Chapter 0

THE CHICKEN SQUAD INTO THE WILD Yet Another Misadventure by DOREEN CRONIN ILLUSTRATED BY STEPHEN GILPIN

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Introductions Welcome to the yard! The name is John Joseph Tully; J. J. for short. I was a search-and-rescue dog for seven years, but my days of dangerous missions and daring rescues are behind me. Sure, I miss being a hero, but Barbara's backyard is an okay kind of place once you get used to it. Everybody knows the rules—and everybody follows 'em. Except for the chickens, and the neighbor who likes to run his power saw a little too early in the morning. Luckily, somebody keeps chewing through his extension cord—but I don't know anything about that.

As for the chickens, I found them on the clothesline this morning, blowing in the wind between the socks and the pillowcases. Here they are:

Dirt: Short, yellow, fuzzy Real Name: Peep Specialty: Foreign languages, math, colors, computer codes

Sugar: Short, yellow, fuzzy Real Name: Little Boo Specialty: Breaking and entering, interrupting