"Stop!" cried Officer Butz. But it wasn't quite a cry. It was musical, magical.
And it made me stop.
I looked over my shoulder. The policemermaid looked as surprised as I did. Then, she had an apparent thought.
"Come over here to me!" she said in the same sing-song voice. And I had to obey.
Oh my gosh. She wasn't just a mermaid, she was a siren, the kind of creature who could get men to do anything they wanted.
I began to open my mouth to wish her back to normal. But did she understand how I had changed her? Would she be able to stop me?