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and grabbed a coil of rope. “This,” he said. “We can use it to lower Ruth Rose out Tyrone’s mouth to the ground!”
    Dink looked up at Ruth Rose. “Do you think you could?” he asked.
    Ruth Rose nodded. “Tyrone’s mouth is pretty big,” she said.
    “Like Josh’s,” Dink said, grinning at his friend.
    “Very amusing,” Josh said. He passedthe flashlight to Dink, then sat in front of the laptop. He turned it on, then tapped a few keys.

    Several icons appeared on the screen. One of them was labeled TYRONE. Josh clicked on it, and a window appeared showing a list of choices. One of the words was MOUTH.
    “Bingo,” Josh said. “Get ready, Ruth Rose!”
    Josh clicked on MOUTH. A second later, Dink heard a grinding sound.
    “It worked!” Ruth Rose yelled. “Tyrone’s mouth is opening!”

CHAPTER 8
    Dink set the flashlight on the floor and tied one end of the rope to the folding steps. Josh formed a loop in the other end, big enough for Ruth Rose to step in. He stood on the table and handed her the loop.
    “Are you sure you want to do this?” Dink asked.
    “It’ll be easy” Ruth Rose said. “I climb down the rope ladder from my cousin’s tree house all the time.”
    “We’ll hold the rope till you’re ready to go down,” Josh said. He added,“Be careful of those teeth!”

    “Okay, give me a minute.” Ruth Rose’s face disappeared. Some of the slack rope went with her. “All right!” she yelled. “Just lower me real slow.”
    The boys felt the rope tighten with Ruth Rose’s weight. They let the rope slip slowly through their fingers. Dink felt the friction making his palms burn.
    Then the rope went totally slack.
    “Is she down?” Josh asked.
    They both heard someone banging on the door in Tyrone’s side. “I’ll be right back!” Ruth Rose yelled.
    Dink and Josh sat and leaned against a curved wall. Ruth Rose’s flashlight was growing dim, so Dink shut it off.
    “Wish this place had an air conditioner,” Josh said after a minute. He wiped sweat off his face with his T-shirt.
    “Why not wish for a full refrigerator while you’re at it,” Dink said.
    Josh grinned. “Or a microwave and a pizza. But I’d settle for a big fan.”
    The boys sat in the dark. Dink felt sweat trickling into his eyes.
    “I’m cooking,” Josh moaned.
    “Don’t be such a baby” Dink said. “Imagine what it would be like inside a
real
Tyrannosaurus!”
    Josh giggled in the dark. “Did dinosaurs eat kids?” he asked.
    “No, Josh, because humans didn’t live then,” Dink said. “Besides, if a T. rex got one taste of you, he’d spit you out.”
    Josh poked Dink in the ribs.
    Dink poked him back.
    Just as Josh put a wrestling hold around Dink’s neck, they heard something thump outside.
    Josh gulped. “Do you suppose it’s Dean, coming to get the money?”
    Dink crawled to the door and put his ear against it. The door opened, andDink nearly fell on top of Jud. Behind Jud stood Officer Fallon and Ruth Rose.

    “You sure get yourself in some pickles,” Officer Fallon said, shining his flashlight in Dink’s eyes. “Good thing I found Jud at the fireworks.”
    Jud lowered the steps so Dink and Josh could climb down to the ground.
    “Thanks,” Josh said. “We were melting in there!”
    “I don’t suppose you found the money,” Jud said. “Ruth Rose told us what you were up to.”
    Dink shook his head. “Sorry,” he said.
    “I’m afraid that whoever took that duffel bag disappeared with it,” Officer Fallon said.
    Jud nodded. “It must have happened last night after we went to bed,” he said. “I just don’t see how.”
    Officer Fallon shined his light at theground. “It rained last night, so even if the crook left footprints, they’d have washed away.”
    Footprints,
Dink thought. “I saw wet footprints in that garden shed,” he said. Dink pointed through the darkness toward the rose garden. “I went in to get the wheelbarrow for Mr. Pocket.”
    “That means someone went