My Hairiest Adventure (10 page)

“He’s never going to work with dogs again,” Dad explained. “The serum just
doesn’t last long enough with dogs. So, no more dogs.”

It was nice of the Boyds to explain to me what had happened. I felt so
grateful, I licked their hands. Then I ran off to find Lily and show her that I
was a dog, too.

Lily and I roam around together all the time. Sometimes Manny joins us. There
are so many dogs roaming around in this town. I guess they all were human for a
while.

I’m glad Dr. Murkin isn’t using dogs for his tests anymore. Dogs should be
dogs, in my humble opinion.

Lily and I found some good dirt to sniff in the neighbors’ flower garden.
There aren’t any flowers to dig up yet. But the dirt smells really great.

Then I saw the Boyds’ car roll up the driveway. They’d been gone all
afternoon. I went running up eagerly to the car, wagging my tail happily.

I jumped up and barked out a greeting.

To my surprise, Mrs. Boyd was carrying a baby. A tiny baby, tightly wrapped
in pink blankets.

She held the baby in both arms, and carried it carefully up the walk toward
the house. Mr. Boyd had a big smile on his face as he caught up to her.

“What a good little girl,” Mrs. Boyd cooed to the baby. “Yes, you are. You’re
a good little girl. Welcome to your new home, Jasper.”

Huh? I thought. Isn’t Jasper a funny name for a little girl?

Then I stared up at the baby and saw her bright yellow eyes.

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