julie's breath came in gasps. She had been running steadily for over twenty minutes. She had to stop and rest. Julie sat down on a small log next to stream. She tried to think. What would those two men have wanted from the safe?
julie's father was a chemical engineer at one of the largest companies in the United States. After dinner that evening, he had gone back to work. When he left, Julie wandered into the family room to watch TV. Two men were trying to open her father's safe! Before she could stop herself, Julie cried out, and the men turned. As they started toward her, she run out the door, around the house, and darted into the nearby woods. Had they been able to follow her though the thick growth?
Suddenly leaves rustled, and a branch cracked. A bird screeched and flew away