Wild Times at the Bed and Biscuit by Joan Carris

Author:Joan Carris [Carris, Joan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-7429-8
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2014-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Grampa stroked her head. “Feeling deprived, are you? Missing your little chats with folks in Vienna and Rome?”

“Bad man! Bad man!” said Gabby, who loved her games with the phone. For weeks she had randomly pecked buttons and waited to hear whether a voice would speak to her out of the receiver. If it did, she chatted as long as someone on the other end would talk.

After a couple of strange phone bills, Grampa had figured out what was going on. Later he learned that Gabby also answered calls when he was not there. She always pretended to be Dr. Adam Bender, of course.

One time, instead of saying, “Bed and Biscuit, how can I help you?” she had said, “Hotsy-Totsy Pet Hotel. This is Hotsy,” followed by a loud cackle.

When Grampa heard about that — plus a few other sassy comments — he moved the telephone into a desk drawer. Gabby still had not forgiven him.

As Grampa and Gabby wrestled for control of the phone, Sir Walter charged in. Panting from his run, he said, “The foxes like me now. I explained about instincts and they think I’m smart.”

“Is that so? Then they must be happier,” Ernest observed.

“Oh, no! They need to go home. They’re ready.”

Ernest gave the puppy a look laden with meaning. “Grampa will decide when they go home. Is that clear?”

“But they said —”

“They’re just babies, too young to decide what’s best —”

Gabby hooted. “Hear ye, hear ye! The Right Honorable Lord Ernest Piglet —”

“Nobody asked you!” Ernest thundered, which made Grampa get up from his chair. Milly hopped to the floor, where she turned and gave Grampa a withering look.

“Ah, Milly-baby, I’m sorry,” Grampa said, bending down to pick her up. “The rest of you, just toddle on out of here. I need to finish these accounts in peace. You can argue just as well out in the yard. And stay there, hear me?”

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