A J J!<br > ~V vV<br >"The Monster Blood! It s growing again!" Evan<br >Ross stared at the quivering green blob in his<br >driveway. It looked like an enormous wad of<br >sticky green bubble gum， and was bigger than a<br >beach ball. Bigger than two beach balls!<br > The green blob trembled and shook as if it were<br >breathing hard. It made disgusting sucking<br >sounds. Then it started to bounce.<br > Evan took a step back. How did the sticky goo<br >get out of its can? he wondered. Who left it in the<br >driveway? Who opened the can?<br > Evan knew that once Monster Blood starts to<br >grow， it can t be stopped. It will grow and grow，<br >and suck up everything in its path.<br > Evan knew this from painful experience.<br > He had seen a giant glob of Monster Blood<br >swallow kids whole. And he had seen what had<br >happened when his dog， Trigger， had eaten Mon-<br >ster Blood. The cocker spaniel had grown and<br >grown and grown m until he was big enough to<br >"