reading journal....feb/17th/09

Cormac looked around at the crowd and said. " Should I give a demonstration?" "Yeah!" they shouted eagerly. Cormac looked at Mr.Tall, standing at the back of the crowd. Mr.Tall sighed and nodded. "You may as well," He said. " They won't leave you alone until you do." "All right then," Cormac said. " Stand back and give me room." The crowd moved back immediately. I started to move with them, but Cormac laid a hand on my shoulder and told me to stay "Now," he said to the crowd, "Ive been traveling for a long time and I'm too tired to go through my entire routine, so we'll keep this short and sweet." He made his right hand into a fist, then stuck out his index finger. "Darren, will you put this finger in your mouth?" he asked. I glanced at Evra, who signaled for me to do what Cormac asked. "Now," Cormac said, "Bite down on it, please." I bit softly . "Harder," Cormac said. I bit slightly harder. " Come on boy," Cormac shouted. "Put some backbone into it. Work those jaws.Are you a shark or a mouse?" Okay. He wanted me to bite hard ? Then I would. I opened my mouth and bit down quickly, meaning to give him a shock. Instead, I was the one who was shocked, because I bit clean through the finger and snapped it right off! I fell back in terror ans spat the dead finger from my mouth. My eyes shot up at Cormac Limbs. I expected him to scream, but he only laughed and help up his hand. There was no blood where I'd bitten the finger off, only a white jagged stump. As I watched, the most amazing thing happened; The finger began to grow back! I though I had to be imagining it, but as the seconds passed it kept growing and growing, and pretty soon it was full-length again. " How do you do it ?" I asked, amazed. "It is an illusion?" "No illusion," He said. "It's why they call me Cormac Limbs. I've been able to grow new limbs- fingers,toes,arms,legs - ever since I was a toddler.

Cormac limbs was one of the performers in the freak show of the book I'm reading. I think hes the coolest out of all the "freaks" in the show. That's pretty cool to be able to grow back body parts. Imagine cutting your finger off then in a couple seconds a new one grows. No blood is involved. That'll be pretty sweet to bleed. If everyone was like Cormac Limbs then parents would save money on doctor bills. I have a couple questions though....... Can he grow back his head if it gets chopped off? How is it possible for him to grow back body parts like that? I wonder if other people can do that too....

From the book Cirque Du Freak The Vampires Assistant by Darren Shan