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bugs.”
    Chelsea made a face. “Eating bugs. That’s nasty.”
    Shannon giggled. “Not to a raccoon. Now, come on. Our breakfast is ready.”
    “I sure hope it tastes better than bugs,” Chelsea joked.
     
     
     
    “Oh my gosh . . . look,” Rainbow whispered to Katie after sunset as the girls walked back to the cabin.
    Katie looked over to where her friend was pointing. Sure enough, there was a little raccoon chewing on some wild berries that grew in the dark wooded area behind the cabin.
    “He’s so cute,” Rainbow said quietly. “I think he’s a baby.” She took a step in his direction.
    “Don’t,” Katie warned. “You’ll scare him. And remember what Shannon said.”
    “But he looks so soft and cuddly,” Rainbow insisted. “Look at his little black mask and those rings around his tail.”

    “He’s a wild animal,” Katie reminded her.
    “Do you see his mom anywhere?” Rainbow asked.
    Katie looked into the woods. She didn’t see a mother raccoon anywhere. That made her sad. “Poor little thing. He’s all alone out in the woods, with no one to take care of him.”
    “Maybe we could take care of him,” Rainbow suggested. “You know, feed him.”
    “But Shannon said we couldn’t bring food inside the bunk,” Katie reminded her.
    “And we won’t,” Rainbow assured Katie. “We’ll leave his food outside the bunk.”
    A big smile came over Katie’s face. “Great idea!” she said. “We’re going to the canteen tonight for evening activity. I think I’ll get some peanut-butter crackers for him.”
    “And I’ll get him popcorn,” Rainbow added. “We can leave the food right here.”
    Katie watched as the raccoon licked his front paws clean. “You know, if he’s going to be our pet, we should give him a name,” she said.
    “Can I name him?” Rainbow asked her. “I’ve never had a pet before.”
    “Sure,” Katie agreed. “What should we call him?”
    Rainbow thought for a minute. Then, finally, she said, “Rocky. We’ll call him Rocky Raccoon. It’s the name of an old song my parents like.”
    “Rocky Raccoon,” Katie repeated. “I like it.”
    “We’d better go wash up or we’ll miss canteen,” Rainbow said.
    “Okay,” Katie agreed. She turned and headed toward the cabin door. “Bye, Rocky,” she added.
    “Let’s not tell anyone about our pet,” Rainbow told Katie.
    “Not a soul,” Katie agreed. “He’s our secret.”
    But someone else already knew all about Rocky. She had been hiding behind a tree the whole time. And she’d heard every word Katie and Rainbow had said.
     
     
    “Hey, do you hear that?” Chelsea asked that night as the girls climbed into bed.
    “It’s probably just a raccoon,” Gianna told her. “It’s just hungry and looking for food, just like Shannon said.”
    Not so hungry , Katie thought happily to herself. After all, she and Rainbow had left him plenty of goodies to munch on. “Raccoons usually come out at night,” she said instead.
    “Someone must be feeding him,” Alicia remarked. “Otherwise he would go away.”
    “There’s no food in our bunk,” Rainbow told her.
    “Definitely nothing in here,” Katie seconded.
    Alicia shrugged. “I’m just saying that if the raccoon couldn’t get food near our bunk, it would leave.”
    “He’s not bothering anyone,” Rainbow said.
    “He’s bothering me,” Chelsea told her. “That scratching is driving me crazy.”
    Gianna giggled. “Well, just put a pillow over your ears and drown it out!” she shouted, hitting Chelsea with her pillow.
    “I’ll get you for that,” Chelsea said, leaping out of bed and slamming Gianna with her pillow.
    Katie grabbed her pillow and climbed down from her bed. She reached up and hit Rainbow in the face with the pillow.
    Rainbow sat up in her bed, grabbed her pillow, and leaped from her top bunk. “Eeyaah!” she yelled, coming up behind Katie and hitting her on the head.
    Within seconds, all the girls in the bunk were involved in