

In an attempt to separate the two, the girls drag Mr. Wood begins to choke Barky, the family dog. Lindy and Kris seek help, but their parents have gone out. Wood has freed himself and is waiting for them. When the girls wake up the next morning, they discover that Mr. Since they are exhausted, Lindy and Kris go to sleep. Wood in a suitcase and bury him in the backyard. The girls try to decapitate the dummy, but they are unable to harm him. Wood comes back to life, insisting that Lindy and Kris are his slaves. Powell begin to question Kris's mental well-being, suggesting that they should take her to a doctor. Lindy and Kris try to explain what has happened, but their parents refuse to believe the girls. Lindy manages to pin the dummy to the ground and keep him from fleeing.

While Kris tells her sister that the dummy is alive, Mr. Lindy hears her sister and goes downstairs to find out what has happened. Wood tells her that she and Lindy are now his slaves and that the magic words brought him to life. When Kris decides to investigate, she discovers that Mr. Kris is awakened by the sound of footsteps. Powell announces he will return the dummy to the pawn shop on Monday. Bergman tells Kris that she will be suspended from school for this, possibly for life. Wood responds by spewing a green substance on the teacher and the audience. Wood begins to insult the teacher for being overweight. Berman is adjusting a microphone for Kris, Mr. Because of this, Kris is grounded but still allowed to attend the school's spring concert the following day. Wood begins to insult the elderly couple, making fun of their appearances and their breath. Lindy decides to go first, and hers is a success. Lindy and Kris's parents ask that their daughters perform a ventriloquist act for their neighbors. That night, the Powell's elderly neighbors, Mr. After reading the card out loud, Kris thinks she sees Mr. Wood's pocket that reads, " KARRU MARRI ODONNA LOMA MOLONU KARRANO,". A couple of days later, Kris finds a small card in Mr. Kris is infuriated, but doesn't tell their Mom about this, as they have been banned from talking about the dummies. She was tired of Kris being a copycat, so she decided to pull this big prank on Kris. While the girls clean up the mess, Lindy reveals to Kris that she is the one who has been doing all these horrible things. Wood away if the girls keep insisting that Mr. Wood is responsible for the mess, but Mrs. Both girls try to convince their mother that Mr. Powell goes downstairs and sees the disarray. Before Kris and Lindy can clean everything up, Mrs. Wood lying near the refrigerator with food around him. Kris ventures to the kitchen and sees Mr. Kris continues to hear noises coming from the kitchen throughout the night. Powell doesn't believe them and tells the girls to go to bed. When the sisters tell their mother what happened, Mrs. When they go to investigate, they find Mr. That night, Lindy and Kris hear strange noises coming from inside their house. Kris assumes that Lindy is the one speaking, but Lindy insists that she isn't controlling the dummy. Wood, currently being held by Lindy, begins hurling insults at Kris. Lindy offers to help Kris improve her act, but Mr. Berman, Kris's music teacher, asks her to perform a ventriloquist act for the school's upcoming spring concert. Powell reveals that he has bought a ventriloquist dummy for Kris from a pawn shop. However, when Kris tries to take Slappy from Lindy, Slappy hits Kris in the face. Lindy and Kris's parents ask the two girls to share the dummy. Since some of the neighborhood kids seem to love her ventriloquism, Lindy decides to start using Slappy for children's acts and birthday parties. Lindy uses her dummy to gain popularity, and Kris quickly becomes jealous. While searching through a garbage container near the house, Lindy finds a mysterious ventriloquist's dummy and decides to call him Slappy. The two girls decide to inspect a house that is under construction. Lindy and Kris Powell are walking through their neighborhood. No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk.īut Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. 8.1 References in other Goosebumps media.
