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quarters and workrooms of the dwarfs. Through a passage he went a little farther in the knoll till he
reached a small excavation on the slope of the hill which was covered by brush. The hole was shielded
from the outside by a plastic sheet and a wall of soil so that only a narrow eye-slit was left open. A
ladder made of rough wood provided access to the hole from the passageway.

4 such hide-outs with separate entrances had been built in the past few days with the assistance of the
dwarfs. Mullon had arranged them in a pattern that would enable them to keep the helicopter in view by
at least one of the secret observers at any one time.

Only 5 minutes after Chellish had noticed the sound of the helicopter for the first time Mullon and his 3
people had disappeared and there was no sign left to indicate that humans had lived there just now.

The whir of the helicopter came closer. Mullon saw the shadow of the big machine flit across the sunlit
knoll, disappear to the left and return again. For the next 15 minutes the din of the flying machine swelled
tip and down. Then it abated almost totally, only to whine again a few seconds later.

They came from the north, Mullon observed. The shadow touched the slope again. But this time it didnтАЩt
disappear. After awhile the noise of the little jets rotating the blades died down and somebody shouted:
"Keep your eyes open, Dwight, and come back immediately if something looks off-kelter (Fishy)."

Mullon perked up his ears. He recognized the voice. It was PashenтАФthe man who had shot him. He
heard steps in the grass and saw a pair of boots close to his eye-slot. The man whom Pashen had called
Dwight paused a few seconds as if undecided. Then he shouted upward: "Nobody here! IтАЩm going to
take a look at the tents."

He walked down the slope and Mullon got a good look at him. He watched him going into ChellishтАЩs
tent. After investigating it he came out again and made a reassuring gesture in PashenтАЩs direction.

He searched the other tents one by one but seemed to find nothing to arouse his suspicion. Finally he
walked to one of the entrances to the hill.

Mullon became a little nervous. This was the moment when, according to his plan, the dwarfs were
supposed to appear on the scene. Dwight was not allowed to pass through the entrance.

After a few tense moments about 30 dwarfs emerged from one of the other shafts and rushed toward
the intruder. They surrounded him and began their strange floating dance.

Dwight was obviously taken by surprise and frightened. He drew his gun and aimed it at the dwarfs.
Mullon saw to his horror that it was a small disintegrator which Hollander had taken away from the crew
of theAdventurous .

However at this moment Pashen shouted from above: "Lay off, Dwight! TheyтАЩre not going to do
anything to you."

Reluctantly, Dwight put back his weapon. He bent down and tried to grab one of the dwarfs. The dwarf
first eluded him, then came closer again and danced over DwightтАЩs hand without being caught.

"Wait!" Pashen called. "IтАЩm coming down."
Mullon knew what he had in mind. The dwarfs already had met Pashen and he surmised that they had
knowledge of his cowardly attack on Mullon. He wanted to try out how the dwarfs reacted toward him.