Guinea Pigs Don't Talk by Laurie Myers

Author:Laurie Myers [Myers, Laurie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

6

Squeaky Talks

Lisa read the note.

Take this to hear

Squeaky talk.

There was a little arrow pointing to a pink candy taped to the paper. Lisa turned around.

"I know a SweetTart when I see one," she said to Joe. "See, it even has an S on it." She pointed to the S.

Joe leaned forward. He looked Lisa straight in the eye. "This one is special," he whispered. "Trust me."

"I don't take candy from strangers," Lisa said. "And you are pretty strange." She crumpled the paper into a ball and tossed it on Joe's desk.

Lisa turned away. She tried to concentrate on her book, but she couldn't stop thinking about Squeaky. She was sure he couldn't talk. But it would be fun to hear him squeak his name, like the TV dogs.

Lisa made a decision. She would talk to Squeaky one more time, so she could hear his name. Only this time it would be during recess, when no one was around. That way, there would be no chance for embarrassment.

Lisa waited patiently. When the bell rang, she leaned over to Traci. "You go on ahead and save me a swing. I'll be out in a minute."

When the last person had left the room, Lisa made her way back to the guinea pigs' table. Squeaky was eating. She stooped down so that her face was close to his. He stopped chewing, and stared at her. His small black eyes were not piercing, but friendly.

Lisa looked at him long and hard. There was no doubt about it. He was a regular guinea pig. He said nothing.

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