Chapter 17

Chapter 17 Sheesh! Riding like the wind and listening to thundering hooves can really give you a headache! Even worse, just when we thought we were about to catch the sloth, the squeaking stopped! Nina skidded to a halt and listened carefully. "Nope," she said. "He stopped." "He must be nearby!" I said. "Maybe he went into one of these buildings!" I looked around. There was a theater showing Sloth Luv Story. A cafeteria was featuring "All the sloth food you can eat!" A beauty parlor was advertising "Let us paint your sloth toe claws in rainbow glitter!" A store was selling "Pinstripe suits for the well- dressed sloth!" A newsboy was yelling, "Sloth News! Get your Sloth News!"

And a dog show.

"AHA!" I shouted and it felt really good to yell "AHA" again. "I know where he is! He's hiding in the—" "Dog show?" asked Nina. "Yes," I said. "How did you know?" "Stolen entry form," said Nina. "Well done, Nina!" I said. "Let's go!" Nina galloped into the dog show. "Wow, that's one ugly dog," said the dog selling tickets. He pointed at Nina. Nina ate the tickets and kept going.

We burst into the main arena. There were hundreds of dogs! Every one with beautiful makeup and lovely fluffy fur! And every one different! One of them must be the sloth. But which one? There was so much lovely fluffy fur I couldn't tell! There must be some way to separate a sloth from all these dogs...

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"AHA!" I yelled. "I've got it." I grabbed the judge's microphone. "SIT!" Every dog and one sloth sat. The audience applauded, and the judges scribbled on their clipboards. "SPEAK!" Every dog and one sloth barked. The audience applauded, and the judges scribbled on their clipboards. "ROLL OVER!" Every dog and one sloth rolled over. The audience applauded, and the judges scribbled on their clipboards. "HANG UPSIDE DOWN!" Every dog just sat there, but the sloth nimbly jumped onto the big DOG SHOW banner and hung upside down. The audience applauded, and the judges scribbled on their clipboards.