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“Something Was Wrong” and “The Bed by the Window” are adapted from the untitled stories on pages 275-76 and 288-89 of Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf. Copyright © 1944 by Bennet Cerf, renewal copyright © 1971 by Mrs. Bennett Cerf, Christopher Cerf, and Jonathan Cerf. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. “The Cat in a Shopping Bag” is adapted from untitled texts on pages 108 and 109 of The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings by Jan Harold Brunvand, by permission of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Copyright © 1981 by Jan Harold Brunvand. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rf Street, New York, NY 110022. ISBN 0-590-13586-4 Text copyright © 1984 by Alvin Schwartz. Illustrations copyright © 1984 by Stephen Gammell. All rights reserved. Published by ......