The Case of the Missing Girl - Part 4

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The Case of the Missing Girl

By Jesse Rice

 

Chapter Four

Chicken

   I flew toward the rooster and slid in the mud. I jumped over the rooster's claw and grabbed the hair bow in my mouth. Then, without a backward glance, I dashed out of the chicken pen with the rooster on my tail. I turned around and saw the rooster leaping over the fence.

   "Prepare to be pecked!" the rooster screeched.

   I gasped and nearly dropped the hair bow. I hurried to the porch and jumped onto the swing. Panting and hiding, I inspected the bow. Suddenly, a wild tapping came from the window beside the swing. I glanced over, but saw no one. Whoever had tapped had fled. However, hanging in the window, was a large, pink, birthday balloon.

   "Someone had a birthday," I murmured. "Can this be connected to the Case of the Missing Girl?" An idea formed in my brain, and I dashed away from the porch, leaving the bow behind.

   As I crossed the farm, deep in thought, I was oblivious to the fact that an angry Caesar was following.

   "Beware, cat," Caesar growled, and moved in for the kill.

 

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