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“No she didn’t,” Judy insisted.
Casey pointed to her mouth, which was zipped shut.
“What did she say?” demanded Judy.
Marvin bit his lip. He wished he had heard just a little bit more. “I heard someone laugh,” he said.
“That was me,” said Judy.
“Well, she must have said something funny, to make you laugh,” said Marvin.
“She made a funny face,” said Judy.
Casey demonstrated. She pulled her ears, raised her eyebrows, and stuck her tongue out of the side of her mouth.
Marvin suddenly realized something. “You said, ‘Sh!’ to her.”
“Huh?” asked Judy.
“When you heard me behind the bush. You said, ‘Sh! I think I hear someone.’ You wouldn’t have said, ‘Sh!’ unless Casey could talk.”
He smiled triumphantly at Casey.
“I was talking about shoes,” Judy explained. “I was just about to say, ‘Shoes are nice,’ when I heard you sneaking around like a skunk.”
Casey smiled triumphantly at Marvin.
“Marvin!” shouted Mrs. North from the top of the path. “Judy! Casey! Come back to the playscape. You’re not allowed near the water.”
Judy hurried away before Marvin could ask her why she was talking about shoes.
Casey looked at Marvin. Her face wasn’t angry. He wasn’t sure what her face was saying.
Marvin sighed. “Okay,” he said. “I’m sorry I told you to shut up.”
Casey waited for more.
Marvin shook his head. “Okay. Okay,” he said. He looked around to make sure nobody could hear him. He stared down at his feet and muttered, “I miss hearing your sweet voice.”
He glanced up at her.
She removed the magic crystal from her pocket and held it out to him.
Marvin took it. He closed his eyes and said, “I wish you can talk again.”
He opened his eyes.
Casey spoke. She said, “You’re weird, Marvin!”
Then she ran up the path, screaming at the top of her lungs. “HEY, MRS. NORTH! I GOT MY VOICE BACK! IT’S A MIRACLE!”
Marvin stayed behind, still holding the magic crystal. He closed his eyes. He squeezed it so hard it hurt his hand. Then he whispered, “I wish, someday, Casey and I will get married.”
He threw the rock as far as he could, out over the lake.
Don’t miss a single Marvin!
Marvin suddenly figures out why he has red hair and blue eyes, while the rest of his family has brown hair and brown eyes. He’s not really Marvin Redpost at all. He’s Robert, the Lost Prince of Shampoon!
