Little Helpers (1889)

Becky went down last. She went slowly but suddenly she lost her gripa]. aAhhh!a she screamed. One of the boards broke loose and she was falling backwards because of the weight of the bookbag. Reaching out for the next board of the ladder, she caught herself just before she fell all the way to the bottom. Bobby shined his light where Eric was looking and saw that the piece of wood he was reaching out to touch was holding up a beam across the ceiling. aDonat touch that!a he yelled at the same time Ericas hand touched the beam. They all heard the cracking of splitting wood and saw the beam across the ceiling start to fall. The dirt started to fill the air as Bobby yelled, aRun!a After their uncleas briefcase was stolen, Becky and Bobby knew they had to try and find it anda] the kid who took it.