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“I flunked out of Boy Scouts,” said Sam

Remi chimed in “I only sold cookies in the Girl Scouts”

“This is not a laughing o Do you find this funny?”

Saies We’re exhausted and a little erateful you found us Who alerted you we ht be in trouble?”

The officer translated the question His sergeant grunted soeant asks that you restrict yourselves to answering his questions You said you planned to go on a daylong hike Where were your backpacks?”

“We didn’t expect to be gone that long,” Remi said “We’re not the best planners, either”

Sam nodded sadly to emphasize his wife’s point

The officer asked, “You expect us to believe you went on a hike with no equipment whatsoever?”

“I had my Swiss Army knife,” Sam said drily

At this translation, the sergeant glanced up and glared at Sam, then Remi, then stood up and stalked from the room “Please wait here,” the officer said, and left the room

Not surprisingly, the sergeant walked straight through the squad-room door to the hallway Sam and Remi could see only his back; Russell and Marjorie were out of view Saht side of the , and pressed his face against it

“Can you see them?” Remi asked

“Yep”

“And?”

“The twins look unhappy Not a sWell, this is interesting”