2. Who Left Douglas

Chapter 2 Who Left Douglas? "Should we look inside?" Mr. Vooray asked. "Yes!" everyone yelled. Mr. Vooray pulled the door open. "Well, what is this?" he asked. Twenty kids jumped out of their seats and crowded behind Mr. Vooray. Sitting on the closet floor was a square shape under a towel. "Maybe it's more cupcakes," said Joyce. Mr. Vooray gently removed the towel.

"Ooooh," said twenty voices. Under the towel was a cage with a black-and-white rabbit inside. Torn newspapers covered the cage floor. A plastic water bottle hung from one side of the cage. "How cute!" Tiffany said. "There's a paper taped to the cage," Lucy said. Mr. Vooray pulled the tape away. "It's a note," he said, unfolding the paper. He read it out loud: "THIS IS DOUGLAS. HE WANTS TO BE YOUR VALENTINE. PLEASE GIVE HIM A GOOD HOME. SIGNED, A FRIEND." "Can we keep him?" asked Nate. "Who left him here?" demanded Rodney.

"Douglas is a silly name for a rabbit!" announced Kaitlyn. Bradley noticed a jar filled with brown pellets on the floor next to the cage. "Is that the rabbit's food?" he asked. Mr. Vooray picked up the jar. "I think you're right, Bradley," he said. "He eats that yucky stuff?" Brian asked. "Don't rabbits eat lettuce?" "Good question, Brian," Mr. Vooray said. "Why don't you look it up and tell us when we come back on Tuesday?" "Can we take him out of the cage?" Veronica asked. "I don't think so," Mr. Vooray said. "Poor Douglas doesn't look happy." The rabbit's eyes were closed. His ears didn't wiggle. His nose didn't twitch. Nothing on Douglas moved. Bradley picked up the towel. "Look, there's a capital Z on it."

"Maybe it's a clue to who left Douglas!" Lucy said. "You could be right," Mr. Vooray said. "Do we know anyone whose name begins with Z?" "Zorro!" said Nate. Everyone laughed. "All right, let's take our seats, please," Mr. Vooray said. Twenty kids scrambled back to their desks. Mr. Vooray pointed to a sheet of paper tacked to the bulletin board. "Veronica, I see it's your turn to take Goldilocks home for the long weekend," he said. "Don't forget, Monday is a holiday. It's Presidents' Day." Veronica got up and brought the hamster cage to her seat. "Good. Mikey, you're signed up to take Yertle," Mr. Vooray added. Mikey put Yertle into his traveling box and carried the box to his desk.

"Now we need someone to take Douglas home," Mr. Vooray went on. "I will!" Bradley said. "Are you sure, Bradley?" Mr. Vooray asked. "Will this be okay with your parents?" "They love animals," Bradley said. "We have a pony and a dog already!" Mr. Vooray grinned. "Yes, I know. Okay, you and your brother can take Douglas home. On Tuesday we can decide what to do about this mystery."

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