Page 74 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold

very curious thing happened. It’s probably happened to you.
It’s when you know something is dangerous and you try to avoid it – like when you’re riding your bike or playing a video game – and dang if you don’t run smack dab into the very thing you’re avoiding. Well, Reggie was so afraid of the Mouse Queen’s buttons that instead of not looking at the buttons, or turning his head, or putting a hand up to protect his eyes – all he could do was stare. And sure enough, the very button he was staring at strained tighter and tighter until – pop! It flew off the round rump of the Mouse Queen’s robe and smacked poor Reggie right between the eyes!
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