use magic to put the snowman back to sleep. But their
magic wasn’t powerful enough.
    “The villagers all gathered together. Somehow they managed to force the
snowman up to the top of the mountain.
    “There is a big cave at the very top of the
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