VERY BIG CHILDREN
The whole team had become stir crazy (again) so Luke gave them permission for limited movement. They all crept out of hiding (except Geoff, who was still suffering punishment) and were watching a traffic jam of pack files in the narrow back path leading to the castle. The children were watching them watching the traffic jam, and soon all attention was on the two little figures, looking across the valley so very seriously.
“Why are they there?” wondered Sylvia.
“They’re looking at us so intently,” muttered Pauline.
“They’re monsters,” invented Mac, cheerfully, “disguised as children. They will murder us in our beds. Only Geoff and Luke are safe.”
“Why are Geoff and Luke?” Artemisia asked.
“Because they’re not here. Their molecules haven’t been memorised by that still
