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“This is hard work,” Matt complained.

“Don’t blame me,” Sean said. “You were the magic computer handing out three wishes. When we’re ready, Brian’s going to keep Sam and Charlie out of the way, and Mrs. Miyako is going to let us in the back door so we can put this under Sam’s bed.”

“What if Sam doesn’t look under his bed? He might never find it.”

Sean grinned. “I’m going to tie a thread from one of the bear paws to the corner of Sam’s blanket. When he throws back the covers to get into bed, the paw will reach out and hit his leg.”

Within a half hour, the monster was in place.

Sean went to bed at his regular bedtime, but couldn’t get to sleep. Would the monster work? Would it really scare Sam? Would Charlie be happy that his third wish had come true?

Still awake at 10:30, Sean heard a horrible yell coming from the Miyakos’ house. Their lights flipped on, and he could hear Charlie shrieking with laughter.

Sean rolled over and contentedly closed his eyes. You can always count on the Casebusters, he thought. When we take a case, we never fail to tie up all the loose ends.

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