Lizard Loopy by Ali Sparkes

Author:Ali Sparkes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

“Nah—that’s just kids messing about, breaking Petty’s window,” Danny said. “There were two window breaks in Florence Road last week. The Neighborhood Watch guy came around to talk to Mom about it, remember?”

“But—what if it’s not kids . . . ?” Josh persisted as he and Danny arrived back at the foot of the oak. “What if Petty’s been telling the truth about the government spies? I mean, we thought she’d made up Victor Crouch, but he did show up in the end, didn’t he?”

“Yeah, I guess,” Danny said, pulling the spray bottles out of his pockets. “But we don’t know that he was a government spy, do we? Anyone can buy a walkie-talkie and act tough. How can we be sure that he wasn’t just some old boyfriend from bingo who fell out with her? How can she be sure, with her messed up memory?”

Josh shuddered. Victor Crouch was tall and bony and had no eyebrows. He couldn’t imagine Victor Crouch, with his oddly bald brow and extra long pointy nail on one little finger, being anyone’s boyfriend!

“And anyway, whether he was a spy or not, she S.W.I.T.C.H.ed him into a cockroach, so that was probably the end of him,” Danny said.

“Yeah, but . . . we always managed to survive. And if he did too and S.W.I.T.C.H.ed back . . .” insisted Josh.

“JOSH! You’re turning into Petty!” Danny plonked the spray bottles in his twin’s hand. “Now shut up and S.W.I.T.C.H. me! Use the one with S on it. That must be for sand lizard.”

The other bottle had a C on it, presumably for common lizard. Petty’s labeling was a bit unreliable, but this time it was correct. Three seconds later a brilliant green sand lizard shot up the oak tree. Josh marveled at the way Danny climbed the slightly slanted trunk, like shiny liquid flowing upstream. He would be sensible and wait for Danny to come back—probably with nothing—after investigating the owl hole.

Hmmm. Something about that last thought prickled at him. Owl hole. Lizard . . .

“AAAAAARGH! DANNY!!!” Josh shrieked. “DON’T GO IN THERE!”

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