Object: A sketch of a neighborhood drawn on a large piece of poster board. The sketch will be used to map the travels of a pet who ran away from home.

Do any of you have pets at your house? What types of pets do you have? This morning I want to tell you a story about one of the pets we once owned. She was a dog named Goldie. There are three important things you need to know about Goldie. First of all, she was very friendly to those in our family and loved to sit on people's laps. Do any of your dogs or cats do that? Secondly, she was always barking at people she didn't know when they came to our house. Does that ever happen at your house? And thirdly, given …