Chapter 12
Back at the farm, the water was higher than ever. Tom didn’t see any silver crocodiles, but he knew they were there, watching him and Mother climb out of the car and walk up to the house. Soon, the puddles would join to form one big lake and then the crocodiles would be everywhere and it wouldn’t be safe to leave the house anymore.
Mother might not want to leave, but didn’t seem to have any ideas about what they should do either.
He sat in his room staring at the map in the Weirdo book. It had given him more information than anything the adults had said. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that any answers to what had happened would be found with the Weirdos and the trail of clues they had left behind.
He tucked the book under his arm and went to see Mother. She w
