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speck of dust, flopped onto his Uncle Al’s wrist.
    Ga-nufff … ga-nufff … ga-newww …
Judy snored.
    With one hand, Andrew clutched the collar of Judy’s jacket to keep her from falling off Uncle Al’s wrist. With his other hand, Andrew clung to a hair.
    Nyeeeeeeeee …
    The sound was close by.
A mosquito
, thought Andrew.
    NYEEEEEEEEEE …
    Then Andrew made out what looked like the hairy bud of a flower with a long stem.
    At the other end of the stem was a horrible face. Two large black eyes covered most of it like a helmet. Hairy antennas stuck out from under the eyes.
    The bud-shaped thing was zooming down toward Andrew and Judy. Suddenly it opened and slammed down over them.
    Eek!
squeaked Thudd. “Mosquito snout! Called proboscis.”
    Andrew and Judy were squashed between two walls with razor-sharp edges!
    “Mosquito gonna bite!” squeaked Thudd.
    “Androoooo?” Judy said sleepily.
    “Jeepers creepers!” said Andrew. “You’ve been asleep for a long time!”
    Judy rubbed her eyes. “Where are we?” she asked. “Where’s Uncle Al?”
    Before Andrew could answer, the blades inside the snout started moving. They were sawing into Uncle Al’s skin!
    Andrew sniffed a coppery smell.
Blood!
he thought.
    Eek! …
“Mosquito snout gonna push Drew and Oody inside Uncle Al!” squeaked Thudd. “Drewd got Schnozzle?”
    Andrew pushed a hand into his pants pocket. He pulled out two pairs of black goggles with noses attached and mustaches underneath. He handed one pair to Judy.
    “Put on the Schnozzle!” said Andrew.
    “This isn’t
Halloween
!” Judy yelled.
    meep …
“Quick! Quick! Quick!” said Thudd.
    The blades of the proboscis were sawing a hole in Uncle Al’s skin. Andrew and Judy were on the very edge. A blade caught on Andrew’s jacket and pulled him into the hole.
    “Yowzers!” hollered Andrew.
    “Aaaaaack!” yelled Judy, tumbling in after.
    Just as Andrew was hooking the earpieces of the Schnozzle behind his ears, a blasting spray drove him down and down. Before he could scream, Andrew disappeared under Uncle Al’s skin.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used
fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
    Text copyright © 2007 by J. C. Greenburg
Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Jan Gerardi
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Greenburg, J. C. (Judith C.)
In the jungle / by J. C. Greenburg; illustrated by Jan Gerardi. —
1st ed.
   p. cm. — (Andrew Lost; 15) “A Stepping Stone Book.”
SUMMARY : Lost in an Australian rain forest, Andrew, Judy, and Thudd
the robot, who are still the size of insects, must evade rhinoceros
beetles, tarantulas, flesh-eating plants, and a host of other threats as
they make their way toward the village where Uncle Al will meet
them.
eISBN: 978-0-307-53250-3
[1. Rain forests—Fiction. 2. Robots—Fiction. 3. Cousins—Fiction.
4. Australia—Fiction.] I. Gerardi, Jan, ill. II. Title. III. Series:
Greenburg, J. C. (Judith C.). Andrew Lost; 15.
PZ7.G82785Iot 2005 [Fic]—dc22 2006003446
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