Chapter
Four
Where's Kansas Toto?
The sun was coming up to shine down on the dessert. Clark was half buried in a sand pile, as he sat up he pulled his jacket off of him, he had used it as a blanket and it was covered in sand, and sand fell out of the sleeves as he started to put it on.
"Shelby!" Clark called as he started to get up.
"Shelby,-- Shelby,-- Shelby,--Shelby! Where are you?" Clark yelled falling to his knees.
Clark sat down in the sand, took the water bottle out of his pocket and put it on the ground, he pulled the green statue out of his other picket, looked and said, "Some help you'll be," as he tossed it on the sand.
He pulled out his pocket bible from his back pocket and started reading and thinking of his brother.
(Flashback)
Clark was suddenly twelve years old again. His mother was setting up a table for his birthday party. His father was blowing up balloons and taping them to the table. Clark was playing with some balloons in the driveway when a taxi cab pulled up.
Clark stopped his playing and his mouth dropped open in surprise when his brother got out of the cab.
Clark grinned and ran to him, letting go of his balloons as he was pulled into a bear hug. Jonathan and Martha walked up behind Clark, Jonathan put his hand on Clark's brother's shoulder, welcoming him home, and Martha gave him big hug.
Then he came to Clark's level again and pulled a box out of his bag, he handed it to Clark and said, "Happy Birthday little brother."
Clark pulled off the lid and pulled the paper back and there was the compass and the pocket bible. Clark smiled and looked at them.
(End of flashback)
Clark smiled to himself, and put the bible back in his pocket, he twisted off the lid on the water bottle and took a drink.
As he did he heard a bark in the distance made him sit up straight.
"Shelby- Shelby!" Clark called.
Just then Shelby came up over the ridge barking.
"Come here Shelby, come on," Clark said as he saw him.
Shelby slide down the ridge; he almost tripped over his leash as he ran down the side and tackled Clark to the ground.
"Oh I knew you wouldn't leave me Shelby," said Clark smiling as he hugged Shelby.
Then he sat up and looked around, sighed and said, "Ok now-, where's Kansas Toto?"
Clark decided to make a marker in the ravine. If anyone did come out there they would know which was he went.
After he finished it, he started to walk over to Shelby, then he saw the statue laying in the sand, he picked it up, looked at it, sighed and said, "Who knows-, maybe we'll make it." Then he walked over to Shelby as he put the statue in his pocket, he picked up Shelby's leash and started walking north.
T.B.C.