Chapter 6

Chapter 6 "Clearly, there's been a bear-related evacuation," said Sugar. "Dangerous Danny mentioned a headless bear on the phone earlier, and Knuckles says she saw a headless bear in the park this morning." "I don't know," said Dirt. "It still doesn't make any sense. Why would the whole town's worth of people disappear because of one headless bear? I mean, is a bear without a head even dangerous?" "What if there was more than one bear? And a sign that said BEWARE OF BEARS!?" asked Zippy. "Would that make more sense?" "Yes," said Dirt. "I think it would." "Turn around, kid," said Zippy.

A giant blue-and-white sign stood on the front lawn of the tidy yellow house across the street: BEWARE OF BEARS! "Well, that explains everything!" exclaimed Sugar. "It does?" asked Sweetie. "The entire town has been evacuated because of bears," said Sugar. "Even if the town was evacuated because of a herd of headless bears, I am absolutely confident that neither Mom nor Barbara would leave us behind!" said Dirt.

"What about J. J.?" asked Poppy. "Would he leave us behind?" "In a heartbeat, kid," said Sugar. "In a heartbeat." "That can't be right!" said Poppy. "Here's what I think," said Sugar. "Early this morning, there was a headless bear sighting and the news spread quickly. That's why Anna got up early and discovered Zippy wasn't home." "Go on," said Zippy. "When Barbara heard about the headless bear, she rushed out to make sure we were okay. That's why her schedule was off this

morning. But then she spots the bear heading toward the chicken coop and jumps on it." "That seems... unlikely," said Dirt as the birds chirped in the empty park. "Let me finish," said Sugar. "Mom hears the commotion outside the coop and runs out to find Barbara in trouble, so she runs over and pecks at the bear's toes in order to save Barbara. The bear then runs after Mom." "OH NO!" squawked Sweetie.

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"Let me finish!" said Sugar. "J. J. hears the commotion, so he jumps between Mom and the bear and does that scary growling thing that he does when we wake him up too early on Sundays. That's when the bear calls for backup." "Bears have backup?" asked Sweetie. "Everybody has backup," said Sugar. "And a headless bear really, really needs backup." "So Barbara ran out to save us, Mom ran out to save Barbara, and J. J. ran out to save Mom?" "Yes," said Sugar. "That's why we haven't seen any of them yet this morning." "Well, I guess that kind of makes sense," said Sweetie. "So really, everybody is just making sure that we are safe?" asked Poppy. "Yes," said Sugar. "Hey, does anyone else think the balloons seem out of place?" asked Dirt, noting the blue and white balloons tied to the BEWARE OF