Super Amos by Gary Paulsen

Author:Gary Paulsen [Paulsen, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-80404-4
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

• 9

Amos stopped and shifted the fifty-pound sack of Crunchy Bites dog food from his lap up to the handlebars.

Dunc looked over his shoulder, made a U-turn, and pedaled back. “Hurry up, Amos. Hercules is waiting.”

“Look at me closely, Dunc. Does this look like the face of a person who cares?”

“We promised Mr. Smith we’d take good care of Hercules while he was gone.”

“Mr. Smith forgot to tell us that Hercules was a bottomless pit. I’ve spent most of this week’s allowance on dog food, not to mention the wear and tear on my bike from bringing it out here. Which reminds me, how come you never have to carry the dog food?”

“I thought you were trying to establish a relationship with Hercules.”

“Oh yeah, great relationship. I pour the food and he practically rips me apart trying to get to it.”

“I thought it went a little better yesterday.”

“Yesterday you held him in the house while I filled his dish. Even then he knocked me down on his way out the door.”

“He’s just being playful. Deep down he really likes you.” Dunc helped straighten the sack of dog food. “Now try to hurry. I told you, we have some investigating to do.”

Amos started pedaling. “What you really mean is you want to go snooping around in other people’s business. Mr. Smith said he was going to the FBI to report on Brainard, remember?”

“Maybe we can help him come up with some new evidence. In the meantime, we don’t want Brainard to get away with anything else, do we?”

Amos ignored him and coasted to a stop by the junkyard fence. “Open the gate. And keep an eye out for that rhino disguised as a dog.”

Dunc stepped off his bike and rolled it through the gate. “I don’t see him.”

“Keep watching. He’s probably hiding in there waiting for the right moment to pounce on me.”

Dunc whistled. “Here, boy. Come on out. We brought you some food.” He turned to Amos. “Something’s wrong or he’d be here by now.”

Amos quickly poured the dog food. “Now’s our chance to get away. Let’s go before we get mauled.”

“This could be serious, Amos. Something could have happened to him. You look over there by the cars. I’ll check on this side.”

Amos headed reluctantly toward the piles of junk cars. “Some people wouldn’t know a good thing if it ran over them. Or in this case if it was missing and didn’t run over them.”

“Amos! I found something.”

“Oh well,” Amos sighed. “It was nice while it lasted.” He trotted over to the fence where Dunc was kneeling.

Dunc pointed to a mound of soft dirt and a large hole under the fence. “Hercules is gone.”

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