Grover and Squeak's Farm Adventure by Claire Garth

Author:Claire Garth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd

‘What are you doing, Grover?’ Squeak asked, appearing at Grover’s side. ‘Come and have a look at the sheep!’

‘Well, Squeak, these three dogs are your new siblings. And, um, they’ve asked for my help with some work, and … I guess they’re now deciding what that work might be,’ Grover replied.

‘Hmm, I’ll go see what they’re saying!’ Squeak chirped, before darting over to the group of farm dogs. Grover nervously waited to see what was in store for him.

‘Okay, we have a plan,’ said Steve. ‘The three of us have worked hard all day and we’re tired. But the sheep still need to be herded back into the barn for the night. So, that’s going to be your job, City Dog.’

‘Um, okay,’ said Grover. ‘But can you just explain the job again? Sorry, I don’t quite understand …’

Grover was puzzled. Did the dogs expect Grover to get all the sheep into the barn? How on earth would he do that? Grover didn’t know how to speak sheep!

‘What I mean, City Dog, is that YOU will need to finish our herding. Every sheep needs to be in that barn by night-time, or else,’ Steve barked.

‘Or else what?’ Grover asked, worried.

‘Or else the foxes will eat them all!’ Rusty replied, with a huge smirk on his face.

Oh no! Grover thought. That’s AWFUL! There was no way he’d agree to do it. He just couldn’t!

‘I can help! I can help!’ Squeak was leaping and running around. It looked like he couldn’t wait to start rounding up the sheep.

‘No, you stay with us,’ said Steve. ‘You’re our brother now, Squeak, and a real farm dog. Besides, you’ll be doing plenty of herding in the future. But this City Dog needs to prove himself if he wants to stay.’

Grover didn’t know what to do. He knew he wouldn’t be able to round up all the sheep by himself. But he didn’t want to tell Annie and David that they’d need to leave the farm. He also didn’t like letting bullies win. And these dogs were bullies. Oh yes, he was certain of that.

Grover took a step forward. ‘Okay,’ he said. ‘So, if I get every single sheep into the barn by night-time, I can stay at the farm tonight. Is that right?’

‘Yep, City Dog, that’s right,’ Steve replied.

‘Yeah, and tuck them all in, too! Oooh, and read them a story!’ said Rex.

Steve didn’t look impressed. ‘A story, Rex? Are you kidding?’ he whispered.

Rex slunk backwards.

‘Right, City Dog,’ said Steve. ‘I wouldn’t waste any more time, if I were you. The sun is already on its way down, so I reckon you’ve got an hour left at most. Show us what you’ve got!’

Only an hour? Grover thought, looking at all the sheep spread across the field. He’d counted at least 150 of them while he’d been waiting for the farm dogs to finish their huddle. This is going to be impossible!

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