Marcus Loses Patches

Marcus Loses Patches

"Marcus, will you feed Patches, please?"

That's my mom, and Patches is my dog.I'm right in the middle of this awesome game where I have to find my way through an Egyptian pyramid.I'll get past the sphinx, and then I'll feed Patches.

"Just a minute, Mom."

"All right, but don't forget.I need to get the casserole out of the oven for lunch," Mom says.

This game is really difficult.I'll try getting to the amulet from the sphinx one more time.Then I'll feed my favorite canine.

Forty-five minutes and several tries later, I hear Mom again.

"Marcus, time to eat." Perfect timing.

Man, was that hardcore—I'm wiped out from dueling the two-headed sphinx to save the magic amulet.

I go to the table, and Mom asks if I fed Patches.

Gulp. I'm in BIG trouble.I got so into my game that I forgot about my dog.I bet Patches is starving by now. I know I am.

"Mom, I forgot.I'll feed her now."

I go to the back yard to bring Patches in, but I can't find her.She's not lying under her favorite shade tree.She's not watching our neighbors walk by through the gate.

Wait, the gate's open.Oh no! Patches is gone, lost, nowhere to be found.I must have left the gate unlatched when I took her out this morning.I'm in even BIGGER trouble now.

"Mom, Patches isn't in the yard.I think I might have left the gate open this morning.

I think she escaped." "She's not there?Marcus, this is bad news," Mom says, "very bad news."

I know she's right, but I'm torn between being psyched about beating the sphinx and sad about Patches being gone.

I hear Mom making telephone calls trying to locate Patches.From what I can hear, it sounds like no one has seen her, and I'm worried.I know what I'll do—I'll make signs so people can contact us if they see Patches.Then I'll go look for her.

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