Sadness. That is what Minnie's heart was experiencing as the news of her parents deaths gripped her. "My parents…are dead?" Minnie asked Gertrude. "How did they die?"
"They were poisoned by a certain Berscout." Gertrude said. Minnie's heart skipped a beat. Berscout had done this. That evil dog. "We don't even know a Berscout."
"I do." Minnie said stiffly as she tried to hold back tears. She wiped them away. "He is an evil man. I have only seen him twice and each time he has done wicked things." Minnie broke down. Gertrude helped her inside as Minnie's life collapsed around her.