of you.”“ It’ s okay,” John replied,“ I’ m sorry for leaving so abruptly.” They rode on for a for a while in silence. When they got
home, their parents congratulated them.“ I was so worried!” said Jacob’ s mother in tears,“ You
saved our houses!” Jacob and the others accepted the praise with silence. Later, when they were away from their parents, a discussion started about what exactly they had done. While John and Jacob talked about what would likely happen to Mr. Esell, Tyler remained quiet and appeared to be thinking about something. Finally, he got both John and Jacob’ s attention.
“ Listen to this,” Tyler said with a grin,“ Now, we know what happens when you let the cat out of the bag!”
“ Oh, shut up!” said Jacob while John roared with laughter.
“ What,” Tyler continued,“ Isn’ t it true?” Jacob smiled as Tyler gave a mischievous grin.
The End