The Secret Laundry Monster Files 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: 2015-05-06T19:33:42+00:00

“Why you little . . . that isn’t candy. We’ve been eating the last sack of horse feed!”

“Pretty good, though, huh? Hee hee.”

“No, it wasn’t good. It was terrible. I hated every bite, and do you know why? Because, Eddy, stealing horse feed on this ranch is a serious crime.”

“Gosh.”

“And any dog who got caught stealing horse feed would be in big trouble.”

“Gee whiz.”

“And if we get caught in this barn with a plundered sack of sweet feed, you’ll think gee whiz.” I leaped to my . . . that is, I tried to leap to my feet, but something had happened to my . . . my belly had grown, shall we say, and all at once . . .

Fellers, I was so stuffed with stupid horse feed, I could hardly walk! I jacked myself up to a standing position and waddled over to him.

“Okay, Shorty, this does it. You and I have come to a parting of the waves. I should have known.”

“What’s the problem?”

I stared into his beady little eyes. “What’s the problem? You tricked me, Eddy. Once again, you tricked me and forced me to eat half a sack of forbidden horse feed.”

“Sure was easy.”

“It was easy because you convinced me it was candy. How dumb do you think I am?” There was a long throbbing silence. “Okay, I was dumb enough, but never again, Eddy. Once dumb, twice smart. We’re through, finished. If the cowboys find this mess, I’ll have no choice but to confess that you did it. I’m leaving now, and with any luck at all, we’ll never see each other again. Good-bye.”

Without looking back or feeling even the slight­est hint of regret, I marched straight to the crack in the door and . . . hmmm . . . found that I was too fat to squeeze through the crack. I marched right back to Eddy.

I cleared my throat. “Eddy, you remember what I said about never wanting to see you again?”

“Yeah, sure.”

“I was misquoted. My words were taken out of contacts. What I really meant to say was . . . hey, pal, I’m so stuffed, I can’t squeeze through that crack in the door. Do you suppose you could lend a hand? I mean, we’ve been through a lot together.”

“Yeah. The Laundry Monster.”

“Right, the terrible Laundry Monster. We stood together on that one.”

“Scary guy.”

“Exactly. He was a very scary guy, but we hung together and fought him off as a team, Eddy. We make a great team and . . . well, I guess you know what would happen if the cowboys found me here.”

He nodded. “Sure. ZZZZITTT!” He ran his finger along his throat.

“Exactly. It would, uh, look very bad, so I was wondering if you might . . .”

“Sure. No problem.” He monkey-walked over to the door and pried open the crack.

I followed, walking like . . . I don’t know what. Like a big fat tomato. “You’re a great guy, Eddy, I’ve always said so.” I tried to squeeze through the crack.

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