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in here!” Josh’s voice complained from the darkness.
    Dink was on his knees. One arm rested against the small table. The compartment that once held the duffel bag was in front of him, but he couldn’t see it.
    “Let’s get this over with,” Dink said. “I’d like to get back to the fireworks before my folks know we’re gone.”
    Ruth Rose flipped on her flashlightand shone it around the small space. “Okay, Josh, show us this secret hiding place,” she said.
    “It wouldn’t be right out in plain sight,” Josh said. “Look for someplace no one would think of.”
    On his knees, Josh shuffled around to face the rear legs. They were attached to the rest of the body with large bolts. “I’ll bet these legs are hollow,” he said.
    Josh felt around and, sure enough, was able to stick his arm down inside one leg. “Nothing down there,” he said.
    Dink examined the other leg, but there was nothing hidden inside that one, either.
    “What about up inside his head?” Ruth Rose asked. Her light followed the cables up Tyrone’s chest and neck. At the top, only a dark hole showed where the head was.
    “Let’s find out,” Dink said. He stood up and tried to reach his hand up toTyrone’s head cavity. “I’m not tall enough.”

    “Wait a sec,” Josh said. He lifted the laptop computer off the table and set it on the floor. Then he slid the table over to Dink.
    Dink climbed onto the table and reached again. This time his arm was inside Tyrone’s head. He moved his hand around in the space. “All I feel are the wires that come from the computer,” he said. “But my arm isn’t long enough to reach all the way.”
    “Could I fit in there?” Ruth Rose asked.
    “Probably,” Dink said. “The head is hollow.”
    Josh giggled. “Like yours,” he said.
    “Let me go up,” Ruth Rose said. “I’ll stand on the table, then you guys boost me.”
    Ruth Rose and Dink traded places. Josh held the flashlight in his mouth ashe and Dink lifted Ruth Rose up Tyrone’s throat. She disappeared into the head, with only her feet sticking out. Then her feet vanished and they saw her face peering down at them.
    “There’s nothing up here but a little speaker attached to those wires,” she said. “And a bunch of teeth.”
    Josh flashed the light around the walls. “I don’t see anyplace else you could hide a pile of money,” he said.
    “So what should we do?” Dink asked.
    “First, get some air in here,” Josh said. He handed Dink the flashlight and reached for the door.
    Dink shut off the flashlight. “Don’t open it too wide,” he said. “I don’t feel like getting arrested for breaking and entering a dinosaur!”
    Josh shoved the door. It didn’t move. “Help me, Dinkus. It’s stuck.”

    Both boys leaned their shoulders against the door and pushed.
    “The door must have locked when we closed it,” Josh said. “We forgot to wedge it open with that rubber thing!”
    Dink flipped on the flashlight and aimed the beam up at Ruth Rose. “If I hand this to you, can you shine it out through the mouth?” he asked. “If you yell, someone might hear you.”
    She shook her head. “The mouth is closed.”
    “We have to try something,” Dink said, waving the flashlight around. “I’m not staying in here all night!”
    “Got it,” Josh said. “I think I know how to boot up Dean’s computer. If I can make Tyrone’s mouth open, we can yell for help through the microphone and speaker.”
    “No one would hear us over the fireworks noise,” Ruth Rose said. “Butyou gave me another idea, Josh. If you can open Tyrone’s mouth, maybe I can climb out that way!”
    “Ruth Rose, Tyrone’s head is too high off the ground,” Dink said.
    He looked at Josh. “Is there anything we can make a ladder out of?”
    Suddenly Josh grabbed the flashlight from Dink’s hand. He shone it around the walls until the beam fell on the row of hooks. “I thought so,” Josh said.
    “What?” Dink said.
    Josh reached out