The barn door was tightly locked from the outside.
Then the children heard Farmer Jenkins' voice.
"It might be a coyote," he said.
"Or maybe someone's trying to steal our horses," the farmer's son replied.
"Bring the guns, just in case," Farmer Jenkins shouted.
"Guns?" Cy gulped.
"We have to do something," Panther whispered.
The children looked around.
There was no place to hide.
Meanwhile Farmer Jenkins was getting closer.
"I'm scared," cried Jane just as Panther ran toward the ladder.
"I have an idea!" Panther said.
"Climb back up to the second floor."
The others wondered what she was up to.
The farmer and his son were standing just outside the door.
"Here's the key to the lock, Pa," said the son.
He rattled a bunch of keys.
"I guess we have no choice," whispered Cy.
He climbed back up after Panther.
Bobby and Jane quickly followed.
"Help me pull this up," Panther ordered.
Panther and Cy pulled the ladder up.
They dragged it to the open window.
"I get it now," smiled Cy.
The older children lowered the ladder out from the window.
Then they leaned it against the barn.
"Come on, Jane!" Cy shouted.
"Climb down the ladder."
"What if I fall?" She sniffed.
"You won't. I've got you," he assured her.
Jane climbed out and down the ladder.
Then Panther followed her.
Downstairs, Farmer Jenkins and his son were just unlocking the last lock.
"Whoever is in there, I can hear you!"
Farmer Jenkins shouted.
"You can't escape!"
It was Bobby's turn.
He quickly joined his sisters.
Suddenly the barn door flew open.
It made a thundering sound.
Cy could hear Farmer Jenkins and his son down below.
"I know you're in here,"
Farmer Jenkins shouted in an angry voice.
"Cy! Cy!" his siblings whispered frantically from outside.
Cy took a deep breath and made his way down.
Without looking back, the children ran as fast as they could.
Back home, Aunt Martha was not happy with the children.
"Look how dark it is outside," she scolded.
"We're sorry," apologized Panther.
"I'm very upset with you.
Go upstairs to your rooms!"
Aunt Martha picked up Lamb.
"Bobba? Cy? Whee! Whee!" Lamb cried happily.
He opened his arms as if they were wings and pretended to fly.
"Maybe Lamb did see us," Bobby whispered.
The children looked at each other and smiled.
"At least we're not hungry."
Cy patted his stomach.
After saying good night, the children went to their rooms.
The next morning, Aunt Martha made pancakes for the children.
"Today I'm meeting my friend," she said.
"You'll need to look after the baby."
She handed Lamb to Panther.
"I'll be back at dinner time," Aunt Martha said.
So the Barth children took Lamb to see Huey.
"What an adorable little human!" he gushed.
Lamb pointed and said: "Pig."
"Did he just call me a pig?"
Huey's smile disappeared.
"No, he, uh, he said big."
Cy laughed nervously.
"Oh, it's Panther's turn to make a wish."
But his sister shook her head.
"I don't want to."
"Why not?" asked the others.
"Something terrible always happens after every wish," she said.
"I think we should stop coming to see Huey."
"Well, I have a wish to make," said Cy.
"Go on then," said Huey.
"I wish we could see dinosaurs."