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toy, and sat down neatly, just like she always used to. Then she barked loudly, three times.
    She waited. She was just about to bark again, when Bella’s front door opened, and Bella rushed out on to the path.
    “Ellie! I thought it was you barking, but Mum said it couldn’t possibly be!So they shut Ellie in, but there’s a hole in the shed wall, so she got out. She must have decided to come to you, she knows you really love her. Bella, you found her!” And she hugged Bella too, squidging Ellie in between them.
    “No, she found me,” Bella giggled. “She turned up and barked outside the gate. I thought I was dreaming!”
    “Oh, Ellie, I’m never letting you go anywhere again,” Megan gasped in between licks. “You’re such a clever, brilliant dog – how did you find your way back here?”
    Ellie sighed deeply, and laid her chin on Megan’s shoulder. All of a sudden, she felt very, very tired.
    It had been a long journey, but now, at last, she was back home with Megan.
     

Other titles by Holly Webb:
    Lost in the Snow
    Lost in the Storm
    Alfie all Alone
    Sam the Stolen Puppy
    Max the Missing Puppy
    Sky the Unwanted Kitten
    Timmy in Trouble
    Ginger the Stray Kitten
    Harry the Homeless Puppy
    Buttons the Runaway Puppy
    Alone in the Night
    Ellie the Homesick Puppy
    Jess the Lonely Puppy
    Misty the Abandoned Kitten
    Oscar’s Lonely Christmas
    Lucy the Poorly Puppy
    Smudge the Stolen Kitten
    The Rescued Puppy
    The Kitten Nobody Wanted
    The Lost Puppy
    The Frightened Kitten

Copyright
    STRIPES PUBLISHING
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    Text copyright © Holly Webb, 2010
Illustrations copyright © Sophy Williams, 2010
    First published as an ebook by Stripes Publishing in 2012.
    eISBN: 978–1–84715–272–5
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