Dan and the Missing Dogs
Dan jumped on his bike and cycled out of the village. Dylan ran along beside him. After about five minutes they came to the sign to Holt Farm. Dan stopped. The farmhouse was down a farm road and behind some trees.
Dan put his bike behind a hedge(树篱)—he didn' t want anyone to see it. Then he started walking down the road.
Dylan walked along behind him. Quickly they came to the trees. Dan moved carefully through the trees. He didn' t want the thieves(贼) to see him.
He got near to the house.
He could see the white van(货车) by the side of the house. He could hear dogs barking but he couldn' t see them.
Slowly and carefully he moved round the house Dylan followed him.
At the back of the house he found the dogs. There were ten of them all together. The dogs were all in a small area with a fence(栅栏) around it. Some of the dogs were standing up barking, a couple were playing and the others were lying down.
There was a gate in the fence with a lock on it.
Dan looked across at the van.
"It' s probably best to get my phone back and call the police, " he thought.
"Stay!" he told Dylan quietly.
Then he quickly ran over to the van. The back door didn' t open. He tried the driver' s door. That didn' t open.
Dan sat down behind the van and thought. The thieves probably had the keys in the house. He could cycle back to the village and call the police. Or he could open the gate and let the dogs out first, and then cycle back to the village. That was a better idea.
a. Dan sat down behind the white van. b. Dan slowly moved round the house.
c. Dan and Dylan reached Holt Farm. d. Dan put his bike behind a hedge.
e. Dan saw the dogs barking, playing and lying.