Where's Panda?

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It was a beautiful, calm day. The birds were chirping happily, the wind blew softly through the trees. The wind blew Laura and Kana's hair slightly. They were walking to their next class.

"What a beautiful day!" Kana said as she spun in a circle. Laura giggled. "I should have let Oxnard outside for today," Kana thought out loud.

"Let him out? But wouldn't he run away, or get lost?" Laura asked curiously.

"No, I mean put his cage outside. I wouldn't let Oxnard escape! You and I both know that I'd just die if Oxnard was gone." Kana said as she opened the door for Laura.

"Oh…right." Laura said blushing. She probably sounded stupid. She walked in the door and walked with Kana back to class, just as the bell rang.

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"Awright everybody lets have a party!" Howdy said dancing. Boss had called a meeting yesterday that everyone should meet at the Clubhouse today. They were going to have a party! They had all sorts of food (mostly sunflower seeds), and tons of games to play. Everyone was here so far. Except…

"Hey where's Panda?" Sandy asked suddenly. "Didn't you invite him Boss?" Sandy scuttled over to Boss. "Well?"

"Of course I did!" Boss said loudly. "Maybe he's sick?"

"Oh that would be just awful!" Bijou said, like she was about to burst into tears. "Poor Panda, miss our party? We must not start without him!" She also walked over to Boss. "Boss, will you go find Panda?" Bijou said with puppy eyes. She knew he'd do whatever she wanted.

Boss blushed slightly. "Uh, sure. Yeah! Of course! Like you said, we cant start till every Ham-Ham is here!" Boss shouted.

"Yeah!" the rest of the Ham-Hams shouted.

"Well, I'll be back then," Boss said as she headed out the door. He closed the door shut.

"What do we do until he gets back?" Hamtaro asked, tilting his head to the side.

"Lets dance!" Howdy said, dancing a little more.

"I'd rather read…" Maxwell said shyly.

"How about everyone can do whatever they want?" Pashmina said loudly.

"Chu! Chu!" Penelope said enthusiastically.

A few minutes later, Hamtaro, Bijou, and Howdy were dancing to some music Howdy was singing. They laughed and danced and occasionally fell, or stepped on each others feet. In another corner, Maxwell and Dexter were reading some books Maxwell had brought. Cappy and Oxnard were trying to sneak some food, managing to get a few sunflower seeds to eat under the table. Pashmina and Penelope were playing with a small toy June had given Pashmina. Stan and Sandy were fighting over Stan's maraca's. And of course, Snoozer was, well, sleeping.

Suddenly Boss burst through the door. "Panda is gone!" he exclaimed. "I went to his house and he wasn't there. So I sniffed around a bit, and I could smell his tracks but they were hours old. He must of left last night!" Boss said tiredly, panting.

"Where would he have gone?" Bijou asked worriedly. "His owners will be very worried about him."

"I don't know Bijou, but maybe we should look for him." Hamtaro said bravely. "I say we all go on an adventure to look for him tomorrow, if he isn't back yet."

"Well I guess we wont be needing these sunflower seeds," Oxnard said as he grabbed a few more.