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then vanish.

She started to swing her car onto die side roadтАФthe com-
pulsion to follow that dragon was overwhelming.

But-
But the ice cream in the back of the car would melt, and
Carol needeo her costume started. But the baby-sitter
needed to get home, and Jamie had a test he would need

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help studying for. But a storm was coming, and it was time
for supper, andтАФ

As if to add emphasis to the real world, the first light
flakes of snow drifted through the beams of her headlights
and across her windshield. Feeling that adventure was pass-
ing her by, she nosed the station wagon onto the dirt road
and executed a neat three-point turn.

Home, she told herself. Go home right this minute like the
responsible adult you are. and no more dragons in Mazdas.
No matter what it might have meant.

Minerva had second thoughts the whoie last block and a
half to home.

Bamey met her at the door, mil of four-year-old angst.

They won't let me play," he wailed. "They said I'm a litde
boy. I'm not. I'm a big boy, and I can play, too!"

Carol and Jamie looked up from Chutes and Ladders,
and Jamie said, "Un-UH! Yon can't count and you cheat on
the chutes!"

Carol added her own five-year-oid wisdom. "When you
get bigger, you'll be able to play. Right, Mommy?"

Seventeen-year-old Louise had her jacket on, and her
books piled in her backpack, and revulsion in her eyes. "You
promised you'd get here half an hour ago, Mrs. Kiakra- I'm
going to be late for my date."

"Going to be an ice storm tonight, Louise. You might
have to cancel. But I'm sony I'm late. The supermarket was
a zoo." She handed Louise her cash, and watched her baby-
sitter flounce out the door without so much as a "thanks."