Friska My Friend by Patricia St John

Author:Patricia St John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scripture Union England and Wales
Published: 2010-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter five

It was a sad rainy morning. Colin came in late to breakfast, cold and wet and very miserable. He had been up early, searching the woods. He thought perhaps Friska had been hurt, but Dad shook his head.

“We’d have heard her howling,” he said. “I think Joy’s right and she’s gone with the hop pickers. I’ll ring the police.”

But the police were not very hopeful. The hop fields were spread out all over the county and Colin probably hadn’t seen the right trailer. They had to have a warrant to search caravans. They said every caravan had one or two dogs and their owners would probably say they’d had them since they were puppies. They said that if a dog was stolen, it would most likely be tied up inside a van and only let out at night. Still, they told Colin’s dad that they’d have a look round.

“Well,” said Mum, “we’d best get ready for church. Colin, would you rather stop home? I don’t suppose the dog will come but you never know.”

Colin hesitated. He somehow felt that he would like to see the vicar. Simon had been really helpful in tracking down old Charlie. The vicar always seemed to have good ideas when things went wrong. But if Friska came back, Colin did not want her to come home to an empty house. He decided to stay.

“But tell Simon why,” he said. “He’ll want to know about Friska.”

But there was no sign of Friska. Colin wandered about the yard or sat in the kitchen window. The time seemed to pass very slowly. At last he heard Joy clatter up the steps and fling open the door.

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