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The Secret Path
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Author: Christopher Pike
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ahead of the West Coast. But why do you want to know what time it is in all these places?”
    Watch lowered his head. “Because my mother lives in New York. My sister lives inChicago, and my father lives in Denver.” Watch shrugged. “I like to know what time it is for each of them.”
    There was sadness in Watch’s voice as he spoke of his family. Adam felt he shouldn’t ask why everyone was so spread out. Sally must have felt the same way. She spoke up again.
    â€œI was just telling Adam how dangerous this town is,” she said. “I don’t think he believes me.”
    â€œDid you really see Leslie Lotte get swallowed by a cloud?” Adam asked Watch.
    Watch looked at Sally. “What did you tell him?”
    Sally was defensive. “Just what you told me.”
    Watch scratched his head. His blond hair was kind of thin. “I saw Leslie get lost in the fog. And then none of us could find her. But she might have run away from home.”
    â€œThe fog, a cloud—what’s the difference?” Sally said. “The sky ate her, it’s as simple as that. Hey, Watch, what are you doing today? Do you want to go to the arcade with us?”
    Watch brightened. “I’m going to see Bum. He’s going to show me the Secret Path.”
    Sally shuddered. “You’re not taking the Secret Path. You’ll die.”
    â€œReally?” Watch said.
    â€œWhat’s the Secret Path?” Adam asked.
    â€œDon’t tell him,” Sally said. “He just got here. I like him, and I don’t want him to die.”
    â€œI don’t think we’ll die,” Watch said. “But we might disappear.”
    Adam was interested. He’d never disappeared before. “How?” he asked.
    Watch turned to Sally. “Tell him about it,” he said.
    Sally shook her head. “It’s too dangerous, and I’m responsible for him.”
    â€œWho made you responsible?” Adam asked, getting annoyed. “I’m my own person. You can’t tell me what to do.” He turned to Watch. “Tell me about the path. And tell me who Bum is.”
    â€œBum is the town bum,” Sally interrupted. “He used to be the mayor until Ann Templeton, town witch, put a curse on him.”
    â€œIs that true?” Adam asked Watch.
    â€œBum was the mayor,” Watch agreed. “But I don’t know if he became a bum because he gotcursed. It may have been because he got lazy. He was always a lousy mayor.”
    â€œWhat exactly is the Secret Path?” Adam asked again.
    â€œWe don’t know,” Sally said. “It’s a secret.”
    â€œTell me what you do know,” Adam said, getting exasperated
    â€œThere’s supposed to be a special path that winds through town that leads into other dimensions,” Watch said. “I’ve searched for it for years, but never found it. But Bum is supposed to know it.”
    â€œWho says?” Adam asked.
    â€œBum says,” Watch said.
    â€œWhy is he going to tell you the secret?” Sally asked. “Why today?”
    Watch was thoughtful. “I don’t know. I gave him a sandwich last week. Maybe he just wants to thank me for it.”
    â€œMaybe he wants to get you killed,” Sally grumbled.
    â€œIt wasn’t that bad a sandwich,” Watch said.
    â€œWhen you say the path leads into other dimensions,” Adam said, “what do you mean?”
    â€œThere is more than one Spooksville,” Sally said.
    â€œHuh?” Adam said.
    â€œThis town overlaps with other realities,” Watch explained. “Sometimes those other realities blur into this one.”
    â€œThat’s why this is such a weird place to live,” Sally added.
    Adam shook his head. “Do you have any proof that this stuff exists?”
    â€œNo direct proof,” Watch said. “But a man on my block was supposed to have known about the Secret
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