Flash by Ellen Miles

Author:Ellen Miles [Miles, Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-545-32443-4
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Back at home, Charles and Lizzie helped Flash get used to things. Before long, he seemed to feel completely at home. He and Buddy played together for hours in the backyard, and Flash herded the Bean all over the house. The week went by almost before Charles knew it, and soon it was time for Becky and Steph’s visit. On Saturday morning, Charles and Lizzie and their dad went to meet their cousins at the Littleton bus station.

“So, where’s Flash, and when are we going to the mall?” Stephanie asked, about one second after she and Becky stepped off the bus that had brought them from their country home. “I have all my birthday money with me, plus a gift certificate for the Gap. I cannot wait to shop. And I can’t wait to see Flash. I brought him a rawhide bone. I bet he misses me.”

Whoa! Charles looked over at Becky, and Becky shrugged. Was Stephanie going to be like this all weekend? She was just as bossy as a visitor as she was at her own house. He had been looking forward to seeing his cousins and doing some more detective work, but now he wasn’t so sure.

“Flash is at home with Buddy,” Charles told Steph. “They’re real pals already. They play together all day long.”

“That Flash is so smart!” Lizzie boasted. “He’s already learned all kinds of tricks. Wait till you see how good he is at shaking hands. I taught him in about five minutes.”

“He’s smart all right,” said Dad as he carried his nieces’ backpacks over to the van. “Maybe too smart for his own good. It only took him about an hour to figure out how to get out of our yard through the one tiny hole in the fence.”

“Uh-oh,” said Stephanie.

“Yes, uh-oh,” said Dad. “That dog absolutely lives to run and chase things. I’m afraid he’ll start chasing cars if he gets the chance.” He started up the van and, after making sure everybody was settled in, turned toward home.

“We’ll keep him from running off,” Charles promised his father. He turned to his cousins. “Flash is great at chasing balls, too. He could do it all day. As long as you keep throwing something, he’ll keep running after it. I just wish we had a bigger yard for him to run in.”

“That’s why I want to take him with us to the stable today,” Lizzie said.

“What?” Stephanie looked surprised.

“Oh. I forgot to tell you. I have a riding lesson at noon, so we can’t go to the mall today,” Lizzie explained. She had already told her cousin all about the lessons she had been taking, and about her wonderful teacher, Kathy. “But it’ll be fun! You can meet all the horses, and maybe you can even ride a little. And Kathy said we could bring Flash to the stable. They have a big indoor riding ring where it will be safe for him to run around.”

“We’ll go, too,” Charles said to Becky.

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