Biggie by Ellen Miles

Author:Ellen Miles [Miles, Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

I’ll do my best! Unless I get distracted by a—

Just then a squirrel ran across the trail up ahead, and Biggie nearly pulled Lizzie’s arm off as he tried to charge after it. Maybe using a dog to find a dog wasn’t the best idea after all.

Hours later, as the afternoon began to grow late and the sky turned dusky, Lizzie and Maria stood in the parking lot, back at the beginning of the trail. Mom and a very dejected-looking Mr. Jackson were talking with another woman, over by the Petersons’ car.

“I can’t believe we didn’t see or hear a thing,” Lizzie said. They had hiked and hiked, all the way up the steep trail to the top of Eastman Mountain, where there was a broad view of the farmland, rivers, and valleys below. The whole way up and back Lizzie had kept her eyes peeled, swinging her gaze from side to side, peering deep into the tangled woods. She had totally expected to glimpse a flash of black and white, or hear snuffling or whining. “I just know he’s somewhere out here.”

Her voice was raspy from calling Domino’s name, over and over. Her legs were tired, and she was hungry and thirsty. She felt exhausted, and sad. They had looked so hard and hiked so far, all for nothing. Domino was nowhere to be seen.

Biggie pawed her leg, and when she looked down at him, he stared back up at her, cocking his head and seeming to raise his bushy eyebrows.

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