Mollie looked from one to the other of them open-mouthed. Then she
turned to Amy,
"You saw it, didn't you?" she asked. "You screamed, you know."
"Yes," said Amy, nodding her head very solemnly, "And it looked to me
a lot like what we saw last night."
"Thank goodness, you saw it too or the girls would surely think I had
been dreaming or was crazy," said Mollie, with relief. Then she
suddenly turned and started off into the woods. "I'm going all alone
to find out what that was," she told her stupefied chums. "I've got to
clear up the mystery before I'm an hour older."
But this time Mollie found that there was some one stronger than she,
and that was Betty. The Little Captain ran after her and brought her
back, protesting but captive.
"We are going back to the house now and get you something hot to eat,"
said Betty, as they rejoined Amy and Grace and started off toward
home. "Afterwards if everybody's willing we will hunt this strange
beast that jumps out from porches and leaps into rivers just for the
fun of the thing.
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