Chapter V 
THE PACK RAT: The Trader 
Ginger Blair awoke early one morning in the trailer 
and stretched and yawned. She sat up in bed, then 
suddenly she called, “Mother, where’s my wrist 
watch?” 
Mother awoke then. She told Ginger that she had 
not seen the watch. 
“But it was right here under my bunk at bedtime. 
I put it there very carefully, on the floor. Now it’s 
gone.” 
The talking woke everyone, and because Ginger 
still did not find her watch, all the family began to 
search for it. 
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