4 Come Back, Cosmo!

CHAPTER 4 COME BACK, COSMO! "Cosmo?" Kaz called, staring out the window. The ghost dog floated around a tree across the street. He looked up at Kaz and wagged his tail. Then the wind pushed him farther down the street. Kaz didn't think. He just swam... across the attic and down the stairs. "Kaz? Where are you going?" Claire asked as she raced down the stairs behind him. "Kaz? Who's Kaz?" Mrs. Beesley called after Claire. "Cosmo!" Kaz cried, paddling as hard and fast

as he could... right over to the open living-room window. "NO!" Claire yelled. Too late. The wind pullllled Kaz through the window and into the Outside. Oh no! "Help! HELP!" Kaz screamed, struggling to get back inside. How could he have forgotten about the wind? He felt Claire's hand pass through his foot, but

she couldn't grab him or pull him back inside. The wind carried Kaz away from Mrs. Beesley's house... and away from Claire. Kaz soon heard footsteps pounding the sidewalk behind him. And Claire's voice: "Kaz! Come back!" "I caaaaaan't," he called. "I can't swim against the wind." Tears sprang to Kaz's eyes. "I'll miss you, Claire!" He waved good-bye. All he could do was ride the wind and see where it took him next. Up ahead, he saw a city bus turn a corner, pull over to the curb, and stop. The door whooshed open, and Cosmo passed through a woman as she stepped off the bus. The woman stopped for a second, looked all around her, and then kept on walking. "Cosmo!" Kaz called. He had blown away from Claire, but maybe he could still catch up with his dog.

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He saw Cosmo floating around inside the bus. If the bus stayed parked for another thirty seconds... if the door stayed open... then Kaz would blow right into the bus, too. He pumped his arms and legs. Faster... faster... faster... he was almost there. But the door slammed shut a second and a half before Kaz reached it. As the bus started to pull away, Kaz spotted an open window. He sailed inside. "Woof! Woof!" Cosmo greeted him from the back window of the bus. Kaz swam along the ceiling toward his dog. "Cosmo!" he cried as the dog leaped into his arms. Cosmo licked Kaz all over and wagged his tail. Kaz buried his face in his dog's fur. "I'm so happy to see you, boy." Then Kaz heard a voice outside. "STOP!" the voice called. Kaz glanced out the back window and saw Claire running toward the bus. "STOP, BUS!" she

yelled, waving her hands. Her detective bag swung from one hand and Kaz's empty bottle swung from the other. Claire wasn't lost yet! "Hurry, Claire!" Kaz yelled hopefully. "Hurry!" But Claire couldn't run fast enough to catch a bus. Kaz heard a bell ding. A man with a briefcase stood up and made his way to the front of the bus. The bus stopped to let him off. "WAIT!" Claire yelled. She was starting to catch up, but the bus drove away again before she could reach it. The bus traveled another block, then stopped to let an older woman get on. Kaz glanced out the back window. Claire was running hard. "Woof!" Cosmo wagged his tail as though he wanted her to hurry, too. The older woman paid her bus fare. "You