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After the bell finished ringing, Miss Wormwood finished that day's lesson by saying, "As you know, the science fair will be in a week. Goodbye."

Calvin ran down to his locker, thinking about what he was going to do for his project. He was thinking about a project called "Does water eat animals?", but wasn't having much luck getting any support from his parents on it. He got to his locker.

Calvin was just finishing packing up his things when he saw the worst of all people heading toward him… Moe!

"Hey, Twinkie, c'mere! I don't believe you were around to be beaten up during recess, so now it's make-up time!"

Calvin grabbed his backpack and ran. He was fast enough to get away from Moe, but to add to the distance between him and his pursuer, he rooted through his backpack to find an old banana peel among the rest of the mélange of garbage inside. He threw the peel over his shoulder.

"WAAAAAUGH!" screamed Moe like a cartoon character as he slipped on the peel. By the time he got up, Calvin was outside. But Moe wasn't worried, because he knew that could cut Calvin off at the bus stop.

Calvin mostly underestimated Moe's intelligence, but just to be safe, decided to walk home on a complicated route where Moe would probably never find him. He went to the school gate, threw his backpack over the side, climbed over, and headed down a nearby alley into the city. Unfortunately, Moe saw this as he searched for Calvin.

"YOU'RE DEAD, TWINKIE!" shouted Moe.

Calvin headed this way and that, but could see that Moe was still after him. Eventually, he was in the city's Chinatown district. Moe was still after him, so Calvin ducked into a barely-noticeable door which led into an old shop.

Calvin stared through a window, saw Moe go by, and decided to lay low for the next ten minutes.

In the shop were several statues, clothes, and other random items that were probably priceless. What stood out most notably was huge egg with "Roc Egg" written on the pedestal on which it stood.

After looking around for about five minutes, from the corner of the store, a sort of humming/whistling began, and Calvin went to investigate. It was coming from an old teak box with an intricate design on it. Calvin lifted the lid and was given a scare by a loud squeak from within the box. The creature poked its head out of the box, and then settled back in, closing the lid behind it.

A Chinese man heard the noise and came running up. "Ah, I see you have found the mogwai," the man said.

"Mog-what?" asked a dumbfounded Calvin.

"Mogwai. It's a Chinese term for 'demon'. They can be like demons."

"I've never seen one before. Where do they come from?"

"I don't know. That particular one was given to me by my grandfather about ten years back."

Calvin thought about owning it. He could do his science project on discovering a new species, make headlines, and get rich.

"Wow. Say, could I have him?"

"Well… alright. But it'll cost you twenty dollars. And there are three things you've got to remember."

"Bright lights are harmful to it. Sunlight will kill it outright. You should never get it wet. But what's really important is that you don't feed it after midnight."

"That last rule is kind of vague. Just how long after midnight am I not supposed to feed it?"

"Until dawn, at least. That's always worked for me."

Calvin purchased the mogwai and headed for the door. Before he left, he made sure the coast was clear, and got home through a shortcut.