Dog Catcher!

  This is the continue of the story "Goosebumps - My Hairiest Adventure". (But you will understand the story even if you didn't read that book).

- Larry, Lily, do you wanna come and play outside the town, said Manny one day, Jared and Kristina are going.

- Don't you remember that it is a law never to go outside this town, said Larry, it might be dangerous.

- Are you scared, said Lily and started walking around saying: Larry is a scardycat, Larry is a scardycat!

- No, I'm not, Larry said, and I happen to be a dog, not a cat. All right, I'll come with you. It's probably nothing to worry about, right?

- Right, said Many. Let's go!

The dogs went to get Kristina at the big park in the middle of the town, her favorite place, and Jared at the train station, his favorite place.

And they all started running towards the hills, next to the town, and who knows what kind of adventures that waited for them...

The five dogs ran around and played around in the grass and suddenly they were on top of the largest hill and looked down at the biggest town they've ever seen - Chicago!

- Let's gooooo!!! shouted Manny and half ran, half rolled down the hill and saw the city in their own level.

- Wow, said Kristina, I've never seen anything this big before in my life!

They went inside the big city and found a big park.

- Look at all these trees, said Lily.

They played around for a while when Larry suddenly stood up and said:

- Have you noticed that there are no other dogs in the area?

The other dogs stopped playing and stood up next to Larry

- Well, yes, but how come? said Jared.

- I don't know said Larry, but I don't like it, not a bit.

Then suddenly someone came up behind them and before they knew it, the person had caught Manny, It was a dogcatcher!

The other four dogs ran away but not to far.

The dogcatcher putted Many in his big car and drove away.

- Come on, let's follow him, yelled Larry.

They followed the big, white car a long way until it finally stopped next to a building.

The dogcatcher walked out of the car and took Manny out too with a leash.

Manny tried to ran away, but the man was strong. He put Manny into a very small cage, surrounded with other small cages with other dogs inside of them.

- We gotta get him out, said Kristina.

- What shall we do? asked Lily

- We will go inside and unlock the cage when no one is around. We'll have to wait until the dogcatcher has gone to lunch.

They waited and waited, and after two hours the man went somewhere, probably to eat.

- Let's go, said Larry, Jared, Lily and Kristina followed him.

They got to the cage where Many was and he was very happy to see them!

The lock was easy to open for four smart dogs and Manny was free!

Lily looked around and said:

- Let's open all the other cages too, I would feel bad about leaving all the other dogs behind.

- All right, said Larry, but we gotta do it fast, so hurry up!

They all hurried to open all the cages and after a couple of minutes all the dogs were free!

The other dogs thanked the five dogs that saved them and then they were on their way to have a good time in the big city!

- Let's go home now, said Manny.

- Already, teased Larry.

The dogs ran home and promised each other never to go to Chicago ever again...untill next week at least...

- The End - Annalill 14 years old

©Annalill Pollack