Chapter 1

One Sock

Mabel had two stripy socks. Red and blue stripes, with a little hole by the big toe that Mum said she would fix and had not fixed yet.

Mabel loved those socks. They were her fast socks. When she wore them she could run all the way to the gate before Dad said, "Mabel, shoes!"

On Tuesday morning there was one sock.

It was on her left foot, where it should be. The right foot was bare and pink and surprised.

"Where is my other sock?" Mabel asked the sock drawer.

The sock drawer did not know.