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fists hard at his sides, he stomped into his
house.
    Andy let out a sigh of relief. “That was pretty good!” she told Kermit.
    A high, shrill giggle escaped Kermit’s throat. “Yeah. Not bad!”
    “There’s just one problem,” Evan murmured. “We’re roadkill if we ever leave
this backyard!”
    He turned to Kermit. “Give me back the can. We’d better close it—”
    Evan gasped.
    The can in Kermit’s hand! He was holding it upside down!
    Evan grabbed for it.
    Too late.
    With a sick PLOP, the blue gunk dropped out of the can.
    It landed on the grass in front of Evan’s feet. He stared down at it as it
quivered. Quivered and shook, like blue Jell-O.
    It glowed in the light from the moon. Glowed bright blue.
    Bobbed and trembled.
    And grew.
    “It’s… changing shape!” Andy cried. She leaned forward, resting her hands
on her knees, and gazed down wide-eyed at it.
    The blue blob wiggled. It rolled over once, moving away from Evan.
    And grew some more.
    It rolled again. Wiggled from side to side.
    And then rose up. Up… as if trying to stand.
    “I don’t believe this!” Evan choked out. “It’s some kind of creature !”
    “You’re right!” Kermit agreed. “It’s ALIVE!”

 
 
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    Evan squatted on the grass, watching the blue Monster Blood intently. Andy
and Kermit stood openmouthed as the creature bounced, and grew, and took shape.
    A sleek blue head popped up from the body. A curved gash in the head became a
mouth. It turned up in a goofy grin.
    Two big, round eyes appeared above the mouth.
    The creature was about the size of a chipmunk. It made a squeaking sound as
it bounced over the grass. Its rubbery body throbbed rapidly, like a heart.
    “It’s so cute!” Andy declared, raising her hands to the sides of her face.
“It’s like a lovable little blob creature.”
    “It looks friendly,” Kermit added. “It keeps staring up at us and smiling.”
    Evan didn’t say a word. As he studied the creature, a heavy feeling of dread
formed in the pit of his stomach.
    I don’t care how cute the little guy looks, he thought. This is Monster
Blood. And Monster Blood is always evil.
    “Let’s try to push it back in the can,” he suggested.
    The creature bounced and squeaked.
    “Do you think it will fit?” Kermit asked.
    Evan stared at the grinning blob. “We have to squeeze it back in,” he told
them.
    “But it’s so cute!” Andy protested. She bent down close to the little
creature. “You’re a cute guy, aren’t you?” she said to it. “Do you like to be
petted?”
    Andy reached for it with both hands.
    It slid right through her fingers and bounced away, squeaking loudly.
    “Oooh! It’s so cold and wet!” Andy declared. “Look! It’s like a little seal!”
    She made another grab for it. But again the blobby creature bounced away from
her.
    Kermit stepped in front of it. “I’d like to get it under a microscope,” he
said. “Maybe take a few tissue samples.”
    “You have to catch it first,” Evan told him.
    Kermit dove for it. Grabbed.
    The creature bounced over his hands and escaped.
    “Hey—he licked me!” Kermit exclaimed. “I think he licked me.”
    “He seems to be friendly,” Andy said. She dropped to her knees. “Here, Blobby. Here, Blobby,” she called. She held out
her hands to it.
    To everyone’s surprise, the creature bounced over to her.
    Andy trapped it gently between her hands. She giggled. “It’s so cold !”
    She ran her hand tenderly over the back of its quivering body. “Do you like
to be petted?” she asked it again softly.
    The creature purred.
    Evan and Kermit both let out cries of surprise.
    Andy petted the blue blob some more. It purred louder.
    “He likes it!” Andy declared, laughing.
    “Weird,” Kermit murmured. “See if you can pull off a hunk so I can study it.”
    “No way!” Andy cried. “You’re not hurting my little Blobby.” She petted it
tenderly.
    “Be careful,” Evan warned. “This is Monster