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Chapter Two
Jack Burrell was smoking dope. He glanced at the road. 'Crystal Lake is there. About two miles from the Diner', he said. The New York student was glad that his girlfriend, Marcie Stanley, and Ned Rubenstein, the Jewish prankster, would supply the laughs during the two weeks at Camp Crystal Lake. They stopped there for hamburgers, and coffees. And restroom breaks. The 89 degree weather in town was stifling. Jack, who was a musician, and actor, stood near the arches where Annie Phillips was before her death.
It was 10:00 AM, a Monday morning.
They reached Camp Crystal Lake by 10:15 PM.
As they did so, the three campers saw Steve Christy who was chopping wood. He wore a cheap scarf across his chest; he wore blue shorts. 'Can you help me?', he asked the campers.
'Yeah, sure', Jack answered.
'And, I didn't think we'd start work', Ned said sourly.
When the tree toppled over, the man said: 'I'm Steve Christy. Hi. Welcome to Camp Crystal Lake. Alice!'. A young woman in her early twenties appeared. 'Hi. I'm Alice Hardy'. She was different from the older man. Steve had blonde hair, blue eyes, and average height; Alice had red hair, blue eyes, and average height. Jack had blonde hair, green eyes, and tall; Marcie had brown hair, brown eyes, and average height; Ned had blue eyes, black hair, and taller than the girls, but not taller than Jack was. 'Where's Brenda?', Steve asked Alice.
'At the archery range', Alice answered.
'No, I want Bill to paint. I want Brenda to help the new girl, Annie, to cook in the kitchen', Steve said.
'But, she hasn't arrived yet, Steve', Alice told him.
He frowned.
He let the matter go for now.
Alice knew that something bad had happened.
She shivered, as she showed the campers to their cabins.
Then she looked at the woods.
Someone was watching them.
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Bill Morris, nineteen, was with Alice.
'Do you think we'd last all summer?', he asked Alice.
'I don't think I'd last all week', Alice answered.
And she laughed.
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Jack flicked the light in the Generator Room.
A bright lamp illuminated his face, as he pressed the "ON" button with his right hand.
'It's done. Easy', Jack said.
When the campers got out of the room, they begun to go swimming. Ned thrashed in the water.
'Ned!', Jack yelled.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTm2v3B7T2a
He performed CPR on him.
The prank failed, as Ned knew that being a comedy star wasn't going to work at Crystal Lake.
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'Why is Ned so silly?', Brenda asked Alice.
'It's because he loves you', Alice answered.
'Yeah, right. The girl, Annie, didn't come here', Brenda said.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITDeIMLBUg
'She was supposed to be a good cook', Alice sighed.
Then, as she looked out of the window, she thought she saw movement from the oak trees in the woods.
But no one was there.
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