Young Dracula: Part 3

By MICHAEL LAWRENCE

When Baron Gertler heard that the Draculas had an heir, he became very jealous. He turned himself into a giant bat, flew to the castle across the valley, and snatched the babe from his mother's arms while the Count was clipping his toenails in the bath. Then he flew off with the child under his arm.

The distressed Countess rushed to the window to save her darling son, but reaching for him she leant out too far and tumbled to her death far below. Her scream brought the Count dripping from the bath.

As soon as he saw what had happened, the Count ground his vampire teeth with rage, turned himself into a bat, and flew after the Baron. The Baron escaped, but the Count managed to save baby Wilfred and bring him home.

Some nights later, the Count sneaked into Castle Gertler before the Baron was up, and hammered a wooden stake through his mean old heart.

Publisher: Barrington Stoke

Price: $14.95

Age group: 8-13 years

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