One day, a little girl named Sally went outside to play. She liked to skip and say words out loud. She was a very happy girl, but today she felt a little serious. Sally saw her friend Timmy sitting under a tree. Timmy looked sad, so she skipped over to him.
"Hi Timmy, why are you sad?" asked Sally. Timmy looked up and said, "I lost my ball. I can't find it anywhere." Sally wanted to help Timmy find his ball, so they both started to look for it. They looked behind the tree, under the bushes, and even in the sandbox.
As they were looking, a big, mean dog came into the park. The dog saw Sally and Timmy and started to run towards them. Sally and Timmy were scared and tried to run away. They ran as fast as they could, but the big, mean dog caught up to them. The dog took Timmy's ball and ran away.
Sally and Timmy were very sad. They didn't find the ball and the big, mean dog took it away. They walked back to the tree and sat down, feeling sad about their bad day.
