Bunnicula Strikes Again! (11 page)

As for Chester and me, we're back to being the best of friends. Chester understood that I was only trying to do what I thought was best for Bunnicula. And I understood that Chester was just being himself.

Howie, having lived through his own scary adventure, no longer reads FleshCrawlers. He says they're not realistic enough for him. But they did
inspire him to begin writing stories of his own. He asked me to look at them, which I did, and I've told him he's pretty good—for a puppy. He still has a lot to learn, of course.

“Will you teach me, Uncle Harold?” he asked me the last time I read one of his stories. I told him I would. Who knows? Maybe he'll write books one day just as I have. Anything is possible.