The Perfect Pet Pageant by Lisa Shea

Author:Lisa Shea [SHEA, LISA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2016-05-03T00:00:00+00:00

The Perfect Pet Pageant was getting a lot of publicity because of Kitty Velvet. Reporters were stopping pet owners all over the city, asking them if they were entering their pets. One night Blythe was watching the news, and she saw Sarah, Benny’s owner, being interviewed.

“Pepper, look, it’s Sarah!” Blythe said.

Sarah was holding Benny and petting him. Benny didn’t look very pleased.

“Excuse me, ma’am, but I was wondering if you’re entering your cat in the Perfect Pet Pageant?” the reporter asked.

“Oh yes! I’m looking forward to it,” Sarah said. “This will be the first time I’ve ever entered Benny in any sort of contest.”

“And what will Benny do for the talent portion?” the reporter asked. “What is Benny good at?”

“Oh, I haven’t decided on that yet,” Sarah said. “Running away from home? He’s very good at that!” And Sarah and the reporter both laughed.

At this point, Benny looked right into the camera and meowed loudly. Sarah and the reporter just laughed again because all they heard was a cat meowing. But in the Littlest Pet Shop, Blythe, Pepper, and all the pets heard, “Pepper, my love, I miss youuuuu!” All the pets cracked up.

The pets decided it was time to brush up on their talents. Minka had been practicing her on-the-spot paintings. So far she’d painted bananas, a bowl of grapes, and more bananas.

“Shouldn’t you paint something a little more exciting than bananas?” Sunil asked.

Minka shrugged. “I’m a monkey. People will expect me to paint bananas,” she said. “Give the people what they want, that’s what I always say.”

Vinnie was practicing his “Singin’ in the Rain” number. He hopped around gracefully and twirled his umbrella. “Blythe, this would be so much better if I had tap shoes,” he said. “Can’t you find me a pair?”

“Vinnie, there are no such thing as gecko-sized shoes, much less tap shoes,” Blythe told him. “You’ll just have to do without.”

Sunil was trying to convince Vinnie to help him out with his magic act. “I need someone to saw in half,” he begged. “Every great magician does it in his act.”

“And the key words there are ‘great magician,’” Vinnie said. “You want me to let you—an amateur magician at best—saw me in half? No, thank you. I’ll pick a card, I’ll hold your top hat while you pull a rabbit out of it, but using dangerous tools on my body is where I draw the line.”

Russell was singing his love song. He closed his eyes and sang passionately, with all his heart. When he opened his eyes again, he saw all the pets had their hands covering their ears. “Oh dear,” he said. “I guess I’m not as wonderful a singer as I thought?” He looked over at Blythe for help.

“Maybe another type of romantic performance?” Blythe suggested. “If you can’t sing a romantic song, maybe recite a romantic poem instead?”

“That’s a great idea, Blythe!” Russell said. “I’ll recite a romantic poem. An original poem—one I that I will write myself! What rhymes with love?

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