Cant Find Panda!

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The Ham-Hams were walking to Panda's house aross town. They only stopped once, to find Oxnard's dropped sunflower seed. That was pretty good actually, seeing that Oxnard usually dropped it about three times. They finally got to Panda's house.

"I volunteer to clime up and see if he's there!" Hamtaro said as started to scramble up the tree. He already knew he wouldn't be there, but he couldn't give that away. He had made a promise that he planned to keep. Hamtaro got up as far as he could and climbed up on a branch skillfully. He looked in the room, scanning it. 'No Panda,' Hamtaro thought to himself, images of them at the park flashing in his eyes. He shook his head to get out the images and climbed back to the trunk of the tree. He scurried back down, panting. "No Panda," Hamtaro said breathlessly as he got behind Boss again.

"I wonder where he wandered off to," Pashmina asked no one in particular. She looked truly concerned. The rest of the Ham-Ham's just shrugged. Hamtaro started to feel bad about not letting the others know, and therefore worrying them. But he remembered his promise once again.

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"Well, we're off!" Boss said independently. The Ham-Ham's quickly jumped behind him in a straight line, following behind him like ducklings. They hurried through town, quickly looking at the humans and animals and objects around them. Boss somehow flirted with Bijou and guided the Ham-Ham's at the same time. They wandered across town to a small field. "Maybe he's in here," Boss said to them all. They began to scurry through the wheat, weeds, and flowers.

"Panda!" Dexter called out. "Panda if your in here, stop wasting our time with these foolish games!"

"Oh yeah, yelling at him's gonna work!" Howdy told him.

"Well what do you suggest?" Dexter asked, annoyed.

"I say we stop and play some music, he's bound to find us!" Howdy laughed. Boss gave them both a stare, saying 'You guys, LOOK!' They quickly scurried off in different directions to look for him. Every couple of seconds you'd hear "Panda!" "PAAANDA!" but Panda was nowhere to be seen.

"We've been looking forever," Bijou said tiredly, although Boss hadn't made her look. "This is getting boring. I bet he just wandered off, I doubt he's hurt. It'd probally be better if we dont look for him."

"Yeah!" Hamtaro said, enthusiastically. "He'll wander back anytime now."

Dexter looked at him strangely and pushed up his glasses. "If I recall, I believe you were the one to suggest going on this little 'trip'." he said suspiciously.

Hamtaro was a bit nervous. "Well, uh, I just think we've searched enough for today, and, um, he can take care of himself." he said defensively. The Ham-Ham's, not being so smart, quickly agreed.

"Alright, then we'll head back," Boss said. "And get some shut eye! Its starting to get dark anyways." The Ham-Ham's looked to the sky.

"Yup, lets be on our way then," Maxwell said, instinctively getting behind Boss. Boss felt good being thought of as leader, so he quickly started back to the clubhouse, the Hams following behind him. They walked across town once again, not forgeting to look around, just incase Panda was still around. Once they finally got back to the clubhouse, they all waved goodbye and headed back to their houses. It was just Hamtaro and Oxnard.

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Hamtaro walked, knowing the way back by heart. He had his eyes on the grass, thinking about Panda. "Hamtaro, are you listening?" Hamtaro suddenly heard. His head shot up as he looked around stupidly.

"Uh, no. What were you saying?" Hamtaro said, feeling a bit inconsiderate.

"I said, where do you think Panda wandered off too?" Oxnard said, almost dropping his sunflower seed.

"I uh..Dont know," Hamtaro said, feeling queasy. Now he was directly lying to his best friend. Suddenly, Hamtaro was right by his house. "Uh, see you later!" Hamtaro waved as he ran over to the house and up the gutter. He quickly ran over and into his cage, just before Laura walked in.

"Hey Hamtaro!" Laura said with a smile. "How were you today?"

'Horrible,' Hamtaro thought. Before he knew it, Laura was still asleep and Hamtaro was restlessly trying. He turned over in his cage, thinking about Panda. 'What should I say to him tomorrow?' he thought. 'What should I do?' Suddenly he knew. 'I'll go with him.'