Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps

Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps

To Grandmother's House Henry and his big dog Mudge were going to the country with Henry's parents. Henry was reading comic books. Mudge was chewing his toenails.

They were going to visit Henry's grandmother. Henry's grandmother had never met Mudge. So Henry worried. He worried that Mudge might drool on her skirt.

He worried that Mudge might eat her coffee table. But mostly he worried that Mudge might have to sleep outside.

Mudge had never slept outside before. And if Mudge slept outside, Henry would be alone, trying to sleep in an empty room in a strange house in a dark yard in the country.

Henry read his comic books and worried. The longer he rode, the more he worried. Soon he began to bite his fingernails.