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morning,” whispered Benny.
    He went back to bed. The zombie was gone, for now. At last, Benny could relax. He pulled the covers to his chin and went to sleep.

CHAPTER 6
Zombie Clues
    T he next morning, Jessie stood over Benny. “Wake up, Benny,” said Jessie.
    “It’s time for breakfast,” said Violet
    Benny opened his eyes. “Violet,” said Benny. “I used your camera last night.”
    “That’s okay,” said Violet. “Grandfather said it was for everyone.”
    “I used it to take a video of the zombie,” said Benny.
    “The zombie?” said Henry.
    “Oh,” said Violet. She looked at the camera but she didn’t pick it up. She wasn’t sure she liked having pictures of a zombie in her camera. It was a bit creepy.
    Benny jumped out of bed. He picked up the camera from the nightstand. “It’s right here,” he said.
    Benny turned on the camera. He went back to the video of the clock on the nightstand and pressed play. “Here it is.”
    Henry, Violet, and Jessie looked at the camera. They watched the light in the woods.
    “See that,” said Benny. “It’s the zombie.”
    “Well . . .” said Henry.
    “I don’t see a zombie,” said Violet.
    “It’s just a light,” said Jessie.
    “Then why was the owl hooting again?” said Benny.
    “Someone was using a flashlight to go back to the cabin,” said Henry.
    “We used a flashlight last night, too,” said Jessie.
    “But Maude said there wasn’t a trail to the cabins back there. And the owl didn’t hoot at us,” said Benny. “Something scared it.”
    “Let’s look at it again,” said Henry. He went back to the clock picture. Then he turned the sound up on the camera. “Okay, here we go . . .”
    Henry pressed play. They heard the owl hooting. Then the video moved from the clock to the window.
    Shuuursh! Shuuursh! Shuuursh! Shuuursh!
    “What is that?” asked Benny.
    “It doesn’t sound like an animal,” said Henry.
    “What else could it be?” said Violet.
    “It must be the zombie!” said Benny.
    “But that’s only a story,” said Henry. “It’s not real.”
    “Let’s go out and look,” said Jessie.
    “We can film the evidence,” said Violet, “even if it is scary . . .” Her voice trailed off.
    “Don’t worry, Violet. We’ll be with you,” said Jessie. She put her arm around Violet.
    Violet closed her eyes. “Thanks.”
    After Benny got dressed, the Aldens walked out of the cabin.
    “It went that way,” said Benny. He pointed at the woods behind the cabin.
    “Then let’s go that way, too,” said Henry.
    “This is the way to the old fishing lodge,” said Jessie.
    “We worked on the trail here yesterday,” said Violet.
    “Look,” said Benny. He pointed at the trail up ahead. Someone had pushed back the wall of branches they had cleared from the trail.
    “Someone was here last night,” said Benny.
    “And they made a mess,” said Violet. “That wasn’t very nice. Someone could trip on these branches.” The branches the children had neatly stacked on the side of the trail were scattered everywhere.
    “What happened here?” said Jessie. She pointed at the ground. The dirt and grass were flattened. It looked as if something long and heavy had been dragged along the ground.
    Benny looked at the flat area. It was as wide as a human body. “The zombie must have captured someone here,” said Benny. “Then he dragged them away.”
    “Look at this,” said Violet. There were clumps of uprooted grass and scuffs along the ground. “It looks like someone was kicking the ground. But why? What is going on?”
    “Someone was fighting the zombie,” said Benny. “They were trying to get away.”
    “There must be another explanation for this,” said Henry.
    “I hope so,” said Violet. ‘I don’t want to see any zombies.” She looked around nervously at the woods.
    Benny bent down. He picked up a small piece of wood. It fit in the palm of his hand. “Look at this.”
    Benny showed the small wooden stake to