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Don't Wake the Library

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Milo grabbed his fallen comic and bolted for the front doors. His sneakers slapped the floor, way too loud. Behind him, the breathing stopped all at once. Every book on every shelf went still and silent, like the whole room was listening to him run.

Milo hit the front doors and shoved. Locked. He yanked and rattled the handle, panicking. Every spine on the shelves slowly turned to face him, like hundreds of little faces. A low rumble rolled through the floor. He had to find another way out, fast.

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Milo spotted a low window by the kids' corner and scrambled through it into the cool night. He tumbled onto the grass as the library doors burst open behind him. When he looked back, it was just a quiet, dark building again. He never told anyone, and he never went back.

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