<p> Typescript Form for Miscue Analysis</p><p>Book Title: Nightmare Hour Author: R.L. Stine</p><p>1.______1. “Halloween is ruined!” Mike declared.</p><p>2.______2. “It’s no fun trick-or-treating while it’s still light out!</p><p>3.______3. Why do we have to be home by eight o’clock?”</p><p>4.______4. Mom rolled her eyes.</p><p>5.______5. “Get in the car,” she told him.</p><p>6.______6. “And stop complaining.</p><p>7.______7. You know why there’s a curfew this year.”</p><p>8.______8. “Because parents are stupid,” Mike grumbled.</p><p>9.______9. “Because those kids disappeared last Halloween,” I said.</p><p>10.______10. “And the Halloween before.” 11. Mike shrugged. 11.______</p><p>12. “What’s that got to do with us?” 12.______</p><p>13. “Come on, Mike,” I said. 13.______</p><p>14. “Get in the car. 14.______</p><p>15. Liz and I want to get going.” 15.______</p><p>16. “But I don’t want to pick pumpkins. 16.______</p><p>17. It’s bor-ring.” 17.______</p><p>18. Mike crossed his skinny arms over his chest and made his pouty 18.______face.</p><p>19. “Why do we have to go?” 19.______</p><p>20. “Because we do it every year,” Mom replied patiently. 20.______</p><p>21. She is used to Mike’s tantrums. 21.______22. “Let’s skip it and pretend we went,” Mike said. 22.______</p><p>23. He’s a real wise guy. 23.______</p><p>24. Mike is ten, two years younger than me, and he’s angry all the 24.______time.</p><p>25. Mom says he can’t help it because he’s a redhead. 25.______</p><p>26. “Redheads have tempers,” she says. 26.______</p><p>27. I don’t know what red hair has to do with it. 27.______</p><p>28. Mike is always growling and complaining and shaking his fists 28.______and looking for trouble.</p><p>29. He got into a fight in school last week and had two of his teeth 29.______knocked out.</p><p>30. Luckily, they were already loose. 30.______</p><p>31. He looked like a jack-o’-lantern with those two teeth out. 31.______32. But when I made a joke about it, he punched me really hard in the 32.______stomach and I almost puked up my whole dinner.</p><p>33. “Come on, Mike. 33.______</p><p>34. Let’s go,” I said. 34.______</p><p>35. I gave him a playful bump from behind to get him moving. 35.______</p><p>36. He spun around and swung a fist at me. 36.______</p><p>37. “Watch it, Andrew!” 37.______</p><p>38. “Hey!” I laughed. 38.______</p><p>39. “It was an accident!” 39.______</p><p>40. “Your face is an accident!” Mike snapped. 40.______</p><p>41. “Come on, Mike,” my friend Liz chimed in. 41.______</p><p>42. “I’ve never picked pumpkins before. 42.______43. You can help me find a good one.” 43.______</p><p>44. Mike likes Liz. 44.______</p><p>45. He’s usually on pretty good behavior when she’s around. 45.______</p><p>46. Sill pouting, he climbed into the front seat of the car. 46.______</p><p>47. Liz and I rolled our eyes, relieved that we were finally on our 47.______way.</p><p>48.______48. We climbed into the backseat and buckled our seatbelts.</p><p>49. Liz is twelve like me, and she lives across the street. 49.______</p><p>50. But her parents both work till late every day, so Liz spends a lot 50.______of time at our house.</p><p>51. We both gazed out the window, watching the trees whir past. 51.______</p><p>52. Autumn leaves fell all around, like red and yellow rain. 52.______</p><p>53. Soon the trees ended, and we zoomed past farms and field plowed 53.______over for winter. 54. “Well, are you going to help me pick a pumpkin, Mike?” Liz 54.______asked.</p><p>55. “Yeah. 55.______</p><p>56. Just don’t let Andrew help you,” Mike replied. 56.______</p><p>57. “Andrew’s pumpkins are always rotten inside. 57.______</p><p>58. Just like him.” 58.______</p><p>59. “Whatever,” I said. 59.______</p><p>60. I knew he was just looking for a fight, but I really hate arguing 60.______with him all the time.</p><p>61. Why does he always have to be so wired? 61.______</p><p>62. I peered out the window and saw an orange, pumpkin-shaped sign 62.______on the side of the road.</p><p>63. It said: PALMER’S PUMPKIN FARM, 1 MILE. 63.______64. I pictured Mr. Palmer, the owner of the pumpkin farm. 64.______</p><p>65. What a scary guy. 65.______</p><p>66. He reminded me of one of his scarecrows: tall and skinny, 66.______wearing overalls that were way too big for him.</p><p>67. He always walked so stiffly, patrolling his fields, staring at 67.______everyone with frightening, blank eyes that looked like deep, dark holes in his face.</p><p>68. “Here we are,” Mom said brightly. 68.______</p><p>69. She turned into the long gravel driveway and followed it to the 69.______parking lot.</p><p>70. Four or five cars were parked near the ragged wooden fence. 70.______</p><p>71. I climbed out of the car and stretched my arms over my head. 71.______</p><p>72. It was a sunny day, cold for October. 72.______</p><p>73. I could see my breath steam in front of me. 73.______74. The farm air smelled fresh and sweet. 74.______</p><p>75. A young woman in an orange parka and orange wool ski cap 75.______greeted us at the gate.</p><p>76. “The pumpkins on the first hill are a little too ripe,” she told us. 76.______</p><p>77. “And the ones near this gate have already been picked over. 77.______</p><p>78. Try the next field.” 78.______</p><p>79. We thanked her and started through the gate. 79.______</p><p>80. “Oh – one more thing…” she called after us. 80.______</p><p>81. She pointed to the left. 81.______</p><p>82. “See that tall, green wooden fence over there? 82.______</p><p>83. Mr. Palmer doesn’t want anyone near that fence, okay?” 83.______</p><p>84. “Why not?” Mike asked. 84.______85. “What’s over there?” 85.______</p><p>86. Typical Mike. 86.______</p><p>87. “That’s Mr. Palmer’s private pumpkin patch,” the young woman 87.______answered.</p><p>88. We made our way through the gate. 88.______</p><p>89. The pumpkin fields stretched on forever, uphill then down, as far 89.______as I could see.</p><p>90. Slender, green vines unfurled like long snakes over the dirt. 90.______</p><p>91. At the ends of the vines sat pumpkins – all different sizes, 91.______hundreds and hundreds of them, like orange balloons tethered to the ground.</p><p>92. Scarecrows on tall poles tilted over the pumpkins. 92.______</p><p>93. They were just old coats stuffed with straw. 93.______</p><p>94. But from a distance they looked like tired old men leaning against 94.______the wind. 95. “Hey, Andrew,” Mike whispered, trotting to keep up with Liz and 95.______me.</p><p>96. “Let’s check out Palmer’s private patch. 96.______</p><p>97. I’ll bet he keeps the best pumpkins there.” 97.______</p><p>98. “No way!” I said. 98.______</p><p>99. “Try not to get us in trouble today. 99.______</p><p>100. Okay?” 100.______</p><p>101. “Wimp,” Mike muttered. 101.______</p><p>102. I ignored him. 102.______</p><p>103. I really didn’t want to fight. 103.______</p><p>104. My sneakers scraped over the hard dirt as I led the way to the 104.______rows of pumpkins.</p><p>105. Peering into the glare of afternoon sunlight, I saw two kids at the 105.______top of the first hill. 106. They came staggering down, struggling to carry an enormous 106.______pumpkin between them.</p><p>107. Mike laughed. 107.______</p><p>108. “Look at those geeks. 108.______</p><p>109. They’ll never make it.” 109.______</p><p>110. He bent and scooped up a softball-sized pumpkin from the dirt. 110.______</p><p>111. “Think fast, Andrew!” 111.______</p><p>112. He tossed it at me. 112.______</p><p>113. Startled, I raised my hands too late. 113.______</p><p>114. The pumpkin sailed over my shoulder and landed on the ground 114.______with a splat.</p><p>115. “Ooh – a ripe on!” Mike shouted, laughing. 115.______</p><p>116. He ducked as I heaved one at his head. 116.______117. He laughed again. 117.______</p><p>118. “Missed me, Andrew! 118.______</p><p>119. You throw like a girl!” 119.______</p><p>120. “Watch it, Mike!” Liz warned playfully. 120.______</p><p>121. “I’ll show you how a girl throws!” 121.______</p><p>122. She bent and grabbed a half-rotted pumpkin to toss at him. 122.______</p>