day you had yesterday. Take the day off dear, get some rest,” She said then got to her feet, “I’ll be back later, I have to go visit your father,” Jenna walked out the room. Kari lay her head on the soft carpet and watched the dancing flames in the fireplace, then fell straight to sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jenna trotted through the thick snow over to Balto’s boat. He was sitting on the side watching Nome.

 

 

“Balto!” She shouted to get his attention. Balto looked down at her then grinned. “Good morning, Jenna,” He said.

 

 

“More like, good afternoon!” Jenna laughed.

 

 

“Oh, right…   the time’s really flown by. Wait there,” Balto leapt down from the boat and walked over to Jenna. “So, how’s Kari doing?” Balto asked her. Jenna sighed then said, “Balto, we have a problem,” Balto sat down and showed Jenna that he was ready and anxious to hear what she was going to say. Jenna continued,

 

 

“Well, I think she’s in love…”

 

 

Balto’s face lit up, “In love? That’s good! That’s great news!”

 

 

Jenna didn’t answer back, she didn’t want to tell Balto who with, but Balto had to ask,

 

 

“So, who’s the lucky guy?”

 

 

“That’s the problem…”

 

 

Balto was suddenly concerned at the sound of this, “Jenna, who has she fallen for?”

 

 

“He’s…   he’s…  Steele’s son,”

 

 

 

 

Balto paced around Jenna. Steele’s son? Who would want to have a son with Steele anyway?! Who could possibly like Steele?! Balto thought to himself. Jenna watched him walk up and down the snow with a slightly angry face. “Balto. She’s say he’s really nice…” Jenna said, trying to calm him. Balto didn’t answer.

 

 

“The only problem… is that, he’s heard a different story,” Jenna continued.

 

 

“Of course he has! He’s Steele’s son!”

 

 

“Balto calm down, we’re just going to have to try and win him over,”

 

 

“That’s not as easy as it sounds, Jenna! This is Steele were talking about,”

 

 

“No, Balto, this is his son. We still have to try,”

 

 

Balto stopped pacing and glanced at Jenna. She would never give up.

 

 

“Hey dad, hey mom!”

 

 

Balto looked behind Jenna, and saw Kari running over to them.

 

 

“I see you’ve got all your strength back then! Have a good sleep?” Balto asked.

 

 

“Much, thanks dad!” Kari answered.

 

 

“Kari, we were just talking about you and Shadow,” Jenna said. Kari looked at Balto.

 

 

“What are we going to do? He won’t believe me!” Kari said to Balto, hoping he had heard that part of the story.

 

 

“We will have to tell him the whole story,” Jenna said.

 

 

“But what if he still won’t believe it! Remember, he was told this by his father! Who is he most likely to believe!” Kari said.

 

 

“Well, Kari, we’re just going to have to try,” Balto said mimicking Jenna. Jenna smiled at him and licked his face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ralph and Kirby walked over towards the old mill. Kodi and Dusty were already sitting inside talking. Kirby stopped in front of Ralph.

 

 

“Hey, look inside. There’s Kodi…  and he’s next to Dusty! I say we tell him now!” He said, “Right Ralph…  Ralph?” But Ralph had wandered off. Kirby looked around for him. He was walking towards a white dog. “Ralph! Hey Ralph, were are you going?!”

 

 

But Ralph didn’t answer; he walked up towards the white dog. It was Dove, the dog who had won the dog show.

 

 

“Hey, who are you? I’ve never seen you here before?” Ralph asked her. Dove looked at him and they smiled at each other.

 

 

“My names Dove. I’m from Anchorage, Who are you?” She said nicely.

 

 

“My name’s Ralph. Are you here to stay?” Ralph asked.

 

 

“I think so. I travel a lot, but my owner is wanting to stay here for a while,”

 

 

“Oh, that’s good,”

 

 

“Do you…  want too…” Dove started.

 

 

Ralph listened intently to what Dove was going to say.

 

 

“Would, you want too…   watch the sunset together?”  She finished, smiling.

 

 

Ralph laughed with joy and jumped around. Dove laughed too.

 

 

“Yea! I’d love too Dove!” Ralph said happily. Then the two of them walked off to find somewhere good to watch the setting sun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I think you should enter in a dog show, you would win!” Kodi told Dusty.

 

 

“Oh, Kodi, don’t be stupid! Besides, I’m a worker, not a show dog!” Dusty snorted.

 

 

Kodi said, “Yea! You’re a mail dog!”

 

 

The two of them laugh together. Kirby interrupted them and pushed in between Kodi and Dusty. Dusty stared at him crossly, “Kirby? What are you doing?”

 

 

“Can I, talk to Kodi for a second?” Kirby asked. Dusty looked angry and was about to say no, but Kodi said, “All right,”

 

 

“Come over here,” Kirby said and pushed Kodi into the corner.

 

 

“What’s up, Kirby?” Kodi asked nicely. Kirby looked behind him to see if Dusty was looking, but she wasn’t bothered, she was just licking her paws happily.

 

 

“Look Kodi, I sorta have a thing for Dusty…”

 

 

“Oh dear. Emm…  Kirby, I know,”

 

 

“You know? What do’ya mean you know?”

 

 

“Well, I sorta got it. But there’s…  a problem with this,”

 

 

“Yea, I know. It’s too do with you,”

 

 

“What? Well, its kinda too do with me but it’s more to do with Dusty!”

 

 

Dusty heard her name and walked over to them.

 

 

“What’s going on you two? Why did you say my name?” She asked them.

 

 

Kirby ignored her and continued to talk to Kodi.

 

 

“So, look Kodi, just don’t get in the way,” He said, then walked out of the old mill into the snow outside. Kodi looked rather angry at what Kirby had said. He wasn’t wasn’t going to stand aside. Dusty didn’t like Kirby the way she liked Kodi.

 

 

“What’s wrong Kodi? What did he say to you?” Dusty asked rather concerned about him. Kodi looked at her then they walked back over to the furnace.

 

 

“Nothing,” He said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 5  Missing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jenna slowly opened her eyes, and then yawned. Outside on the windowpanes, crystal clear water oozed down the icicles and the early morning sun shone through onto Jenna’s face. Rosie was still asleep, so she jumped down of the bottom of Rosie’s bed and walked down the cold morning staircase.

 

 

“Good morning Ka-” Jenna said sleepily than realised that she wasn’t there,

 

 

“Oh, Kari? Are you here?”

 

 

 But there was no answer. Jenna looked trough the house the walked out the door into the frosty morning and looked around outside.

“Kari?”

 

 

 There was no sign of Kari anywhere. It as too early for Kari to be at the dog salon.

 

 

I will check anyway Jenna said to herself. She looked through Nome for Kari, and the little town soon became busy. Jenna still didn’t find Kari.

 

 

 

 

“Balto!” Jenna shouted. Jenna wanted to know where Kari was and if she was all right, and the only place left to look in Nome was Balto’s. Balto looked over the side yawning and looking a little annoyed that someone had woken him up. When he saw it was Jenna though, he smiled.

“Morning Jenna, what are you doing here?” Balto asked, still yawning.

“Kari, I can’t find her anywhere. I thought she might be with you,” Jenna told him.

Balto jumped down from the boat.

 

 

“I’m sure she’s around here somewhere Jenna, don’t worry,” He reassured her.

 

 

“But Balto I think she had gone to find that Steele dog! She told me last night he had run away and she hadn’t seen him since and -” Jenna said but Balto interrupted her.

 

 

“Jenna, why don’t we go looking for her again? I’m sure she’s fine though,”

 

 

Balto and Jenna walked into Nome with Jenna crying out ‘Kari’ over and over again. Balto was still yawning. He didn’t look so worried on the outside, but he was slightly troubled on the inside. He knew though, that Kari wouldn’t have gone far. She was a smart dog, she knew how to look after herself. But then again, she was still young.

 

 

 

 

“Oh Balto, where could she be?” Jenna said.

 

 

They still hadn’t find Kari. Balto was now slightly concerned.

 

 

“I don’t know Jenna, but we have to find her soon. I’m going to search for her out of Nome,” Balto said. There was no chance that Kari was in Nome, they had searched everywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kari sat down and panted. She needed a rest from all the running and shouting. She felt like crying, but she stopped. She didn’t want to lose herself.

 

 

“Shadow!” She shouted again, “Shadow, are you here?”

 

 

There was no answer, only the echo of her barks. She sighed then gazed down at her paws. There was no hope of finding Shadow. It was one dog in a huge forest

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