Mr Dog and a Hedge Called Hog by Ben Fogle

Author:Ben Fogle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-07-02T17:00:00+00:00

The noise of the engine grew louder. At the bottom of the field stood an open gate, and Mr Dog saw an old, muddy tractor rumbling into view on enormous wheels.

‘We’ll take the direction it came from,’ he decided, and changed course towards the tractor. But then the tractor stopped and its driver dropped down from inside, looking very angry!

‘Chase my flock, would you?’ The farmer, tall, lean and red-faced, pointed at Mr Dog, who skidded to a stop. ‘You must be the wild mutt who was fighting Mrs Maitland’s Dandy. Well, we don’t stand for strays or sheep-worriers on the Isle of Evan!’

‘I’m not wild – I’m really quite reasonable,’ Mr Dog protested. ‘And your sheep aren’t worried, they’re just a little surprised!’ But of course, his words came out just as woofs and wuffs to the farmer, and all muffled by a mouthful of hedgie. To Mr Dog’s horror, the farmer reached inside the tractor’s cab – and pulled out a shotgun.

‘Goodbye!’ Mr Dog turned tail and ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction, heading for the stream. BOOM! The shotgun fired. Mr Dog’s eyes widened but he kept on running.

‘EEEEP! What was that?’ cried Hog.

‘Nothing nice!’ Mr Dog told him. Heart hammering, he put on a last desperate burst of speed. BOOM! The farmer fired again. Sand sprayed from the bank just in front of Mr Dog and showered over him. Some went in his eyes. Blinded for a moment, he leaped for cover, tumbled down the bank and hit the stream.

The splash-landing knocked Hog from out of Mr Dog’s jaws! With an ‘EEEEEEP!’ and a PLOP, the hedgehog hit the cold blue water … and sank from sight!

‘Hog?’ Mr Dog pushed his face into the water and blinked, trying to clear his eyes. ‘Oh, Hog! What have I done?’ He searched about more desperately. ‘That poor prickled pickle – I’ve lost him in the water. He’ll be drowned!’

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