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Molly spread the blueprint across the van's hood, pinning the corners with a juice box and half a sandwich. The Hendersons' backyard was a fortress of streamers, folding chairs, and thirty wrapped gifts heaped on a picnic table. "We go in as clowns," Molly said. "Nobody suspects a clown." Bill, who had flunked clown college twice, adjusted his wig with the grim determination of a man with nothing left to lose. His shoes squeaked when he walked, which Molly insisted was tactical. The plan was elegant in its stupidity. Bill would distract the children with balloon animals, his only genuine skill, though his giraffes all resembled dachshunds with neck problems. Molly would sweep the gifts into a burlap sack marked LAUNDRY, because nobody questions laundry. Then they'd escape via the bouncy castle, which Bill had secretly rigged with a trampoline launcher built from online instructions. "What if there are clowns already?" Bill asked. Molly hadn't considered this. She considered it now. The Hendersons were known for extravagance. There could be a clown. There could be two clowns. A turf war was possible. "Then we fight them," she said, honking her nose. Bill nodded solemnly. Somewhere inside, a child turned six, unaware that destiny wore size-eighteen shoes.