That way, maybe the food and other stuff stacked on the far bank would not be burned by the approaching fire simply because the fuel had already been ...exhausted. It took only a moment for Chief Umgallah to understand my plan, and he endorsed it immediately.There was some mumbling and cursing from the extra work I caused, but instructions were followed, and we soon had a fire burning over there. There was more than just dry grass to burn—there was all that dung. I just hoped that it burned out. ”“Very good. That will be really helpful to me, Mrs Kempe.”“However, we have an update on that. Two more were spotted at another beach, a bit later, and another a few miles further on from that site.I must say, professor, we have not had such sightings, EVER, in all the time we have been here. Putting aside our small numbers at the start, most of these beaches have been looked at fairly frequently, I am told, so there is something unusual going on. Perhaps you can advise on this.”Jane responded. He about choked on his orange juice when she flashed him the first time. He shouldn’t have been surprised since this was par for the course for Allie.She patted him on the back when he started coughing, “Alex, are you all right?” she asked in mock sympathy.“Yeah, fine,” He said as he glared at Allie out of the corner of his eye.“Take your time drinking your juice, Alex,” his mom said. “Then you won’t have that problem.”“Thanks, Mom,” he said. “I’ll remember that.”Alex got even, though. As they. "Part 3Garett stepped inside the mall then shook the moisture from hisumbrella before folding it up again. He hadn't truly needed theumbrella since it had been a relatively short distance across theparking lot between his car and the door, and the weather was merelydrizzling rather than raining, but he had thought it was better to besafe than sorry. After all, how was he to know that it wouldn't bepouring when he left.Garett was a tall and thin boy of seventeen, wearing a pair of thickglasses.