John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowing down. He called out nervously," Mom, where's Charlie? "He had just 1he hadn't seen his new puppy for over an hour.
John looked around the garden, behind the bushes, and under the picnic table. No dog! His mother heard 2in his voice as he called her a second time." Mom, I can't find Charlie!"
She came outside 3. "Let's look around the garden first. Don't worry. I'm sure he's close by.
Both son and mother were 4now, but still no Charlie. Their calls were not completely wasted, though. Joe, the next-door neighbor, and his two daughters Tania and Julie, immediately agreed to help them 5the lost dog.
But even with five people now searching the town's streets, they had no luck. Charlie was still6.
Tania suggested they make posters with Charlie's 7. She had done this when her own cat was lost a year earlier, she told John, and the cat was found the next day.
John agreed. When they got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie. Then John heard a8 and opened his bedroom door. It was Charlie. John was greeted with a big wet kiss Charlie had been9in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping. John had never been so 10in his life!
