Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: As soon as the boys transformed , they ate a hotdog stand and got away from the police that were chasing them by diving into a lake and burrowing their way into the city by eating the dirt .
Simplified: As soon as they transformed , the four brothers ate a hotdog stand and fled from the police by diving into a lake and burrowing their way into the city by eating the dirt .