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when the boy told his mom that he saw something it drew the attention of a dwarf who then stops to look at the grille which causes will and Jim to try and make themselves as small as possible

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as will and jim remain hiding they find out that the carnival is looking for them and when they thought they parade was about to leave they stopped when a little kid pointed out will and jim under the grille

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the boys go into hiding and tell wills dad and he wishes them good luck but will cuts the line.

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in chapter 31 nothing else really happens that night.
the carousel opens back up again and The carousel calliope continues to play "Funeral March" backwards and they realize that the carnival is just a cover up for something bigger.

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the boys realize the lightning rod disappears and a air balloon with a dust witch is on top of their roof wanting to take their souls before flying off once again.

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Will and his father have a conversation about what it means to be a good and what it means to be happy and how his dad may be good but he also might feel unhappy the dads emotions throughout the story

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As Mr. Holloway walks the boys home he repeatedly lets both of them know not to stay out late knowing that they boys never did anything wrong in the first place.

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this chapter talks about how the police question Jim and Will about what they believed to have happened to the lighting rod salesman and the police officers don't believe them when they tell them that they think he's a character involved in the carnival.

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in this chapter, Miss Foley talks a lot about the mirrors in her house and how they always seemed to duplicate.

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Will and Jim go to the Merry go round which is out of order.Jim jumps on one of the horses, and the boys are startled to hear a voice telling him to leave. A man snatches Jim in his hand and grabs Will as well when he tries to help his friend. Another man tells the first to put the boys down. They look up and see a tall man in a suit. The suit is amazing to Will, because it looks like it is made of bristles, hair, and other itchy, uncomfortable substances.He introduces himself as Mr. Dark, and tells them the red-haired man who picked them up is Mr. Cooger. Mr. Dark pulls back his sleeves and they see that he is the Illustrated Man, covered in tattoos. He shows Jim more of his tattoos and then tells the boys to leave and come back the next day.

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The boys realize that the bag belongs to the lightning-rod salesman, and they wonder why it is abandoned. Jim convinces Will that they must stay at the carnival to solve this mystery, and they stay while everyone else heads home to dinner.

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At sunset Jim disappears, and Will goes into the Mirror Maze where he find his friend. He pulls Jim out, who seems incoherent, muttering about how amazing it was. They start home, and Jim thinks that they must return later that night. Will does not want to, but Jim says he knows that he can count on his friend. As they leave, they trip over a leather bag.

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Will and Jim go to look at the carnival again and it seems normal. They run into Miss Foley their 7th grade teacher who is looking for her nephew, Robert.  She goes in and panics, feeling lost. The boys manage to pull her out and she tells them that they must go find the little girl who is lost in there. Miss Foley goes home, and the boys stay away from the Mirror Maze.

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Will hears overhears his father talking to himself. He starts to wonder if he may know what may be going on with the carnival. and he says that men of his age usually just sit in bed wondering of life.

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On their way home, he passes the empty store where the lady in the ice had been, but all that remains is a pool of water, a few shards of ice, and some hair in the ice. Charles Holloway sees these things but tries not to think about them.

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Will thinks about the fact that Jim favors action while he favors talking things over. when the train makes them cry do to its whistles. A tall dark man gets off the train and signals for people to start setting up the carnival. they both realize that the moon is covered with clouds and when it clears up all the tents are set up causing the boys to run home in fear

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At 3 in the morning, Jim and Will are awakened by the sound of a train. They realize that its the sound of the carnival and decide to go and watch them set up

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Jim stops at Hickory Street and tells Will that he has to go look at the theater. At the fifth house they looked to see people undressing and doing this they did not know.

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The boys found a piece of paper that mentions a monster which is also a balloon and a tattooed man. they remember the carnival is coming and decide to go home without thinking twice.

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Will sees that his father and mother are happy when they come in. He listens to his parents talking and his father grabs one of Jim's dinosaur books to read and just before falling asleep he leaves to go back to the library

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Jim says how he has experienced so much in his life that even tho he's 13 he compares himself to having experienced the life of a 23 year old man. he tells his mom about his future plans and how he doesn't plan on having kids and when his mom leaves she takes down the lightning rod because she was curious

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She ends up talking to the lightning rod salesman and he tells her she represents to him all the beautiful women in his life.he wants to know what'll happen if the ice melts and the shop door opens and when she steps inside it closes.