Happy Tails Lodge by Dee Romito

Author:Dee Romito
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2020-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

5 All the Orders!

Eddie’s signs brought in even more people. Everyone loved the model pet fort.

The team even got some orders.

Some interesting orders.

“I’d like a fort for my iguana, please,” said one customer.

“Can you make it a birdhouse?” asked another.

“Can you build me one for Shelly?” asked a little boy.

“Who’s Shelly?” asked Jax.

“My turtle,” answered the boy. “Shelly the turtle.”

Jax giggled. “That’s an awesome name,” he said. “And yes, we can make one for Shelly.”

Mrs. Crawford tapped Jax on the shoulder.

“Mom, I’m taking orders,” Jax whispered. He went back to his customer.

His mom tapped him again. “I need to tell you something.”

“Can I just finish this one?” he asked.

Mrs. Crawford nodded. She joined the volunteer who had come out to help cut boxes.

But Jax should have listened to what his mom had to say. Because they had a slight problem.

Two problems to be exact.

“I love it!” yelled Amber.

“I love it too!” shouted Dove.

Jax walked over to his dad. “What are they doing here?” he asked.

“I have to go to work,” said Mr. Crawford. “Your mom asked me to drop off the girls. We didn’t think you’d be here this long.”

Jax could only imagine what kind of trouble the girls would stir up.

“I don’t think this is a good idea,” he told his dad.

“Sorry, bud. Maybe find something for them to do?”

Jax ran over to Caleb, Eddie, and Kiara.

“We have to keep my sisters busy,” he said. “Or they’ll destroy the fort.”

They were already trying to crawl through one of the holes!

“I have an idea,” said Kiara. “You finish the orders. I’ll take care of your sisters.”

Kiara walked over to the girls and handed them each a sheet of paper. She took colored pencils out of her bag.

They sat and drew. Quietly.

“How’d you get them to do that?” asked Jax.

“I told them they could earn a dollar each,” she said. “If they design our best-selling piece.”

It was a great idea. And totally worth it if it kept them out of trouble.

An hour later, the team had eight orders! They’d given everyone a two-week time frame.

Using Kiara’s designs, they got right to building.

They measured each box to make sure everything would fit together.

The more they worked, the more interest they had outside.

“I’ve never had such a busy day,” said Mrs. Newton, poking her head out the door. “Whatever you’re doing, keep it up!”

There were three more orders.

Then two more.

“We can’t keep up,” said Caleb. “We’ll spend our whole summer building forts!”

“He’s right,” said Eddie.

“And I’m only at Nani’s a few days a week,” said Kiara.

Jax scanned through the orders. “Eddie, you’d better put ‘Sold Out’ on the sign.”

“No problem,” said Eddie.

In no time at all, the sign showed that they were closed for business.

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