Al disobeys his parents and does an experiment with his chemistry set before having a safety lesson, accidentally creating an orange ooze that is intent on sucking out Al's brain.
A retelling of the tale in which a kind and well-respected doctor is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Lindy has a great time learning to make her ventriloquist dummy talk. But her sister Kris is jealous of the attention Lindy gets, and buys a dummy of her own. Then weird things begin to happen.