The Puppy who was Left Behind by Holly Webb

Author:Holly Webb [Holly Webb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847154729
Publisher: Stripes Publishing
Published: 2014-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

“Fred!” She leaned towards him, but Grandad was there, too, looking annoyed – and Sunny.

Sunny barked at him and Fred stopped, looking uncertainly at Anna. Then he heard Dad pounding up behind him and he skittered sideways along the path, not sure what to do. As Dad reached out to grab at him, he shot away up the towpath, and darted under the fence and into the shadows of the wood.

“What happened?” Anna gasped. “Fred was off his lead, Dad!”

Her dad nodded grimly. “He slipped his collar.”

Mum hurried up to the gate. “You were right, Anna. He was upset about going without you.”

Dad sighed. “I’ll go and get him. Naughty thing!”

“Shall I come, too?” Anna suggested, putting her foot up on the side of the boat, ready to jump over to the bank.

Dad shook his head. “Better not. He’s in a bit of a tizzy, isn’t he? I don’t want him getting any more excited.”

Anna watched anxiously as Dad headed into the woods. Poor Fred. He really wouldn’t understand what was happening. He was probably hiding under a bush somewhere, feeling even more miserable than she was.

Anna wriggled free of Gran’s arms, and jumped out on to the bank. “I know Dad said to wait here, but I can’t!” she told Mum. “I won’t go into to the wood. I just want to see if Dad’s found him yet.” She was pretty sure that he hadn’t.

She could hear him calling for Fred, and he was sounding more and more worried every time. Anna shivered as she came into the shadows of the trees hanging over the fence. It was getting late, after nine now, and the sun had set. It was almost dark.

A sudden, horrible thought made her stop, just as she was about to lean over the fence and peer in to look for Dad and Fred.

What if they didn’t find him?

It was even darker in the wood, and Fred’s red coat would blend into the shadows. If he was upset and hiding, Dad just wouldn’t see him.

Anna gasped and climbed up on to the fence, trying to see through the dark trees.

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