The Laboratory

Mia’s father had a laboratory, but she had no idea what was in it. Her dad always closed and locked the door when he went in. She knew that he used it to do projects for work. He never told Mia what these projects were.

One night, Mia approached the door to the laboratory. She stopped and thought, “ I wonder what crazy experiment he is doing now.” Suddenly, she heard a loud noise. It sounded like an evil laugh. The noise scared her, so she walked quickly back to her room.

“Why don’t we see what is in there?” Liz asked. “ It will be a fun adventure!”

Mia felt nervous about going into her father’s laboratory, but she agreed. As always, the door was locked. They waited until Mia’s father left the laboratory to eat dinner. “He didn’t lock the door!” Liz said. “ Let’s go.”

The laboratory was dark. The girls walked down the stairs carefully. Mia smelled strange chemicals. What terrible thing was her father creating?

Suddenly, they heard an evil laugh. It was even worse than the one Mia heard the night before. What if a monster was going to kill them? Mia had to do something. She shouted for help.

Mia’s father ran into the room and turned on the lights. “Oh, no,” he said. “You must have learned my secret.” “Your monster tried to kill us,” Mia said.

“Monster?” he asked. “You mean this?” He had a pretty doll in his hands. The doll laughed. The laugh didn’t sound so evil anymore. “ I made this for your birthday. I wanted to give it to you then, but you it now. I hope you like it!”

KeyWords

adventure
An adventure is a fun or exciting thing that you do.
Riding in the rough water was an adventure.

approach
To approach something means to move close to it.
The boy approached his school.

carefully
Carefully means with great attention, especially to detail or safety.
The baby carefully climbed down the stairs.

chemical
A chemical is something that scientists use in chemistry.
The scientist mixed the chemicals.

create 
To create means to make something new.
She created an igloo from blocks of snow.

evil
Evil describes something or someone bad or cruel, not good.
The evil figure scared us all.

experiment
An experiment is a test that you do to see what will happen.
The student did an experiment in science class.

kill
To kill someone or something is to make them die.
I killed the fly with a fly swatter.

laboratory
A laboratory is a room where a scientist works.
My mother works in a laboratory.

laugh
Laugh is the sound made when someone is happy or a funny thing occurs.
The sound of their laugh filled the room.

loud
If a sound is loud, it is strong and very easy to hear.
The man’s voice was so loud that we all could hear him.

nervous
When a person is nervous, they think something bad will happen.
The boy became nervous when he heard the news.

noise
A noise is an unpleasant sound.
The crying baby made a loud noise.

project
A project is a type of work that you do for school or a job.
His afternoon work project was to paint the room green.

scare
To scare someone is to make them feel afraid.
My uncle was scared by what he saw in the room.

secret
A secret is something that you do not tell other people.
The two boys were sharing a secret.

shout
To shout is to say something loudly.
My boss shouted at me because I was late for work.

smell
To smell something means to use your nose to sense it.
The two friends smelled the flower.

terrible
If something is terrible, it is very bad.
The way he treated his classmate was terrible.

worse
If something is worse, it is of poorer quality than another thing.
Business was worse this month than last month.

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Reference: 4000 Essential English Words

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