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swallowing eggs。 And rats。 And cats。

And me。

Then the real…life nightmare began。

One morning about two weeks after the boa show in Skyler's garage; Juli appears on our

doorstep; and what's she got in her hands? A halfcarton

of eggs。 She bounces around like it's Christmas; saying; “Hiya; Bryce! Remember Abby and

Bonnie and Clyde and Dexter? Eunice and

Florence?”

I just stared at her。 Somehow I remembered Santa's reindeer a little different than that。

“You know … my chickens? The ones I hatched for the science fair last year?”

“Oh; right。 How could I forget。”

“They're laying eggs!” She pushed the carton into my hands。 “Here; take these! They're for

you and your family。”

“Oh。 Uh; thanks;” I said; and closed the door。

I used to really like eggs。 Especially scrambled; with bacon or sausage。 But even without the

little snake incident; I knew that no matter what you

did to these eggs; they would taste nothing but foul to me。 These eggs came from the

chickens that had been the chicks that had hatched from the

eggs that had been incubated by Juli Baker for our fifth…grade science fair。

It was classic Juli。 She totally dominated the fair; and get this — her project was all about

watching eggs。 My friend; there is not a lot of action to

report on when you're incubating eggs。 You've got your light; you've got your container;

you've

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