" What?" Sara said. "Somebody tell me what's going on here. And like right now!" Hey," I said, "You get to stay out all night and party. Can I get a '...hank you' on that?" Uh. Thanks," she said, doubtfully. "Yeah, thanks! Gosh. I just thought I was going on a date, you know? This is so..." She trailed off, still doubtful, but more enthusiastic."Let's go inside for the long version," I said. "The pizza is waiting." Everyone headed back into the house at the suggestion of food. Neeka stayed back. And who said ‘Let’s throw Virgil into a tree and see how long it takes him to climb down?’ Can you answer that?’ ‘I wasn’t serious. They can’t throw that high anyway. He would’ve climbed down with no problem,’ Donovan reasoned. Frigid was spinning straight to polar. ‘And how many times have you tried to get Virgil to use Virgil as a chew bone? How often have you threatened to turn Virgil into moose chow? Did you know threatening an endangered species is a felony? If convicted, you could be. "The greetings of, "Hello Miss Debbie, hello Deborah," and, "hello Ma'am,"sounded in unison echoing through the kitchen as the boys saw Dale now asDeborah for the first time.Time seemed to stand still as Mrs. Foster took her usual seat at the endopposite of where Mr. Foster was seated. The boys and Mr. Foster noddedand smiled pleasantly as Dale stood there in his full feminine regalia.He saw his old chair waiting for him and heard the gasps of recognition aseveryone stared at him. Mr. Foster. Unfortunately for her, at that moment John spotted something."Bill!" he called. "Over here!"Jenny flinched. It sounded as though John was right under her rock."What's up?" asked Bill."Look, up there," John pointed. "There's something red up there. Looks like a coat or something."She groaned inwardly. They'd spotted her rucksack, not quite so well hidden as she'd thought."Alright," said Bill. "I'm going up there to take a look. Wait here."Jenny slumped resignedly as Bill began to scramble up the.