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232 Words | 1 Pages“Click-Clack the RattleBag” by Neil Gainman is a suspenseful short story. The kid in the story wants the adult writer to tell him a scary story about the Click-Clack RattleBag. The kid explains that the click clacks are monsters. But suddenly at the end things start to click and clack then the adult feels fingers wrapping around him. The author develops the characters' different points of view in order to build up suspense throughout the story.
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