Skunked! by Jacqueline Kelly

Author:Jacqueline Kelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781627798693
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

“How?”

“Poke it, shake it, do something.”

He poked it gently but it didn’t move.

All right, Calpurnia, I told myself, drastic times call for drastic measures. I pinched the kit by the scruff and pulled its head all the way back so that its tiny pink mouth gaped open. I pushed the bottle deep inside. The kit gagged, and milk dribbled down its chest.

“It won’t swallow,” Travis said miserably.

What more could we do? By now I figured it was a goner, and we were going to have to make yet another trip to the sad little cemetery out back where my brother’s failed pets were laid to rest. Travis was just going to have to get used to it. Besides, one baby skunk should be enough for any boy, right? (Although one certain boy would never see it that way.)

And then something wonderful happened: The runt twitched its tiny nose. Then it licked its chops. Then it feebly tried to lick its fur where the milk had splattered. Signs of life!

I gave it some more milk, and it managed to swallow a couple of drops. Just a couple. But it was a start. Travis lit up like the sun, making it all worthwhile.

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