Zombie Attack!

Professor Clark is an important scientist in the United States. Day and night, he works in his lab. It's in the hills near the little town of Brillo in California.

He's working on a new serum. "This can change everything!", he thinks.

Tasha Kiara is a young scientist in the Professor's lab. She isn't happy about Professor Clark's latest work.

The Professor is always saying, "Why must people die? My new serum can stop that!"

"This can't be right", Tasha thinks. "What's the matter with Professor Clark? Is he going crazy?"

One day, Tasha sees something awful. The Professor injects a dead rat with his new serum. Minutes later, the rat begins to move on the lab table. It is suddenly alive again!

"Professor! What are you doing?", Tasha cries.

"Look!", Clark smiles. "This rat's not dead now. My serum works!"

"You can't do this", says Tasha more quietly. "It's wrong, Professor. Do it again, and I must tell someone. I must speak to the local TV station about you".

The Professor laughs. His eyes are crazy.

"Do that", he says. "But don't bring any reporters here now! Not before I'm ready for them".

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professor an important person who studies a lot and teaches

scientist a person who studies the natural world

lab (short for laboratory) a room where a scientist works

serum liquid that comes from an animal which does not get an illness; it can stop other animals getting ill

crazy not thinking well

awful very bad

inject to put something into the body of a person or animal

rat an animal like a big mouse

local TV station this makes television programmes for part of the country near you

reporter a person who speaks about things on the TV