Horace & Bunwinkle by PJ Gardner

Author:PJ Gardner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-08-03T00:00:00+00:00

6

Dr. Schwink

What a fight! Winkie had never seen anything like it. Horace never backed down, even after Smokey scratched his neck. He growled, and the gray furball launched herself at him. He ducked, and she flew over his back, right into the pond. It was awesome!

Smokey yowled and screeched, then scrambled out of the water.

“I’ll get you for this!” she shouted.

“Like you got all those other animals? We know you did it, Smokey!” Winkie yelled back.

She turned to Horace and her excitement died. His peaches had lost their pink, and his eyes were scrunched together.

“We need to find Ellie,” she said.

Horace nodded, then winced as blood oozed out of the scratches on his neck.

Winkie’s stomach flip-flopped. They had to find their human quick, before Horace passed out or Winkie threw up.

They found her feeding the chicks with the Hogland twins. She hurried out of the coop as soon as she saw them.

“Oh, baby boy, what happened?” She dropped to her knees and checked Horace’s wounds.

He whimpered when she touched his neck. Winkie pressed her side to his, wishing she could help.

“Is he okay?” the freckled twin asked, her eyes as big as plates.

“I’m sorry, girls, we’re not going to be able to feed the chicks together today. I’ve got to get Horace to the vet.”

The girls left the coop with identical worried faces. “Can we help?”

Ellie shook her head. “I don’t think so. You should probably head home.”

They clasped hands and nodded.

As they walked away, Ellie turned to Winkie. “What about you? Are you okay?” She gently ran her hands over Winkie’s body. When she was done, she sighed. “Thank heavens.”

After that, Ellie went into super-speedy mode. She ran into the house and came back with her purse and a dish towel. She bandaged Horace’s neck and rushed him to the car. Winkie chased after her. No way was she staying home. Horace needed her.

The vets’ office was busy when they walked in. The waiting room was packed. Humans sat in every seat, and animals sprawled all over the floor.

They checked in and then sat down to wait. Ellie held Horace the whole time. He kept his eyes closed and his body curled up tight in her arms. There was nothing for Winkie to do except worry. And chew on the leg of the chair.

What if something happened to Horace? Sure, he was snooty and a know-it-all, but he always took care of her. He’d even apologized after he’d chased the birds. She glanced over at him shaking in Ellie’s arms.

Please let him be all right.

She moved closer and pressed her cheek to his. That’s when she noticed the announcement board. The ads were all gone. Now it was completely covered in missing-animal posters. The old posters were still there, but four more had been added, including one for a goat. As she read over the new flyers, a woman walked in.

“My cat’s gone missing. I checked with animal control and they haven’t seen her, but they thought you might have.

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