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about telling his mother Lucy’s costume was missing. He thought she would be mad. After all, she hadn’t wanted him to take it in the first place.
    But when he told her the story, she put her arm around him. “Let’s get you some milk and cookies,” she said. “It sounds like you had a rough day.”
    “I’m pretty sure I put it in my cubby before we left during the fire alarm,” Bobby told her. He took a couple of cookies from the red jar on the kitchen counter.
    Mrs. Quinn brought over a glass of milk. “You looked there?”
    Bobby nodded. “I told Mrs. Lee. She helped me look around. It wasn’t in the cubby, and it wasn’t on the floor. She said we could look more tomorrow. She’ll ask if anyone saw the bag.”
    “Maybe someone saw it and kept it for you on their way out during the alarm,” Mrs. Quinn said. “I’m sure no one took it on purpose.”
    Bobby put his head down and ate his cookies. He certainly didn’t want to think that anyone had taken Lucy’s costume on purpose.
    On the way home, Bobby had remembered what Jack had said about his own dog looking cute in a pirate costume. That wasn’t proof of anything, of course.
    The pencil with the bear-head eraser? Jack certainly could have found it on the floor.
    And the fact that Jack wasn’t friendly didn’t mean anything, either. Bobby was sure that plenty of kids had pegged
him
as unfriendly when he was only shy.
    “Bobby,” his mother asked, looking at him carefully, “you don’t think someone took it, do you?”
    Bobby shook his head. “Nope.”
    That night at dinner, Mr. Quinn had an idea about what to do next.
    “Why don’t we let Lucy sniff around the classroom?” he asked. “She loved buryingher nose in that costume. And beagles are known for being able to find things.”
    Bobby looked back and forth between his dad and his mom. He was pretty sure his mother wouldn’t agree.
    To his surprise, however, Mrs. Quinn nodded. “I think that’s a great idea! I’ll call Ms. Ross tomorrow and see if I can bring Lucy to school at lunchtime.”
    Lucy heard her name. She padded over from her dog dish, where she was eating her own dinner. She hopped up on the empty fourth chair at the table and wagged her tail. It was almost as if she knew she was going to school. And she liked the idea!
    Everyone laughed.
    “It’s not just for a visit, though, Lucy,” Bobby said. “I hope you can find your costume.”
    The next morning, first thing, Bobby went up to Mrs. Lee, who was writing on the board.
    “Mrs. Lee, will you remember to ask the class about Lucy’s pirate costume?” he asked.
    Mrs. Lee turned to him. “Yes, of course. Ms. Ross told me we’re going to get a visitor at lunch today if the costume isn’t found by then.”
    Bobby nodded.
    “Well, maybe we can save your mother and Lucy a trip,” she said.
    As soon as the class was in their seats, Mrs. Lee explained about the lost bag.
    “Has anyone seen it?” she asked.
    No one raised a hand.
    Bobby turned to look at Jack. But Jack was not at his desk.
    A few moments later, when Mrs. Lee tookthe roll call, she did not seem surprised Jack was absent. She didn’t even call his name.
    Halfway into math class, a folded-up piece of paper landed on Bobby’s desk.

    Surprised, he opened it. It was a note from Candy. It said,
Shawn told me LUCY is coming to school. True or false?
Candy had drawn a little picture of Lucy at the bottom of the page. At least Bobby thought it was supposed to be Lucy.
    Bobby nodded nervously at Candy. He didn’t want Mrs. Lee to think he wasn’t paying attention.
    It wasn’t until they got to the lunchroom that Bobby explained.
    “I don’t think you’ll get to see Lucy,” he said.
    “Why not?” Candy asked. “I’ve never seen a dog in school. That would be funny.”
    “Lucy’s coming here to work, not to play,” Shawn told her before taking a bite of his sandwich.
    Candy circled the straw in her juice.“You’re lucky. Lucy can work and play.