Sometimes kids hide, just for the fun of it.
What if a kid came along and hid inside the refrigerator and his friends couldn't find him?
These kids were deliberately hiding from their own kind, and at least one of them was a genius at disguise.
Perhaps some kid had hidden himself aboard for a prank or a chance for adventure.
"A scared kid might hide in a tree," Herbert said.
His kids hide a tape recorder in Pomeroy's pocket, though, and get an admission of guilt.
"She was just sitting there doing bookwork, but the kids were all hiding behind the school peeping around the side," he said.
Later, Albert3D meets with their parents and tells them that if the kids are hiding the mummy, they should give it to him.
The kids were hiding in caves and dying because they were so afraid.
Worse still, in big comprehensive schools very many bright kids hide their talents out of fear of being picked on.