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right paw and rubbed it across her face.
    Suddenly Nancy stirred.
    Wendy’s paw stopped midair. She stared at the sleeping girl.
    Then Nancy opened her eyes.
    Wendy froze. What would Nancy do when she saw her?
    Luckily, Nancy’s eyes immediately scrunched up tight as she let out a humongous sneeze.
    â€œAH-CHOOOOOO!”
    Quickly Wendy burrowed between the sheet and the bedspread. She made herself as flat as possible.
    â€œAh-choo! Ah-choo!” Nancy sat straight up in bed. She reached for a tissue from the box on her bedside table. She sneezed again.
    â€œI can’t get a cold!” Nancy muttered. “I better shut the window.” She climbed out of bed. Wendy peeked out from her hiding place and watched as Nancy crossed to the window. Nancy sneezed once more, then reached up and slammed the window shut.
    Shut completely.
    There wasn’t a crack, an inch, any kind of opening at the bottom.
    Wendy was trapped.

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    W endy wriggled down to the end of the bed What was she going to do? She tried to make herself smaller.
    Nancy yawned and returned to bed. Wendy knew she would be discovered any minute. She was too large to hide very well.
    Nancy sneezed again, then lay down. But a moment later she sat up again.
    â€œAh-choo! Ah-choo! Ah-choo!”
    Nancy turned on her bedside lamp and reached for another tissue. But she must have noticed Wendy hunkered down under the covers.
    â€œWhat’s that lump?” Wendy heard Nancy say.
    Then Wendy felt the blanket being pulled away. She stared up at Nancy.
    Nancy stared back. Her eyes widened. “A cat!” she shrieked.
    Wendy froze.
    â€œHow did a dirty cat get in my room!” Nancy cried. She jumped out of bed. “Get out! she shouted. “Out! Get out!”
    I’d love to! Wendy thought. But how? She leaped to the floor and scurried under Nancy’s bed.
    â€œGet out!” Nancy yelled again. “Out! Ahhhh-choo!”
    Wendy peered out from under the bed. She glanced around, searching for a way to escape. But all she saw was Nancy coming toward her. Waving an umbrella.
    Wendy’s ears flattened against her head and she hissed.
    Nancy knelt down and shoved the umbrella in Wendy’s face. Wendy easily ducked out of the way. Then Nancy had a sneezing fit. She dropped the umbrella and ran over to get more tissues.
    Wendy watched Nancy standing by the bedside table. “The window!” Nancy exclaimed. “The stupid cat must have come in through the window.” She yanked it wide open, then raced to the opposite corner of the room. “Now get out!” she ordered Wendy.
    Happily! Wendy thought. In a flash Wendy streaked across the room toward freedom. With one fluid movement she leaped up to the windowsill and out into the night. She landed on a tree branch.
    â€œDon’t come back!” Nancy wailed.
    Don’t worry, Wendy thought, I won’t!
    As Wendy headed for home, she thought that it was fun to be so daring! As long as she never got trapped inside again.
    She suddenly became aware that she wasn’t alone. She glanced back to see a large black animal running swiftly in her direction.
    Instantly Wendy’s heart began to beat faster. Her fur began to puff out. She felt herself grow angry.
    Hey! It can’t come here, she thought. This is my territory!
    Wendy wanted to fight.
    No one comes onto my turf!
    Wendy’s sharp hearing picked up a low growl from the black animal. Wendy leaped up onto a garbage can and watched the black animal approach. It moved more slowly now. It crept along the ground, its eyes focused intently on something.
    As Wendy peered down from her perch, she realized the black animal wasn’t after her. It didn’t know she was there. But it was stalking something.
    Wendy’s back arched when she recognized that the black animal was another cat. It was much larger than she, and black all over. Except for a white star on its forehead.
    A white star.
    The mark