Despite her panic, the little fox darted around in a U-turn.. and made a beeline straight for Clara. For a moment, it tried to bump up against her... but ended up passing straight through her and bumping into the tree instead.

Then something even stranger happened -- suddenly the fox was gone and there was a little girl in a red flower-print yukata standing there addressing Clara. "Please help me, Granny!" she said, crying. "The dogs are going to get me!"

That was what she was really worried about, the dogs.