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“Hi Tommy,” he called. “Did you get your new shoes?”

“No, mom changed her mind. She says the old ones will do until I grow out of them if I polish them good enough.” answered Tommy.

“Did you find out anything from Mrs. Pearson?” Sammy asked again.

“Not much. I found out that there used to be a ranger station in there. A forest ranger used to live there with his son. They moved away after the meteor landed.”

“How about you. Did you learn anything?”

“I found out a few things.” said Sammy. “I found out that a helicopter flies over the woods every Tuesday. Mr. Johnson watches it because it comes before sunset. As he is closing up his store, he likes to watch the sunset for a while, and that’s how he saw it. He thinks that it’s strange because it drops out of sight for about fifteen minutes. Then it appears again when it rises up above the tree line and takes off towards the east.

Gary and James sprinted towards them, they were jostling each other and playfully pushing each other out of the way. Sammy and Tommy told them what they’d found out.

“Wow,” said Eddy, who had got there in time to hear everyone’s news. “My mother’s gardener, Jim, told me that he heard that a lot of strange things had been seen and heard in those woods since the meteor landed. He said that sometimes it’s better not to know what’s going on.”

“You didn’t tell him about us?” The boys all yelled.

“Of course not,” said Eddy. “I’m not a fink. We made a pact, remember?”

Gary said. “I talked to Mrs. Reed, at the library. She told me that they put a sign in the woods for people to keep out.

“We already knew that!” said James. He sounded disgusted.

Gary ignored him and went on. “When people asked why. The police said that we had to stay out because there was a scientific experiment being conducted, and it was important to obey the signs, and dangerous not to.”

“I wonder what the army is doing. I wonder what they’re bringing in and out to the trucks?” said Tommy. “Keep asking your uncle about the woods, James. Try to get him to tell you about any weird things he’s heard about.”

“Yeah,” said James. “He said I could come over and help him clean his garage and he’d pay me. I can ask him stuff then.

“Gary, can you talk to Mrs. Reed again? Maybe she knows something else.”

“I can hang around Mr. Johnson’s store a while. He won’t mind. He lets me dust his shelves sometimes after school, so he won’t think that anything’s funny.” said Sammy.

“Good,” said Tommy. “Tomorrow we’re going to the matinee. Let’s meet here and go together. We can’t do any more tonight. One thing is for sure. I’m not going into those woods again until we know what’s going on.”

“Me either.” said all of the guys.