"Whoaaaa!," Maddie hollered in surprise when she suddenly found herself dangling in the air. Her green eyes widened as she saw what looked to be the face of a large fox, standing like a person and holding her in the air before her. She had never seen anything like this before and she was completely stunned, so much so that she didn't cry out again or even say anything as the fox also began to speak like a person and even seemed to be playfully scolding her. Before she could even argue that she wasn't naughty, or even start to squirm, the fox dropped her right into a large sack.
Maddie was still too stunned to be scared yet, and she figured that she had to be dreaming. "Ouchie!," she yelped as she reached around and pinched her own bottom to wake herself from this crazy dream. Everything remained dark though, and nothing changed and Maddie slowly realized she wasn't dreaming. Maddie immediately began to struggle and tried to find a way to get out of the sack. She was just about to scream when she heard the fox's voice asking her if Miss Rattan had ever warned her about Mr. Fox. The girl paused and stopped kicking as she thought about this, and wondered how the fox could possibly know that. The fox then reminded her of the story that Miss Rattan did often tell and she slowly began to wonder if it really could be true. Was she really that naughty? Maddison found herself nodding as the fox continued by saying that she probably had thought it was a silly story to keep her from doing things Miss Rattan said not to. She was surprised when the fox used her name and told her that he had taken many girl that she had lived with before.
Maddie shook her head in disbelief and began to talk loudly back making sure the fox could hear her through the sack. "Nuh uh, Miss Rattan said they got adopted not that Mr. Fox took them! And I'm not naughties!," she argued. "You are naughties! You are stealing me and I want to go home!," she demanded. She was a little surprised when the fox told her, not unkindly, not to worry and that all she need was love and discipline and that he was going to take her to a Mommy and Daddy that would give her both. Maddison was just about to start struggling again when she heard that. "Really?," she asked quietly as she began to think about how nice it would be to have a Mommy and Daddy all to herself.
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