Kathleen had turned completely white and still.
Gerald was so shocked, he could not speak.
His sister was now made of marble.
At last he called down to Jimmy.
"Kathleen made the ring a wishing ring again.
Then she wished she was a statue."
"And is she?" asked Jimmy.
"Come up and look."
Jimmy climbed into the dinosaur.
"She's really a statue," he said.
"Let's go tell Mabel."
Mabel was still hiding in the bushes.
The boys told her about Kathleen.
Mabel gasped. "What will happen next?"
"She'll go back to normal," said Gerald.
"But what about me?" said Mabel.
"You don't know how frightening it is to be out here like this.
Can't you get the ring?"
"It may have turned to stone, but I'll try," said Gerald.
Gerald climbed back into the dinosaur.
The ring had not turned to marble.
"I'm sorry, Kathleen." He took the ring.
Then he gave it to Mabel.
"Now you won't be afraid of anything."
Mabel wanted to be closer to the dinosaur.
Then she would be near Kathleen when her spell broke.
After she crawled over to the dinosaur, she stood up and looked inside.
"It'll be all right," she reassured Kathleen.
"I'm nearby. Call me when you feel yourself getting better."
Inside her marble shell, Kathleen heard Mabel.
But she couldn't speak.
The boys covered Mabel with the Ugly-Wuglies' clothes so she'd stay warm.
They promised to return later to check on the girls.
Then they went back to the school.
They told Mademoiselle that Kathleen was staying overnight with Mabel.
The sun set and the moon rose.
Mabel fell asleep.
Inside the dinosaur Kathleen knew she must wait patiently for her own spell to break.
Soon she fell asleep.
Kathleen woke up suddenly in the middle of the night.
The dinosaur was moving!
"Oh, how dreadful!" she said.
"The dinosaur must have come alive in the moonlight.
That's what Gerald said happened to the statues."
She was afraid to drop through the hole while the statue moved.
But where was Mabel?
What if the dinosaur stepped on her?
Kathleen peered through the hole.
The dinosaur was moving faster.
The floor of its stomach sloped downward.
They were going downhill.
Through the hole Kathleen saw grass and then stone.
She heard the splash of water.
They were near the lake.
The dinosaur was about to go swimming!
Kathleen jumped through the hole just as the dinosaur reached the lake.
She raced into the Temple of Apollo.
"Be still, little lady," said a voice. "I leap."
Kathleen watched as the statue of Apollo leaped from the pedestal.
"You're new here," said Apollo.
"I'm quite new," said Kathleen.
"I didn't know you could talk."
"Why not? You can."
"But I'm alive," said Kathleen.
"And so am I," said the statue.
"I suppose so.
But I thought I'd need the ring to see you."
"That's for mortals.
We statues can hear and see each other."
At that, Apollo dove into the lake.
Kathleen wanted to get Mabel and go home.
She found Mabel sleeping under the pile of Ugly-Wugly clothing.
"Wake up!" she called.
"I want to go home," said Mabel.
"So do I, but you can't go home like that.
You're still too tall."
Mabel closed her eyes.
"Oh, Kathleen, I feel so funny.
Am I shrinking?"
"Yes!" said Kathleen. "Now we can go home."
"But what about you?"
"What do you mean? I'm fine," said Kathleen.
"Look at yourself."
Kathleen looked down at her hands and her dress.
"Why am I this horrid color?" she cried.
"Don't you understand?" asked Mabel.
"You're still a statue!"