The Case of the Mixed-Up Mutts by Dori Hillestad Butler

Author:Dori Hillestad Butler [Butler, Dori Hillestad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4532-1948-5
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 2011-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

7

News from Springtown

“PUSHED IN FACE? SOMEONE TOLD YOU I HAVE A PUSHED-IN FACE?”

Wow. This dog is almost as loud as Mouse! And he isn’t anywhere near as big.

“WHO TOLD YOU THAT?” asks the Shih Tzu, running a circle around us. “WHO SAID I HAVE A PUSHED-IN FACE? I’LL PUSH IN HIS FACE!”

Mouse and I look at each other. It’s hard to say whether this is the stranger Goldy heard about or not. He is short and stocky. And, well ... he does have a sort of pushed-in face. But he’s clearly not Muffin.

“Nobody told us you have a pushed-in face,” I say. “The dog we’re looking for has a pushed-in face.”

“Who are you looking for?” the Shih Tzu asks. He’s calming down a little now. “What’s his name? What’s your name? My name’s Sarge.”

“I’m ... Buddy.” The more I say it, the more I believe it is my name. “This is my friend, Mouse.”

“Hi, Buddy. Hi, Mouse.” Sarge lifts his paw. “You guys aren’t from around here either, are you? Where are you from? I’m from Springtown.”

Springtown? That catches my attention. That’s where Kayla’s grandma lives. It’s where Kayla and her dad went when they left me at Barker Bob’s.

“Are you from there, too?” Sarge asks. “Did you get caught in the tornado?”

Tornado? “There was a tornado in Springtown?” I ask.

“Yes,” Sarge replies. “Have you ever been in a tornado? The one that went through Springtown was the loudest, scariest thing I ever heard. It sounded like a freight train, but it was really a big, swirling cloud. Big as our whole block. It roared through the town and picked up cars, trees, even houses and threw them down like they were nothing.”

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