Chapter 4

Laura and Bobbie ran outside.

"Lesley Lu! Lesley Lu!" they shouted. They went in opposite directions around the cabin.

Scott and Nikolas heard them yelling.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Nikolas asked running up to Laura.

"Lesley Lu is missing. Lucas said she ran into the woods after a rabbit and never came back."

Luke and Lucky came back with an armload of wood. At the same time, Lesley came outside to see what all the shouting was about.

"Luke, Lesley Lu missing!" Laura yelled as she saw him. He dropped the wood he was holding and Laura told him the rest.

"Ok, don't panic. We'll find her. Lucas!" Luke said.

Lucas and Michael came running up to them.

"Which way did Lulu go?"

Lucas led them back to the front of the cabin and pointed to the path that split into three directions not too far into the woods..

"Ok, we'll start there and branch out. Lucky, you and Nikolas go to the right. Bobbie, you and Baldwin go to the left. Laura you and I will go straight. Lesley you stay here and watch Lucas and Michael.

"Ok," said Lesley. "That way someone will be here if she comes back on her own."

They took off into the woods. Lesley sat down on the steps and watched Lucas and Michael playing. She could hear the others calling for Lulu for a long time. Their voices getting fainter and fainter. A half an hour had soon passed.

"I'm hungry," Michael said running up to her.

Lesley stood up. "Lucas, come on inside," she said not wanting to let either of them out of her sight.

They walked into the kitchen and at the table sat Lesley Lu.

"Where have you been?" Lesley asked her.

"Outside."

Lesley saw the back door standing open. She realized that while they were all standing around in the front yard, Lesley Lu must have came in the back door.

After an hour, all the search parties came back to the cabin to see if she had been found. All except Luke and Laura.