by Anna Wilson
Then Mr Elgin gave us each a medal. Even Honey got one.
Afterwards people kept coming up to us and slapping us on the back and saying how fantastic we were. Frank Gritter came up to me too.
‘You did it, Summer!’ he said. ‘I never thought I’d see you get Honey to do anything that she was told, but you definitely did it.’
I was still feeling quite overwhelmed and puzzled by everything.
‘Yeah, er, thanks, Frank,’ I said. ‘And, er, I’m really sorry you and Meatball didn’t win. And I’m sorry about being bossy to you and getting cross when you came round to my house.’
Molly butted right in at that point. ‘EXCUSE ME!’ she shouted. ‘You had FRANK GRITTER round to YOUR HOUSE? And you didn’t TELL ME?’
Frank grinned even more widely than a wide-mouthed frog.
Luckily Mum appeared at that point and said, ‘Do you want to ask all your friends back for a celebratory tea tonight, Summer?’
I looked at Molly, whose mouth was still wide open in shock at the thought of Frank being a friend of mine, and I looked at Rosie, who didn’t seem to know if she had any friends at all, and then I looked at Honey and Meatball, who were rolling over and over each other in a mad-dog frenzy, and I said, ‘Yeah, thanks, Mum. That’d be really great.’
And so that is how I, Summer Holly Love, learnt to Progress My Relationship to a New Level with my dog, Honey . . . and my best friend Molly.
It is also the story of how I made some new quite surprising and thoroughly unplanned friendships with Rosie Chubb and Frank Gritter.
And with Meatball too, of course.
And it’s how Honey won the completely and truly deserved award of being a fantastically brilliant PUP IDOL!
Also by Anna Wilson
Puppy Love
Puppy Power
Kitten Kaboodle
Coming soon
Kitten Smitten
And chosen by Anna Wilson
Fairy Stories
Princess Stories
For Kenna –
the One and Only Pup Idol
Agility Course
A-frame:
Honey to balance along the plank like one of those circus people on a rope that is tight.
See-saw:
Honey to walk up the see-saw and balance while it tips down on the other side.
Slalom poles:
Honey to run in and out of these poles without knocking them over.
Jump:
Honey to jump over this and fly through the air with the Greatest of Ease.
Anna Wilson, who is the actual author of this book, was never that fond of dogs. She was always a definite cat-type person. So she got two black cats called Ink and Jet and thought that would be that in the Pet Department of her life. But then the dog-type person she was married to (called David) decided that enough was enough and it was time he Had His Way For A Change, and the two children (called Lucy and Thomas) said that actually they thought dogs were quite a good idea too. So Anna Wilson sighed heavily and said she supposed she would have to Give In to the Whole Dog Idea.
That was when Kenna, the gorgeously soft, sweet and funny black Labrador puppy, came into her life and turned it inside out and upside down . . . With the entirely surprising result that Anna Wilson is now very definitely and quite simply a CAT-AND-DOG-TYPE PERSON!
Moira Munro, the illustrator of this book, is pitifully allergic to furry animals. It is a Terrible Tragedy not to have a pet to stroke. Luckily, Moira Munro does have a daughter (called Chloe) who is at least as snuggly as a Labrador pup. Children are easier to look after than puppies because you can attach a nappy to them. Children can also, after a few years, do your work for you.
First published 2008 by Macmillan Children’s Books
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