TO PICK UP THE TAB AFTER A NEARLY HOUR LONG SEARCH. A DELAND POLICE CANINE FOUND A MISSING BOY WHO WANDERED OFF WESH 2’S. VOLUSIA COUNTY REPORTER PAMELA COMB MET THE DOG AND HIS HANDLER, WHO SAYS MIDNIGHT FOLLOWED THE THREE YEAR OLD’S SCENT DEEP INTO THE WOODS. IT’S DIFFERENT TALK. THIS SWEET GUY DESERVES TO BE HAPPY, ESPECIALLY AFTER FINDING A MISSING THREE YEAR OLD BOY FRIDAY MORNING. HE WAS DRAGGING ME THROUGH THE WOODS LIKE. AND HE WAS JUST HE WASN’T GOING TO STOP. WELL, NOW IT’S ALL FUN AND GAMES WHEN IT COMES TO HIS JOB. MIDNIGHT GETS IT DONE. DELAND POLICE CORPORAL DAMON CLARK SAYS ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS GIVE HIM A SNIFF OF THE THREE YEAR OLD’S BLANKET AND THEN SEND HIM OFF. I WOULD SAY WE WERE ON THE GROUND, UM, PROBABLY 45 MINUTES OR SO. UM, WHICH FEELS LIKE HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS WHEN YOU’RE BEING DRAGGED BEHIND THE DOG THROUGH THE WOODS. CORPORAL CLARK SAYS HE WAS FULL OF CUTS AND SCRAPES, BUT DESPITE THE CHALLENGING TERRAIN, MIDNIGHT WAS SUCCESSFUL. HE WAS IN THIS LITTLE THICKET OF. IT WAS VERY THICK. UM, THE DOG WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET TO HIM MUCH QUICKER THAN I WAS BECAUSE AS I’M GETTING CAUGHT UP ON VINES AND TREES AND SHRUBBERY AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THE THREE YEAR OLD WOULD OFTEN PLAY IN THE WOODS, WHICH IS WHY CLARK SAYS HE LIKELY WANDERED OFF, BUT HE GOT LOST. THANKFULLY, THE BOY HAD HIS TABLET AND STAYED IN ONE SPOT, MAKING IT EASIER TO TRACK HIM DOWN. WHEN MIDNIGHT FOUND HIM, HE WAS VERY EXCITED. BY THE TIME I GOT BACK THERE, HE’S LICKING THE LITTLE BOY’S FACE AND HE’S ALL OVER THE LITTLE BOY AND HE’S LOOKING BACK AT ME LIKE, HEY, I GOT IT. HERE IT IS. AND OF COURSE, MIDNIGHT WAS REWARDED WITH A BURGER AND ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TOYS. BUT NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE HELP OF CLARK. I’M THE DUMB END OF THE LEASH, SO HE DOES ALL THE WORK. MY JOB IS JUST TO READ HIM, READ HIS BODY LANGUAGE. YOU KNOW, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HE’S TELLING ME BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE CAN’T TALK. CLARK HELPED MIDNIGHT RETRACE HIS STEPS WHENEVER HE LOST TRACK OF THE BOY’S SCENT. AT ONE POINT, THE DOG ALSO HAD TO GET ANOTHER SNIFF OF THE BLANKET TO MAKE SURE HE WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THE TWO WORK WELL TOGETHER. CLARK KNOWS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, HE HAS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DOG’