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Kevin.
    “Am I ever sorry, Barnes!” said Kevin worriedly, slapping him on the back. “I had no idea you were so close to the edge! I was about to dive in and save you!”
    “You most definitely were not, Kevin,” said Tina with-eringly.
    “Well, I was planning on doing something!” Kevin said. “Are you okay, Barnes?”
    Giles nodded. He still felt a little shaky. He could see the dinosaur poking its head above the water, watching him with its bright eyes.
    “It didn’t eat me!” he stammered. “It lifted me out!”
    He’d heard all sorts of stories about shipwrecked sailors being saved from drowning by dolphins. He’d just been saved by a hydrosaur!
    “They must be smarter than you think, Tina,” Kevin told his sister.
    “And friendlier,” Giles said.
    “And much cuddlier than I first thought,” added Kevin, waving at the purple dinosaur in the pool.
    Tina frowned, then stalked back to her lawn chair and started muttering into her recorder.

Chapter 6
The Big Deal
    Giles looked at the remote-controlled airplane in the store window.
    “It’s a beauty all right,” Kevin said.
    Giles crinkled the money in his pocket. He’d waited a long time for this airplane—and now, thanks to their dinosaur job, he could finally buy it. He knew every detail of the airplane by now, and had often daydreamed about taking it on its first flight in the big field near his house.
    “It’s great being rich, isn’t it?” said Kevin cheerfully. “Now I can buy an iPod to replace the one Tina blew up last month. Those dinosaurs are the best thing that’s ever happened to the genius business!”
    Giles jammed his hands into his pocket and turned away from the window.
    “Aren’t you going to buy it?” Kevin asked in confusion.
    “We’ve got to set them free,” Giles said.
    “What? The dinosaurs?”
    “It’s not fair to keep them trapped in that pool,” said Giles. “And all because Miss Frost wants to own the only dinosaurs in the world! It’s just like all those other valuable things in her house just collecting dust! It’s just greedy!”
    How could he possibly buy the airplane with the money Miss Frost had given him? He knew he’d feel too guilty.
    “Do you really think they mind staying in the pool?” Kevin asked with a frown.
    “How would you like it if someone boxed you in?”
    “Tina was thinking about it once,” Kevin replied thoughtfully, “but I managed to talk her out of it. You’re right, Barnes, I don’t think it would be very comfortable at all.”
    “They’re not eating as much as they used to, either,” Giles said. “They’re definitely unhappy. We should set them free.”
    Kevin shook his head uncertainly.
    “Tina won’t like it,” he said. “Do you know what she’s doing right now? She’s at home, dictating her memoirs! Once I passed her door and heard her practising some kind of acceptance speech. She kept saying things like ‘Thank you for this great honour’ and ‘I knew it was only a matter of time before my great genius was recognized by the international community.’ She’s counting on these dinosaurs, Barnes. She thinks they’re going to make her world-famous!”
    “We’ll have to do it without telling her.”
    “But what about Miss Frost? She’s not going to let us set them free. She owns the dinosaurs! And you’ve heard the way she talks to people on the phone! She’s tough, Barnes. She’s downright scary! There’s no way we’ll ever convince her!”
    “There’s only one way,” said Giles. “We’ve got to make her a deal.”
    Swift opened the door, blinked, and stared in amazement.
    On the doorstop stood Giles and Kevin, both dressedin large, dark suits and ties borrowed from Mr Barnes’s closet. Kevin wore sunglasses and a scowl. His hair was slicked back with half a bottle of hair gel, and his arms were folded menacingly across his chest. Giles held a briefcase in one hand.
    “We’re here to see Miss Frost,” he said.
    Without waiting for