Trapped! by Peg Kehret

Author:Peg Kehret [Kehret, Peg]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781101661789
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2008-06-18T16:00:00+00:00

9

Piccolo’s more interesting than traffic and weather,” Alex said, halfway through the newscast. “Why don’t they show her?”

Alex, Rocky, and Mary nibbled on the popcorn as they waited. They kept the newscast on, but the sound was turned down.

Suddenly the kitchen door banged open and Benjie rushed in, practically hysterical.

“Hogman kidnapped Pete!” he yelled.

“What?” Alex jumped to his feet.

“I was in my spy station, and I saw Hogman’s truck go by, headed toward our street. I started to come home, to tell you, but before I got here the truck went past the other way, and Pete was in it! He was yowling and scratching at the window, trying to get out.”

“Are you positive it was Pete?” Alex asked. “He was here just a few minutes ago, begging for popcorn.”

“It was him,” Benjie said. “Hogman took Pete!”

“Pete!” Alex called. “Here, Pete!” He began looking in all of Pete’s favorite places. Lizzy was in her bed, but Pete’s bed was empty. He wasn’t under the table or on top of the entertainment center.

Alex ran upstairs to his room. Pete sometimes curled up on Alex’s bed or sat on his desk. For some odd reason, the cat seemed to like being near the dictionary. He wasn’t in any of those places. Alex checked the bedroom window; it was closed.

Alex ran back downstairs. “He’s gone,” he said. “I even looked under the beds, in case he was hiding.”

“I thought he was in here with you,” Mr. Kendrill said.

“He was,” Alex said. “He tried to eat the popcorn.”

“Then how did he get out?”

“I don’t know,” Alex said, “but he isn’t here now.”

“Honestly,” Mrs. Kendrill said, “I’ve never known an animal that was such an escape artist. If he isn’t sneaking out the door, he’s going out the upstairs window.”

“He’s in Hogman’s truck!” Benjie wailed. “I saw him. Hogman stole Pete!”

“Why would he do that?” Mrs. Kendrill said.

“Pete jumped in his truck earlier,” Rocky said, “and the guy got angry. He acted as if he doesn’t like cats, so why would he steal one?”

“Maybe Pete got in the truck again and Hogman didn’t see him,” Mr. Kendrill said. “Remember that time at our old house when Pete got in the FedEx truck and rode two blocks to the next stop before the driver noticed him?”

“This driver would have heard him,” Benjie said. “Pete was yowling and clawing at the window.”

“Maybe he took Pete on purpose,” Mary said, “because he was angry that we have his pig.”

Benjie cried harder. “He’s going to throw Pete in the river!” he sobbed. “Or he’ll drive really fast, like he did with Piccolo, and make Pete fall out.”

“More likely he’ll turn him loose in the woods,” Mrs. Kendrill said.

Alex and Rocky spoke at the same time: “The trap!”

Alex thought of the cruel trap he’d seen in the woods. If Pete was scared, he’d run without looking where he was going. Alex shuddered.

“Let’s not panic,” Mr. Kendrill said. “Maybe we can find him. Benjie, which way did the truck go?”

“Up the hill.

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