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Morning came. Ozzie was the first one to get up. He noticed that RJ wasn't in his sleeping spot. He also noticed a pile of food over by a tree. Ozzie raised an eyebrow. He never saw the food before. Just then, he saw RJ walking through the hedge carrying as much food as he could carry. He walked over to the tree and set the food down. Ozzie got a good look at his face. RJ looked terrible. His eyes drooped and his fur was messy. "RJ, did you sleep at all last night?" asked Ozzie. RJ let out a huge yawn. "No," he said. "I spent the whole night worrying about Heather. I thought maybe if I got a head start on food gathering, we could get everything on time." RJ let out a yawn again. "Well, that won't happen if you don't get some sleep," said Ozzie. "We need you to be well rested and wide awake if you're going to plan our raids." RJ knew he was right, but RJ couldn't sleep knowing that Heather was with Vincent.
RJ looked at the pile of food he collected so far. At the rate he was going, 1 week and a half would pass by the time he got 1 whole wagonload. He knew his task was almost impossible, but he still wasn't going to give up so easily. RJ walked over to the hedge. Before he stepped through, Ozzie grabbed onto his arm. "Hold on, RJ. You're too tired to do any raids right now." "I'm..yawn… fine, Ozzie." Ozzie shook his head. "You're yawning says otherwise." Ozzie led RJ over to his sleeping spot in the baby seat. "You need some sleep. We'll take care of the raids until you're well rested." "But you don't know what to do," said RJ. "Relax, RJ. We'll come up with something." RJ let out another yawn, and his eyelids were lowering. RJ fought the urge to go to sleep. "But…. you….. can't….. just… go… on… your… own…… (snore)." RJ had finally succumbed to sleep. Ozzie quietly walked away so he wouldn't wake him. Just then, everyone else woke up. They saw the food by the tree.
"Where'd all this come from?" asked Stella. "RJ spent the whole night gathering all of the food. That's why he's sleeping right now," explained Ozzie. "But how are we going to raid houses if we don't have RJ's know-how?" asked Verne. "We'll need to think on our own for today," said Ozzie. "I'm not too sure we can do that, Oz," said Lou. "We must, Lou," said Ozzie. "So what's the plan then?" asked Penny. "First we need to find a house to raid," said Ozzie. "Follow me." The group ran over to the other side of the hedge and over to a nearby house. They looked into the windows on the side of the house and saw a woman making a big breakfast for her family. As she opened the cabinets, the group saw that the cabinets were completely filled with food. It was enough for one wagonload, maybe even enough for half of the second load.
"So what're we going to do, Ozzie?" asked Lou. "Now we just need to figure out a way to get inside," replied Ozzie. "Excuse me, but I think that I may have a suggestion," said Tiger. He led them to the front door and showed them a doggy door. "Excellent," said Ozzie. "We need to wait for them to clear the room first before we go in. Until then, Stella, go back and grab the wagon." Stella went back to the log and grabbed the wagon. Everyone else went back to the window and waited for everyone to leave the kitchen. After 30 minutes, the room was cleared. "Okay, let's do this," said Ozzie.
The group walked over to the doggy door. Ozzie poked his head through the door and looked inside. He had to keep himself from screaming when he saw what was in front of the door: a rottweiler (not Nugent). Luckily, the big dog was sleeping. Ozzie slowly went through the door as quietly as possible. He held the door open and motioned everyone to come inside. "Slowly and quietly," he whispered. Everyone did as he said and walked through the door as quietly as they could. Once everyone was inside, they made their way to the kitchen. Everyone climbed on top of the counter and opened the cabinets. "Okay everyone," said Ozzie. "Penny and Lou, you two open the window and wait outside by the wagon. We'll grab the food and hand it to you." Penny and Lou went over to the window, opened it. Lou jumped outside and stood by the wagon. Penny stood on the windowsill. Everyone else grabbed food and started handing it all to Penny, who handed it down to Lou, who put it all in the wagon.
Within 10 minutes, the cabinets were empty and the wagon was full. "You know, maybe it won't be so hard to get all that food for Vincent after all," said Verne. "Okay, everyone," said Ozzie. "Let's go." Penny jumped down from the sill and onto the grass. Just as the others were about to go through the window, they heard a growl, which made their eyes go wide. They slowly turned around and faced the wide awake rottweiler, who stared up at them with mean eyes. "Should we run?" asked Hammy. "Like the wind, Hammy," said Ozzie. Everyone turned back around and darted through the open window. The dog turned around and headed for the doggy door. As soon as Ozzie hit the ground outside, he screamed, "RUN!!!!!" "What about the food?" asked Verne. Ozzie knew Verne was right. They couldn't leave without the wagonload of food they collected. "Everyone help move the wagon," he said. "I'll distract the dog." "Are you insane, Oz?" asked Lou. "He'll rip you to shreds." Ozzie didn't listen. He ran away from the window and headed for the front of the yard. Just as soon as he got there, he saw the dog running through the doggy door.
"HEY!!!" screamed Ozzie. The dog looked at him and growled and barked. The dog started to run right towards him. Ozzie turned around and booked it as fast as he could. The dog chased him around for about 5 minutes, when all of a sudden, he realized that he wasn't being chased anymore. He looked around to find the dog. He put on a look of terror when he saw where the dog was heading: the others. Even worse was when all the commotion caused the family to run out see what was going on. The mother screamed at what she saw: a bunch of animals were stealing all of their food. She grabbed a broom and ran outside.
The mother ran right past Ozzie and towards the wagon. Ozzie looked on in horror as the dog snapped and bit and as the mother swung furiously with the broom. Because the mother had no control of her swinging, she kept smacking food off of the wagon. Ozzie ran over to help get his friends out of there. He saw that Stella was about to be caught in the dog's teeth. Ozzie ran towards Stella and pushed her out of the way. What he felt next were sharp teeth digging into his body. Ozzie screamed in pain. While the dog had him in his mouth, he shook him around, causing Ozzie even more pain. Just as Ozzie was about to pass out, he felt the dog loosen his bite. Ozzie dropped to the ground. He looked over and saw RJ with a slingshot in his hand and shooting stones at the dog. "Everyone!" he said. "Grab Ozzie and get back to the hedge!" Lou and Tiger grabbed the bleeding possum and ran back to the hedge with everyone else. RJ ran away and was chased by the dog and the mother. He found a tree and climbed up.
Realizing that they couldn't get RJ in the tree, the mother and the dog walked away. Fortunately, they forgot about the wagon. As soon as it was safe, RJ climbed down the tree and ran over to the wagon. Whatever food was smacked off of the wagon by the broom was completely destroyed. More than half the load was destroyed. RJ grabbed whatever was left and carried it back to the log. When he got there, he saw everyone gathered around Ozzie. RJ walked over and saw his torso wrapped in bandages. "How is he?" he asked. "He's alright, but I don't think he can do any raids with us for awhile," said Verne. That wasn't good. To get all of the food, RJ would need everyone's help. RJ couldn't help but feel guilty. "If I hadn't have stayed up all night gathering food, I wouldn't have had to sleep and you guys wouldn't have had to do this on your own. And Ozzie wouldn't have gotten hurt." Verne put a hand on his shoulder. "RJ, don't blame yourself," he said. "None of this is your fault. Sometimes, bad things just happen. We'll get all of that food for Vincent before winter."
I'm sorry I took so long to update. I haven't been able to get on my computer a lot because I got myself grounded. I had to try and sneak on the computer while my parents weren't home. I hope you can forgive me. Pleez say you do.