The Pup Who Cried Wolf by Chris Kurtz

Author:Chris Kurtz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Published: 2010-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

I don’t move. He bites the wires with his yellow teeth. I think I would rather face a bear than Hector right now. I look away.

A wood chip comes flying out of Hector’s cage and zings me on the ear. I probably deserved that.

11

Even Top Predators Have to Say Sorry Sometimes

“Yellowstone’s greatest prize is coming up!” Mona sounds excited.

I look back at Hector. He squints his eyes at me again and sticks out his tongue. Hector is still mad.

I jump to put my feet up on the armrest of the door so I can look out the window. I wag my tail. But inside, my tail is dragging. I know I’m the reason for Hector’s bad mood, and for once I feel like it’s my fault.

I jump into the backseat. “Hey, Heckles,” I say. “There’s a big attraction coming up.”

Hector’s tongue goes back in his mouth, but his eyes get even squintier. “That was not a cool move back there,” he says.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I say. “I’m pretty sure there was a bear right behind the …”

I look at Glory. She is staring at me and she shakes her head.

“Whatever,” I say. “You’re just a big grump.”

I look out the window. From down here on the backseat where Hector has to stay, there isn’t much to see. The tops of trees go floating past now and then, but it’s mostly all clouds and sky. I look at Hector. He has his eyes closed but I don’t think he’s sleeping.

Mona pulls off the road. There is another sign. The big attraction turns out to be a geyser called Old Faithful. I have no idea what a geyser is. Mona pulls her car into the parking lot and stops near a tree. She’s all in a rush, as if she’s going to miss something if she doesn’t hurry. She runs to find an open bench in the crowd and then comes back for us.

One by one she grabs Hector and then Glory in their cages and sets them down on the bench. Then she runs back to clip me to my leash and we join the others. Mona is breathing hard as she sits next to Glory.

“This is so exciting!” says Mona.

Cars come in and out of the parking lot. Families push strollers along the path. A clump of people stands around a little ways off. I’m not sure what I’m missing. I’ve watched a bug crawl along the edge of a leaf, and it was more exciting than this. Then all of a sudden, whoosh. A great stream of water pounds up out of the ground.

Mona claps her hands. Glory flaps her wings and crows like a rooster. The water shoots up as high as a tree and then drifts off at the top like a feather. I can’t take my eyes off it for a minute, but then I look away. Honestly, I’m a little embarrassed and I’ll tell you why.

I never knew this, but now it’s clear that even the land needs to pee sometimes.

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