The Riddle of the Robin

Oh, No! Where’d It Go?

Over the next couple weeks, they see the same robin on the same branch. Each day, they pick up worms and beetles for the robin to eat as a snack. Camille is in charge of ensuring its bathtub is always full of water. And Emerson leads them in singing their robin song each day, and in response, the robin sings back.

One night, there’s a big storm. The wind blows hard, and it shakes the branches of the maple tree. When the WellieWishers come back to the garden the next day, they find that for the first time in two weeks, the branch is empty—the robin isn’t there.

Desperately, the girls look high and low for the robin. They call out to it, and sing to it. They try to hold out bugs and worms for it. But it doesn’t come back. The robin is gone.