Josh parked his Jeep at the curb and climbed up the walk to Sabrina's house. He knocked on the vine-covered door. No one came. The house appeared to be vacant, as vacant as a college dorm can be. The remains of someone's lunch lay across the table. A peach-colored dish was splattered with brown spots among the remains of a half-eaten ham sandwich. Breadcrumb surrounded the table as if it was purposely put there for decoration.

Josh thought that was odd, but then he remembered that Sabrina's roommates were odd… and apparently messy as well, he realized as he scanned the floor. Brown socks nearly covered the entire floor of the kitchen and living room. Wait a second, those socks weren't originally brown; they were white! It seemed to Josh as though the socks had been dumped in manure. Or as if some cow had come and taken a spill…

Josh glanced around him, suddenly aroused from the horror of the appearance of the house and realized that his suspicions were right. Muddy hoof prints trailed the sidewalk of the house and the inside of the house. Is Sabrina okay? Josh wondered, realizing for the first time that she might not be safe.

Suddenly, Sabrina emerged from the bathroom. She glanced at the door, jumped and ran back into her room.

"Hey, Sabrina!" Josh yelled. "Open up! It's me, Josh!"

Josh struggled to open up the door. It wouldn't budge. He tore his hand away from the door and realized that the knob was caked with manure.

"Oh, great!" Josh muttered with exasperation. He attempted to wipe the crap off with his jacket, but did not succeed. He pulled out his pocketknife and began to scrape the thick layers of manure off the knob. He just had to get in and save Sabrina, if he still could.

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Sabrina peeked outside of her bedroom door. What was that noise? It sounded as though someone was yelling. Was it Josh? Sabrina couldn't help but wonder. She decided to take a risk and go outside. The mad cow seemed to have disappeared. She hoped that it had retreated to Morgan's room. That girl needs someone to spoil her, (literally!) since her daddy won't anymore, Sabrina thought gleefully. She jumped over the mounds of manure and the remains of the now ragged socks and finally reached the door. She thrust the door open, intending to get some fresh air.