Anthony apologizes before he runs away Vanessa points at Crystal and says, “Chicken chicken.” The siblings quickly return home.Īt chorus practice the following day, Cole tries to sing a solo, but he accidentally starts clucking. Crystal tries to stop them, and all three kids bump into Vanessa, causing her to drop all of the groceries she was carrying. The next day after school, Crystal, Cole and Anthony are walking around town Cole and Anthony are tossing an egg back and forth. That night, while she is resting in her room, Crystal sees a shadow of a cat on her wall when she goes to sleep, Crystal dreams of frightening cats. Scared, the siblings run home and one of Cole’s friends, Anthony, runs with them.Īt home, Crystal slams her hand in the fridge, and Anthony jokes that Vanessa has put a curse on Crystal. Franny and Jeremy run away, and - while Crystal and Cole weren’t the ones who wanted to vandalize the mailbox - Vanessa furiously approaches them. As soon as the kids begin pouring the liquid, Vanessa storms out of her house. Two of his friends, Franny and Jeremy, are holding pitchers of liquid they have been dared to pour the liquid in Vanessa’s mailbox. Cole is hiding behind a bush with a few of with his friends. Vanessa is a woman who wears all black and lives alone with her cat, leading many of the local residents to believe that she is a witch. She finds him near the edge of Vanessa’s property. Crystal begins searching for Cole around town. One day, Crystal loses track of her brother. Crystal reveals that her parents are computer programmers, but they live on a farm and own chickens, which Crystal dislikes. And Cole has started growing ugly white feathers all over his body.Ĭrystal and her brother, Cole, live on a farm with their parents in the small town of Goshen Falls.

Crystal's lips have turned as hard as a bird's beak.

Before she whispered that strange warning, 'Chicken chicken.' Because now something really weird has happened. But that was before they made Vanessa mad. Crystal and her brother, Cole, know you can't believe everything you hear.

7.1 Reference in other Goosebumps mediaĮveryone in Goshen Falls knows about weird Vanessa.

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