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mug!” Greg exclaimed in disgust. “I told him to wear his ring, but oh no, he was scared it would turn him into a toadstool or something.”
    “If we can find his ring and stick it on his finger, maybe that will snap him out of it,” said Susie.
    “Maybe,” Greg agreed. “But we can’t leave him standing around outside with Loki’s overgrown budgie out looking for us.”
    “You grab his legs then,” said Susie, “and I’ll take his arms.”
    Lewis was as rigid as a plank and his body didn’t change position at all as they carried him into the front room and laid him down on the sofa.
    “Look at the state of him!” said Greg, shaking his head. “It’s as if he’s trying to run up to the ceiling.”
    “Never mind how he looks,” said Susie. “Where does he keep his ring?”
    “Probably in his room some place,” said Greg. He led the way upstairs. “He told me he could grab it quickly if he ever needed it.”
    “I just hope we can find it,” said Susie.
    “Don’t worry, it’ll be a cinch,” Greg assured her asthey entered the room. “He keeps this place as tidy as an operating theatre.”
    A glance around Lewis’ room showed Susie that Greg hadn’t exaggerated. The books in the three large bookcases were organised into fiction and non-fiction and arranged alphabetically. The bed was neatly made and everything on the desk was sensibly arranged, sheets of paper and magazines carefully stacked, pens and pencils gathered in cups by colour.
    “Is he expecting the Queen to drop by or something?” Susie wondered.
    “No, he’s just nuts, if you ask me,” Greg replied.
    A large glass tank near the foot of the bed was home to two goldfish. At the bottom of the tank were various pebbles and pieces of crystal as well as a plastic castle around which the fish occasionally swam.
    “These fish are really cute,” said Susie.
    “He calls them Ishmael and Ahab,” said Greg. “Heaven only knows why.”
    He went to work on the drawers, tossing socks, jumpers and underwear in all directions. Susie meanwhile examined the desk and its contents. By the time she finished Greg was hauling the covers off Lewis’ bed and heaving the pillows aside.
    “This is ridiculous,” he grunted. “You’d think he’d made it invisible.”
    Suddenly Susie’s attention was caught by a raggedorange shape at the foot of the bed, staring hungrily into the fish tank. It had one claw raised, ready to plunge in and snatch one of the goldfish.
    “Evil Cat!” she yelled and rushed to shoo it off.
    The cat recoiled, pressing itself against the wall and hissing. It bared its yellow teeth and raked the air with its claws.
    “Get out of here!” Greg bellowed, plucking a pillow from the floor and flinging it at the animal.
    The cat dodged aside, dropped to the floor, and dashed out the door with an angry snarl.
    “It must have got in through an open window,” said Greg. “Really, we should get the police on to that monster.”
    “There, there, Ishmael,” Susie soothed the goldfish. “Don’t you worry, Ahab. That horrid cat’s gone.” She peered more closely into the water and said, “What’s all this stuff at the bottom?”
    “He puts all kinds of random junk in there,” said Greg. “He says it provides them with stimulation. Why anybody wants to stimulate a fish is beyond me.”
    “There’s all sorts of stuff down there,” said Susie. “Rocks, pebbles, crystals—”
    “And a stupid plastic castle,” said Greg. “So what?”
    “I can see a glint of gold,” replied Susie.
    “Right, let’s have it then,” said Greg, peering into the water and rolling up his sleeve.
    He hesitated with his hand hovering over the water.“You know, I’m sure those fish don’t like me. Look at the way Ahab is glowering at me.”
    “Don’t be silly, Greg,” said Susie, plunging her arm in. “They won’t bite.” Raking through the sand at the bottom, she uncovered a golden ring, pinched it between her thumb and