The Case of the Prowling Bear by John R. Erickson

Author:John R. Erickson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cowdog, Hank the Cowdog, John R. Erickson, John Erickson, ranching, Texas, dog, adventure, mystery, Hank, Drover, Pete, Sally May
Publisher: Maverick Books, Inc.
Published: 2015-05-01T13:50:47+00:00

The little creep had gobbled down every morsel of the Kitty Krumbles, leaving nothing but the lingering fragrance of tuna. I rushed back to the machine shed.

“Drover, we’ve had a change of plans. Scoot over, we’re going to share the Co-op.” I shoved the runt out of the way and prepared to…the hub cap was empty, and Drover was licking crumbs off his chops. “Greedy pig, you ate it all!”

“Well, you said it was slop.”

“Of course it’s slop, but it’s our slop. I’m surrounded by thieves and gluttons.”

“Yeah, but…”

“Go to your room…immediately!”

Drover went slinking away and I roared back down to the yard to settle accounts with the cat. I found him, perched on a limb of a big hackberry tree. I rushed to the base of the tree and blasted him with Barks of Outrage. “Pete, you’re despicable!”

He licked his paw and smirked down at me. “I know, Hankie, and sometimes it really bothers me. But the question is, did you learn anything from this experience?”

“Of course I did. Cats cheat.”

He smirked and fluttered his eyelids. “Well, yes, Hankie, sometimes we’re forced to bend the rules, but that’s not the lesson I’m talking about.”

“I don’t care about your so-called lessons. I don’t take lessons from cats.”

“I know you don’t, but listen anyway.” He leaned out on the limb and lowered his voice. “Be content with what you have. Stop wanting what isn’t yours. Oh, and you’d better watch out for that bear.”

Here’s the good part. The little fraud had gotten so caught up in giving me his silly advice, he leaned too far out on the limb and fell out of the tree. Ho! As you can imagine, I pounced on this opportunity, chased him around the yard, and ran him up another tree.

Glaring up at him, I beamed a triumphant smile. “That’s what I think of your lessons, you little hickocrip, and now I’m going to teach you a lesson. Since you hogged all the food, I’m going to chew up your food bowl!”

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