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went into the trees. They hoped you would all

            rush in there looking for her!”

               “But they’ve still got her,” Rosie sobbed.

               “You should have listened to Ella,” Jay said

            crossly. “She’s your leader. She told you not

            to run into the trees. We could all have been

            captured.”

               “It was probably you making all that row last

            night that attracted the Groundlings,” Zak

            sneered at Jay.

               Rosie had started to weep.

               “That’s enough,” Ella said firmly. “This is

            what we are going to do. Rosie, you stay here

            on the path. I want two volunteers to help me

            search for Flick.”

               There was silence again. They hadn’t heard

            Ella speak so boldly before. But she was right.





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