35 pages 1 hour read

Abby Hanlon

Dory Fantasmagory

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

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Chapters 5-6

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 5 Summary: “Time Out”

Dory’s mom angrily sends her to time out because of her behavior at the clinic. Dory no longer feels like pretending to be a dog. Dory hears her family talking about her behavior in the kitchen. Dory then hears an unfamiliar voice in the kitchen and suspects that her family is eating popcorn with Mrs. Gobble Gracker. Dory calls Mr. Nuggy on a banana. Mr. Nuggy then crawls in the window with a parcel full of ingredients for poison soup.

Luke knocks on the door to tell Dory she can come out of time out, but Dory is having too much fun working on the poison soup. Once they finish the soup, Dory and Mr. Nuggy construct an elaborate fort/hiding spot out of rugs, sofas, and chairs while Dory’s mom is distracted by the phone. Dory leaves the fort to go to dinner and watch Mrs. Gobble Gracker eat the poison soup. Dory asks Mrs. Gobble Gracker lots of questions about her life, noticing that the soup fails to kill Mrs. Gobble Gracker and that she remains competent and awake. Dory expects Mrs. Gobble Gracker to kidnap her and take her back to her cave in retaliation.