by Ron Roy
Nadine smiled at Abbi. “If it hadn’t been for you, they would have gotten away with it,” she said. “And who knows what might have happened to those pups.”
Nadine took a small book from her back pocket. She opened the book in front of Abbi. “This shows all the animals that live in this park,” she said. “Since you have a telescope, you could help us out by letting us know how many you see.”
Abbi accepted the book and beamed. “Thank you!”
Jason stood up. “Let’s get those pups back to their mom,” he said.
With the kids watching, Jason and Nadine carried the covered cage into the woods.
Twenty minutes later, Dink looked up from the telescope. “They made it!” he said.
Taking turns, the kids watched the game wardens set the cage in front of the lair. They removed the blanket, unlatched the door, then backed away.
In seconds, the white mother wolf appeared. The three baby wolves scampered out of the cage and jumped on their mother. She licked them all over, then led them down into the lair.
Later, after a big dinner with blueberry pie for dessert, Dink and Josh lay in their beds.
“My stomach is going to bust,” Josh moaned.
“Thanks for the warning,” Dink said. “Who told you to eat three pieces of pie?”
“Oh, don’t even say the word ‘pie’!” Josh said.
“Pie, pie, pie!” Dink said.
A minute later, Josh said, “Dink? I heard something outside the tent. I’ll bet it’s Ruth Rose and Abbi trying to scare us again.”
Dink crept out of his bed and peeked through the tent flap. Then he crawled back under his covers.
“Did you see them?” Josh whispered.
“I saw something about seven feet tall, covered with brown fur,” Dink said. “Sweet dreams, Josh.”
“You’re kidding me, right?” Josh asked. “Dink? It’s a joke, right? Dink?”
Dink smiled and went to sleep.
Text copyright © 2004 by Ron Roy
Illustrations copyright © 2004 by John Steven Gurney
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
The white wolf / by Ron Roy ; illustrated by John Steven Gurney.
p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries) “A Stepping Stone Book.”
SUMMARY: While visiting their friend Wallis and her adopted daughter on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose investigate why three white wolf cubs were stolen, and by whom.
eISBN: 978-0-307-54922-8
[1. Robbers and outlaws—Fiction. 2. Mount Desert Island (Me.)—Fiction. 3. Wolves—Fiction. 4. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Gurney, John, ill. II. Title. III. Series: Roy, Ron, 1940- . A to Z mysteries.
PZ7.R8139Wf 2004 [Fic]—dc22 2003015524
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