The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Bog. John R. Erickson

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      In many ways, this is a lousy job, and I made up my mind then and there that if I ever got my paws on Drover . . .

      He climbed into the pickup and started the motor. Slim did, not Drover. Drover had jumped into a hole and pulled in behind him, the dunce, the back-stabbing little . . .

      The pickup pulled away from the gas tanks. I had not a moment to spare, for the moment of truth had arrived.

      In a flash, I switched from Wounded Dog Mode over to Syruptishus Loaderation Mode. I began oozing along behind the pickup and slipped into the blind spot—the spot near the hitch ball, which just happened to be outside the view of the side mirrors, ho ho.

      That’s why we call it the Blind Spot, because the driver can’t see back there, don’t you see.

      As the pickup gathered speed, I initiated the countdown.

      Three.

      Two.

      One.

      Blastoff, liftoff, bonzai, charge!

      As graceful as a deer, I launched myself from the caliche drive in front of the house and landed on silent paws in the back end of the pickup. Don’t know as I had ever done the procedure any better, and Slim never suspected a thing.

      And so it was that I smuggled myself onto the pickup bed and hitched a ride into town. Yes, I did smell of gasoline, and yes, my personal appearance had taken a serious blow.

      But it could have been worse. Consider the wind, for example. It blows all the time.

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