That was all.Their mood changed to one filled with grim purpose. Myrna's whereabouts became their sole goal and the dogs were forgotten in the car.Ama...da had the impulse to call aloud. But she stifled it as they passed into the shade of the big tent. It was hot and still. Amanda guessed that everyone would be avoiding the area of Andy's cage and wondered if it would not be silly of Myrna to go and mope there. If she knew her sister at all, she had a hunch she would not be there.Myrna was not. Things could of turned out differently if there was some one on the first floor that needed the elevator, no such luck, our destiny was written and changes couldn't be made, so we crept down to the basement to meet our fate. Finally the elevator came to a stop. I was aware but helpless to stop my hand from going to the emergency switch, I thought of how easy it would of been for me to push the first floor button, I thought of how easily it would of been for me to step off the elevator on the. "It's the prettiest dress I'veever seen!" I thought you'd like it," I said, "you're right, it is a gorgeous dress.Just what you need to make you into a pretty young woman with makeup tomatch."I helped him step into the dress and when he had worked out how to puthis arms through the sleeves of the shoulderless dress I zipped it up."You're stuck in it now Martin," I giggled, "you'll never get this dressoff without help!" If it were up to me," he laughed, "I'd never take it off! I can't waitto. The flames had spread rapidly through the house. Thick black smoke billowed out as windows broke. Once he had finished his sandwich, Malcolm held an arm around Lilly.They’d been watching the fire for more than an hour when Malcolm noticed the dogs were coming to their feet. Rather than attack, they headed unsteadily towards the bridge. One of the dogs staggered before it managed to cross the bridge. It fell into the water and disappeared with a yelp as giant leeches grabbed hold of it. The last.