





          Just then, the clock struck two. BONG. BONG.
          The boy heard a rattling, and into the room marched a long line 
     of skeletons. 
          The first skeleton snapped its fingers. Click. Click. 
          The second skeleton knocked its knees. Clack. Clack. 
          The third skeleton drummed its skull. Clock. Clock. 
          The fourth skeleton tapped along its ribs in a little tune. 
     Clackety, click clock. Clackety, click clock. 
          "Nice beat!" said the boy. 
          The other skeletons formed a circle and started to dance. One 
     skeleton stretched a hand toward the boy. 
          "Don't mind if I do!" the boy said. He took hold of two bony 
     hands and danced in the circle around the room. 




