Chapter 8
(BACK AT THE HOUSE)
Penny wakes up...
(Yawn) "Good morning guys..." she said.
Penny looked over her bed to look at the now, empty dog bed.
"Guys? Where did everybody go?" she asked herself.
Penny thought about it.
"...Oh they are probably down stairs, waiting to be fed." she answered herself.
Penny got out of bed and got dressed. She walked down the stairs to find her mother drinking coffee at the kitchen table.
"Mornin' honey." Penny's mother greeted.
"Morning mom." she greeted back.
"Are the pets still up stairs?" Penny's mother asked.
"I thought that they came down here earlier this morning." Penny added.
"...Well I didn't see them." Penny's mother said.
"Where do you suppose they went?" Penny asked.
"I'm not sure, but they should turn up in a little bit, besides, they haven't been fed yet." Penny's mother said, reassuring her.
"Yeah. I guess your right... They are probably playing outside somewheres." Penny said and she went to watch a little TV to pass the time.
The morning passed on for another three hours, still no sight of an animal.
Penny walked over to her mother, who was doing the dishes.
"Mom, I haven't seen them yet. I'm getting worried." Penny said.
"I haven't seen them yet this morning yet either. Why don't you go outside and look for them." Penny's mother told her.
"Alright." Penny said.
So she got her shoes on and went outside. Penny whistled first and waited a couple of seconds... Nothing.
"Come on guys! Breakfast is ready!" she shouted.
She waited a couple more seconds... Still nothing.
Penny decided to look around. She looked in the patio... Nothing. Looked behind the house... Nothing. She looked in the old barn, which she was not allowed in because it is so old. And still nothing.
Penny was really worried now and she went back inside the house.
"Mom? I can't find them. I looked everywhere." Penny said.
"Alright, we will go looking for them in a couple of minutes." Penny's mother said.
"Okay. I will be waiting inside the car." Penny added.
(BACK TO MAYBELLE, MITTENS, and RHINO)
"What are we going to do?" Mittens asked.
Rhino let out a sigh.
"I-I-I don't know." Rhino stuttered.
"We have to get her back to the house. But how? W-we can't move her. That will only cause her even more pain." Mittens said.
"I know. I'm sorry, Maybelle... I'm sorry, Bolt!" Rhino apologized.
(BACK TO PENNY AND HER MOTHER)
"Ohh! Where are they?!" Penny asked eagerly as she watched carefully out the window from the passenger side of the car.
"We will find them." Penny's mother said as she put her free hand on Penny's shoulder. That seemed to calm her down a little bit.
"What the... Over there!" Penny's mother said.
"Where?!" Penny asked.
Her mother pointed to where Mittens and Rhino were standing on the side of the road.
"Oh good. I thought they ran away." Penny said with a sigh of relief.
As they got closer to the two animals...
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
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