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brown sprinkles off Gus’s Bug Boy suit.
    Next, Lulu opened a tin of sardines to feed the two cats. Pepper, the ginger cat, came at once. She meowed and rubbed her back against Lulu’s legs. She gobbled up her food straight away.
    â€˜Pickles. Pickles,’ called Lulu. ‘Fishy time.’
    Pickles didn’t come. Lulu searched all the usual spots – on her bed, under the lavender bush, on the window seat, in Dad’s shoe cupboard. Asha padded along beside her, her nose twitching.

    â€˜Pickles,’ Lulu called again.
    Rosie helped. Mum helped search as well.
    Lulu went through to the vet hospital, even though Pickles didn’t like visiting there.
    â€˜Kylie – have you seen Pickles?’ Lulu asked the vet nurse.
    â€˜No,’ replied Kylie. ‘She’s due to have kittens, isn’t she? Perhaps she’s run away to make a little nest for them.’
    Lulu frowned. She looked out the front window of the waiting room. The vet hospital was on a busy road. If Pickles had escaped out there, she could be catnapped or run over by a car.
    Kylie smiled at Lulu’s anxious face.
    â€˜Don’t worry,’ Kylie said. ‘We’ll find her. I’ll help you look.’
    Lulu, Kylie, Rosie, Mum and Guslooked in all the likely places again. They tried lots of unlikely spots too. Jessie the dog was keen to help. She sniffed under the kitchen table and all around the base of the fridge. But Pickles was nowhere to be found.

    â€˜Do you think someone might have opened the gate?’ asked Lulu. She looked at the high gate that separated the back garden from the side street. ‘Could Gus have opened it?’
    â€˜Bug Boy didn’t,’ said Gus. ‘Maybe Jessie did?’
    â€˜Oh, no,’ wailed Lulu. She rushed to check outside the gate. But there was no sign of Pickles. Where could she be?

Chapter 9
The Washing Machine
    Lulu checked under Rosie’s bed again. Pickles wasn’t there.
    â€˜Come on, honey bun,’ said Mum. ‘It’s getting late. Why don’t you run and get dressed? I’m sure I can find Pickles while you’re at school.’
    â€˜Okay, Mum.’ Lulu dragged her feet. She was very worried about the tortoiseshell cat.
    â€˜And could you please put your dirtyuniform in the washing machine while I make your breakfast?’ asked Mum. ‘The load’s all ready to go – just close the lid.’
    Lulu quickly put on her fresh school dress and brushed her hair. She scooped the sandy uniform off the floor.
    She carried it to the laundry and threw it into the open washing machine. Down slammed the lid.
    Just for a second, Lulu heard a funny noise. Then came the sound of water filling the machine.

    Lulu walked away, wondering about ideas for her mural design.
    She thought about the funny noise again. It had been a mewling kind of sound. Why would the washing machine mewl?
    Lulu stopped and turned. She raced back to the washing machine. She flung open the lid and the water stopped. She peered down. A loud meow came from inside.

    There, nestled on the pile of dirty clothes, was a sodden Pickles. She was surrounded by six tiny, damp kittens.
    â€˜Mum, Mum,’ yelled Lulu. ‘I’ve found Pickles. She’s had the kittens – in the washing machine!’
    Mum came running. Rosie came running. Gus and Jessie came running.
    â€˜Oh, my goodness gracious me,’ said Mum.
    Pickles stared at them and meowed. She looked as if she wasn’t quite sure how she felt. Annoyed at being wet? Or proud of how clever she was? Pride won.
    â€˜Yes, you clever puss,’ said Mum. ‘What beautiful babies you have.’
    Mum set to work. She pulled a pile of old towels from the bottom of the linen cupboard. Lulu helped her to line a bigwooden crate with newspaper and more towels.
    A knock sounded on the front door. Rosie went to answer it and returned with Molly.
    â€˜Mum asked if it would be okay
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