Chapter 17Everyone turned around. A new set of headlights blasted into their eyes.
“Flying lizards!” Tillie cried.
“I wish I had a flying lizard right about now!” Zofia said.
Suddenly, red, white and blue lights strobed across the surrounding field and colored the car's interior and each of their faces.
“It's the police!” Elton yelled.
“What're we going to tell them, Mom?” Blanche asked anxiously.
Zofia clutched the Stone of Irdisi, which she'd put inside her dress pocket before leaving. A few seconds ago, before they'd realized it was the police, she'd had the momentary inclination to change Perth and Argyll into their human forms. The fingers holding the Stone began to tingle. Chuckling, she released it.
“Mom?”
“Just let me handle it, Blanche.”
Flashlights in hand, the two unifo
