The Return of the Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong

Author:Jeremy Strong [Strong, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ages 8 & Up
ISBN: 9780141916736
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2008-11-04T08:00:00+00:00

Melinda gave a snort. She sounded a bit like a small pony – a very pretty small pony. ‘We don’t have to do that sort of stuff. Roxy is already trained – unlike some dogs I could mention.’

‘What are you entering her for?’

‘Best in Show of course. That means she does everything. She’s bound to win. Roxy’s a pedigree. She cost Daddy hundreds. Do you know what her proper name is? Wisteria Wannabee Winstanley the Eighth.’

I gulped. That was a bit of a mouthful and certainly not the sort of name you would want to shout out in the middle of a field. No wonder they called her Roxy.

‘Pedigree dogs always have a proper name,’ Melinda went on. ‘It’s because they are so special, and expensive. You can call mongrels anything you like.’

‘I know, we call Streaker all sorts! You should hear my dad sometimes. He calls her things like Bottomsniffer and Dopey-Deaf-Mutt.’

‘That’s not what I meant,’ grumbled Melinda. ‘Although I can easily imagine your father saying crude things like that.’

I had the impression that I wasn’t getting much further with Melinda.

‘My daddy says you can’t trust a man who says rude words.’

‘Right.’ Long silence. But I had to ask eventually. The question was beginning to burn a hole in my tongue. ‘Does your dad trust anyone?’

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