9 A Hairy Situation

chapter 9 A HAIRY SITUATION Harley's ears were going up like enormous furry tents! "What's going on?" asked Andrew, looking up through the dog hairs. meep… "Harley move ears to find where sound come from," said Thudd. "Dog ears like antennas." Andrew listened. The only sound he heard was the Atom Sucker. It was whistling softly. meep… "Harley hear something coming," said Thudd. "Dog ears hear better than Drewd ears. Human use mostly eyes to find out things. Dog use mostly nose and ears. Dog eyes see things blurry. See just yellow, blue, gray."

"Grrrrr!" Harley growled. "I wonder what he's growling about," said Andrew. "If I climb to the tip of a hair, maybe I can see what's going on." Andrew unbuckled the belts that held them together. The scales on the hair made it easy to climb. From the top of Harley's head, Andrew saw a strange sight. The forest of hair on the back of Harley's neck was standing straight up!

meep… "Harley scared!" Thudd said. "Muscles in skin make hair stick out. Happen to humans, too. Called goose bumps! Lotsa hair make animal look big, look scary! But humans not got enough hair to look scary." "I think I see what Harley's growling at!" Andrew shouted down to Judy. "A very long puppy just came up to the fence." "That must be Hot Dog!" Judy shouted up. "He just moved in with the Greenes across the street from us. They're so nice, especially Josh. His birthday is two days before mine." A dreamy smile stretched across Judy's face. "Now Hot Dog is sniffing the fence!" yelled Andrew. "You know, where Harley always pees." meep… "Harley smell on fence tell all about Harley to other dogs," said Thudd. "Smell tell if Harley male or female. Tell if Harley boss dog or shy dog." Harley kept growling. He hunched down low to the ground and crept toward the puppy.

"Harley is right in front of Hot Dog now," said Andrew. "He's putting one of his front paws on Hot Dog's shoulder." meep… "Harley say he boss dog," said Thudd. "Now Hot Dog is rolling over on his back," Andrew reported. meep… "Hot Dog agree. Harley boss dog," said Thudd. Harley started wagging his tail. Hot Dog got up and wagged his tail, too. meep… "Dogs need to know who boss," said Thudd. "Hot Dog and Harley friends now."

The hairs on Harley's neck leaned back down again. As Andrew climbed down the hair to Harley's skin, a shadow fluttered overhead. It was an orange-and-black butterfly. Harley and Hot Dog trotted after it. "Yuck!" said Judy. "Something smells gross." "It's probably the garbage bag by the porch," said Andrew. "I saw Harley sniffing it." "Oh, no!" cried Judy. "We've got to get into Harley's ear right away!" They ran. Andrew slipped on an oily patch. He almost fell into a hair follicle. They were still far away from the huge flaps of Harley's ears when it happened.

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