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  “What?” Darren grabbed the janitor’s free hand and tried to pull him loose. It didn’t help. Then the rushing-water noise got louder, and suddenly Stan jerked forward, his arm in as far down as his shoulder.

  “There’s definitely something wrong with this toilet!” Stan said, bracing both feet against the toilet base and pulling with all his might. But he couldn’t get his hand back out. And now more of his arm was being pulled down into the toilet! It was like the toilet was a monstrous mouth swallowing up the janitor!

  “It’s no use. I’m going down!” Stan shouted, struggling against the pull. Darren tried tugging him free again. Still no success.

  There was a scuffling noise as Stan’s feet left the ground, his shoulder and part of his chest in the toilet bowl now. Then, with a loud slurp, his head and upper body disappeared down the pipe, as well.

  “No!” Darren cried, tugging on Stan’s leg. A second later Darren lost his grip as Stan’s legs went, and the toilet swallowed the janitor completely. His wrench made a loud clang as it fell to the floor by the toilet, after which the bathroom was quiet except for the rush of water running. “Stan!” Darren shouted into the toilet.

  “Help!” Stan shouted, sounding very far away.

  “Stan!” Darren called again. But this time he got no answer—

  “STAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!”

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  About the Author and Illustrator

  SEAMUS PILGER is an award-winning fartologist and a burrito enthusiast. He first became interested in superfartabilities while studying the alternate forms of propulsion for space travel. While intergalactic gastroenterological propulsion failed, Seamus has made many discoveries in the fermentation of foods in humans. Seamus is a graduate of FRT. He is a lifelong vegetarian and lives on a bean farm in Minnesota.

  STEPHEN GILPIN is the award-winning illustrator of dozens of children’s books and has worked for tons of awesome clients. He lives and works with his wife, Angie, in Hiawatha, Kansas.

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  Cover art © 2016 by Full Fathom Five, LLC

  Design by Victor Joseph Ochoa

  Copyright

  FART SQUAD #3: UNIDENTIFIED FARTING OBJECTS. Text copyright © 2016 by Full Fathom Five, LLC. Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Full Fathom Five, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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  Library of Congress Control Number: 2015943571

  ISBN 978-0-06-236633-7 (trade bdg.)—ISBN 978-0-06-229049-6 (pbk.)

  EPub Edition © December 2015 ISBN 9780062290502

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