4 Squeals on Wheels

SQueals on Wheels

On Saturday morning, Judy asked, "Stink, where are you going?" "For your information, I have a job." "A job? Snore pie with yawn sauce!" said Judy. "For your information, my job is way NOTboring." "Is it smelly? You got a job smelling with that nose of yours?" "For your information, it is a little smelly. It's at Fur & Fangs, in the G.P. department." "The Giant Pest department?" Judy asked. "For your information, it's in the Guinea Pig Department." "Why are you so... green?"

"For your information, I'm wearing all green because it's a guinea pig's favorite color." "For my information, how much money do you make?" "None," said Stink. "Wait. You mean my little brother, Stink 'Make- Money' Moody, took a smelly job at the pest store for no money? What for?" "For fun," said Stink. "Mrs. B. has an old camper behind Fur & Fangs. Webster, Sophie, and I are going to fix it up and turn it into a guinea pig hotel on wheels." "Like the bookmobile at the library?" Judy asked. "Yeah, only it'll be the Piggymobile. We'll park it in front of the shopping center where there are tons of people and try to get them to adopt guinea pigs. Except for maybe Astro." "Rare!" said Judy. "A mini guinea pig zoo." "The Guinea Pig Express!" said Stink.

Stink met Sophie and Webster at Fur & Fangs. "I brought bungee cords," said Webster. "I brought goose tape," said Sophie. "I brought buckets, sponges, and a three-week supply of jawbreakers," said Stink. "In case we get hungry." Out back, they unloaded every last guinea pig cage. Then they soaped and scrubbed the camper, inside and out, top to bottom. "Car wash!" yelled Webster, squirting Sophie with the hose. "Not my glasses!" said Sophie.

"You need windshield wipers!" said Stink. Inside the camper, Sophie stuffed the cupboards with supplies. Webster filled bins with pine shavings and grass hay. Stink poured pellets into trash cans. They lined each cage with pine shavings, then added food dishes and water bottles with sippy tubes. Stink collected rocks for climbing over, while Sophie and Webster made fun hiding places.

Mrs. B. helped stack cages along one wall inside the camper. There were cages on the counter and one in the sink. There were two under the table