Spooky Helps Danny Tell the Truth by Caryn Rivadeneira

Author:Caryn Rivadeneira [Rivadeneira, Caryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781634409292
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Published: 2021-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

Reg looked around the courthouse lobby. Then he handed my leash to Caroline and said, “Hold her, please. I’ll be right back.”

He walked up to a security guard and said something. The guard gave him a funny look but then shrugged his shoulders. The guard helped Reg carry three big rope barriers to where we stood.

“Can you help me?” Reg asked Danny. Danny nodded and held an end of one rope. Reg showed him how to connect it to another pole. Soon, we had blocked off a big triangle around where we stood.

“This way, we have some space,” Reg said.

Danny turned around in the triangle. “For what?”

“A little yoga, er, doga,” Reg said with a smile to himself.

“Doga? Like, doggy yoga? Here? Now?” Ben asked.

“Absolutely,” said Reg. “Spooky always gets a good stretch in before we do anything. That’s what she does when she’s nervous. And you know what? She’s on to something. Good stretches calm us. There’s a science to it, actually. I could tell you about the chemistry of that when we have more time.”

“That’s okay,” Danny said. “I just want to see.”

Reg pulled his hand up to a sit command. Then he waved his hand down. I lay down. Then Reg stretched his arms wide. I pushed myself back up. My front leg held stick straight. My back legs angled toward the floor. Once again, my snout reached high into the sky. For the first time I noticed the giant dome above us. Light streamed in through the windows all around it.

“Good girl,” Reg said.

I shook it all off and sat back down.

“Why does she do that?” Danny asked.

“I can’t tell you for sure,” Reg said. “But I notice she does it just before we leave the house on every Helper Hounds case. I think it relaxes her.”

“How does she do it without that leg?”

“After she lost her leg, she worked really hard to get strong again.” Reg said. “Stretching and exercise were part of that.”

Danny nodded. “So maybe Spooky feels nervous and then she stretches and feels better?”

“I feel better—stronger even—after I go to yoga,” Ben said.

“Me too,” Reg said and turned to Danny. “Wanna try some stretches with Spooky?”

“Right here? With the people walking by?” Danny asked.

“Why not?” Reg said. “They probably could use some relaxing lessons too.”

Before Reg could even ask, I struck my pose again. Front leg straight. Back legs angled. Snout straight to the dome.

Danny scrambled onto the ground, lifted one arm up, stretched his toes all the way back, and turned his face to the dome.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.