"Look Magnet!" Courtni said, pointing at a car pulling into Camp Green Lake. He looked.
"That must be Caveman's parents!" Courtni said.
"Yeah." Said Magnet. "Let's go. We want to be the first ones to meet them." Magnet said, winking. Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats stepped out of the car.
Courtni and Magnet ran after them. "Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats?" Magnet asked.
"Oh, yes." Said Mrs. Yelnats. Magnet held out his hand. "I'm Jose, my friends call me Magnet. You know, we all have nicknames. Anyway, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm a friend of Stanley's." Magnet said. "And this is my girlfriend, Courtni." He said, putting his hand on Court's shoulder.
"Hi! Nice to meet you." Said Courtni, shaking both their hands. "Now, we have some important news to tell you about Stanley." Said Courtni, getting straight to business.
"The leaders of this camp are liars. Don't believe anything they say. But, you have to pretend that you believe them, otherwise, you're son will be in trouble. What ever you do, don't believe a single word they say. After they talk with you, get in your car and drive about 1 mile down the road, back where you came from, of course. Make them think that you are going home. Once you are about a mile down the road, stop and we'll get out of one of the holes. Then, we'll tell you the complete truth about Stanley, okay?" Court said, wondering if the Yelnats' will believe them. Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats nodded. "Thank you, kids." Said Mrs. Yelnats.
"Why.you must be Stanley's parents. Pleasure to meet you." Said the Warden, once they were in her cabin.
"We have some...uh...disturbing news...you may want to sit down." She said. "Your son ran away last night, along with 3 other kids. He went in the direction of.the desert, obviously, and he has never returned." Mr. Sir said.
"How long ago was that sir?" asked Mr. Yelnats, trying to be as teary as he could.
"Last month. He didn't have any water or food. I'm sorry..he's gone....forever." said Mr. Pendanksi. Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats burst into tears and they walked out and got in their car.
"Do you see them?" Mr. Yelnats asked his wife as they kept driving down the road. "No. Keep looking."
And then Courtni and Jose jumped out of the hole and ran to the car. "Okay, listen very carefully. Stanley did run away, but he ran away today..not last month. He did leave with 3 other kids with no water. Stanley isn't that stupid to stay out there, so we need to stay here until we see them. Okay?" said Magnet. Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats nodded. "We can stay in the car and we'll leave it running. It has air conditioning so you won't get hot. Get in kids." Mr. Yelnats said.
"You can sleep here too." Mrs. Yelnats said.
"Thanks." Said Courtni and Magnet. They went right to sleep even if it was 5:00 in the morning.
"Alright. Zero, you go with Grace and get 4 shovels. Evan will come help me find the right hole." Zero and Grace nodded and started sneaking into camp.
Zero collapsed and clutched his stomach. Grace gasped. "Zero! Are you okay?" she whispered worriedly. Zero was groaning.
"Zero! Are you okay?" Grace whispered again. He got up, nodded and said, "Let's go."
"I think this hole was the one." Caveman said. "You think?" Evan said. "Oh alright. I know that this was the hole." Caveman said.
"You sure?" Evan asked. "Yes! I'm sure! Get down and hide." Said Caveman.
Caveman and Evan heard footsteps. It sounded like someone fell. "Zero!" Caveman and Evan heard Grace's voice. They both got up out of the hole and helped Grace with Zero.
"He's been doing this the whole time on our way here." Grace said worriedly. Zero was on the ground, moaning again while holding his stomach.
After some silence, Caveman said, "You stay here and help Zero, let him rest, and Evan and I will start digging."
"No way! I'm the fastest digger." Zero said in a hoarse whisper.
"Oh no you don't! You're not stepping foot inside that hole Hector Zeroni." Grace said. Caveman laughed. "Come on Evan, let's go." He said.
"Here's the box! I found a box! This might be it!" Caveman yelled. Grace looked up. Zero was digging now, but the boys let her stay there.
Suddenly, Grace was jerked up by someone holding onto her sides. She screamed. She was instantly blind-folded and gagged.
"Now what have we got here?" The Warden.
Grace heard someone laugh stupidly.
"No! Let her go!" she heard Caveman say.
"Excuse me?" said the Warden.
"You heard what he said! Let her go! She didn't do anything!" yelled Evan. "Take me instead!"
Grace shook her head frantically. "Oh...oh, gon't...Ibe fine." She said.
"No, you're not fine. Let her go!" Grace was surprised to hear that Zero said that.
"Ooooo..wow, Zero talked!" said Mr. Pendanski. "I've always known that little Zero here, can talk!" said the Warden.
"I didn't..I've always thought he was a mute." Said Mr. Sir, under his breath.
"Why don't you hand over that box, Zero." Said the Warden.
"That must be Caveman's parents!" Courtni said.
"Yeah." Said Magnet. "Let's go. We want to be the first ones to meet them." Magnet said, winking. Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats stepped out of the car.
Courtni and Magnet ran after them. "Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats?" Magnet asked.
"Oh, yes." Said Mrs. Yelnats. Magnet held out his hand. "I'm Jose, my friends call me Magnet. You know, we all have nicknames. Anyway, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm a friend of Stanley's." Magnet said. "And this is my girlfriend, Courtni." He said, putting his hand on Court's shoulder.
"Hi! Nice to meet you." Said Courtni, shaking both their hands. "Now, we have some important news to tell you about Stanley." Said Courtni, getting straight to business.
"The leaders of this camp are liars. Don't believe anything they say. But, you have to pretend that you believe them, otherwise, you're son will be in trouble. What ever you do, don't believe a single word they say. After they talk with you, get in your car and drive about 1 mile down the road, back where you came from, of course. Make them think that you are going home. Once you are about a mile down the road, stop and we'll get out of one of the holes. Then, we'll tell you the complete truth about Stanley, okay?" Court said, wondering if the Yelnats' will believe them. Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats nodded. "Thank you, kids." Said Mrs. Yelnats.
"Why.you must be Stanley's parents. Pleasure to meet you." Said the Warden, once they were in her cabin.
"We have some...uh...disturbing news...you may want to sit down." She said. "Your son ran away last night, along with 3 other kids. He went in the direction of.the desert, obviously, and he has never returned." Mr. Sir said.
"How long ago was that sir?" asked Mr. Yelnats, trying to be as teary as he could.
"Last month. He didn't have any water or food. I'm sorry..he's gone....forever." said Mr. Pendanksi. Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats burst into tears and they walked out and got in their car.
"Do you see them?" Mr. Yelnats asked his wife as they kept driving down the road. "No. Keep looking."
And then Courtni and Jose jumped out of the hole and ran to the car. "Okay, listen very carefully. Stanley did run away, but he ran away today..not last month. He did leave with 3 other kids with no water. Stanley isn't that stupid to stay out there, so we need to stay here until we see them. Okay?" said Magnet. Mr. and Mrs. Yelnats nodded. "We can stay in the car and we'll leave it running. It has air conditioning so you won't get hot. Get in kids." Mr. Yelnats said.
"You can sleep here too." Mrs. Yelnats said.
"Thanks." Said Courtni and Magnet. They went right to sleep even if it was 5:00 in the morning.
"Alright. Zero, you go with Grace and get 4 shovels. Evan will come help me find the right hole." Zero and Grace nodded and started sneaking into camp.
Zero collapsed and clutched his stomach. Grace gasped. "Zero! Are you okay?" she whispered worriedly. Zero was groaning.
"Zero! Are you okay?" Grace whispered again. He got up, nodded and said, "Let's go."
"I think this hole was the one." Caveman said. "You think?" Evan said. "Oh alright. I know that this was the hole." Caveman said.
"You sure?" Evan asked. "Yes! I'm sure! Get down and hide." Said Caveman.
Caveman and Evan heard footsteps. It sounded like someone fell. "Zero!" Caveman and Evan heard Grace's voice. They both got up out of the hole and helped Grace with Zero.
"He's been doing this the whole time on our way here." Grace said worriedly. Zero was on the ground, moaning again while holding his stomach.
After some silence, Caveman said, "You stay here and help Zero, let him rest, and Evan and I will start digging."
"No way! I'm the fastest digger." Zero said in a hoarse whisper.
"Oh no you don't! You're not stepping foot inside that hole Hector Zeroni." Grace said. Caveman laughed. "Come on Evan, let's go." He said.
"Here's the box! I found a box! This might be it!" Caveman yelled. Grace looked up. Zero was digging now, but the boys let her stay there.
Suddenly, Grace was jerked up by someone holding onto her sides. She screamed. She was instantly blind-folded and gagged.
"Now what have we got here?" The Warden.
Grace heard someone laugh stupidly.
"No! Let her go!" she heard Caveman say.
"Excuse me?" said the Warden.
"You heard what he said! Let her go! She didn't do anything!" yelled Evan. "Take me instead!"
Grace shook her head frantically. "Oh...oh, gon't...Ibe fine." She said.
"No, you're not fine. Let her go!" Grace was surprised to hear that Zero said that.
"Ooooo..wow, Zero talked!" said Mr. Pendanski. "I've always known that little Zero here, can talk!" said the Warden.
"I didn't..I've always thought he was a mute." Said Mr. Sir, under his breath.
"Why don't you hand over that box, Zero." Said the Warden.