Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend

Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend

Wet Yuck Henry and Henry's big dog Mudge woke up one Saturday in February and looked outside. " Yuck, " said Henry. It was gray. It was cold. It was muddy and wet.

" No sun, " Henry said. " No snow. Just yuck. Wet yuck. " Mudge leaned against Henry and drooled. " What are we going to do all weekend?" Henry asked. Mudge leaned harder. " How will we have some fun?" Henry grumbled.

Mudge leaned harder still. " What a boring weekend, " Henry growled. Mudge let go and leaned all the way. " Whoa! " yelled Henry. Mudge flattened Henry like a pancake. " How are we going to get up?" Henry wondered.

Bored Henry and Mudge had a boring breakfast. They watched some boring cartoons. They listened to Henry's father tell some boring jokes. " Boy, is this boring, " said Henry. " What are we going to do?" he asked. Mudge knew what to do.

Mudge always knew what to do if there was nothing interesting to eat, nothing interesting to smell, and nothing interesting to chew. He went to sleep. " No, Mudge, " said Henry, giving him a push. " Wake up. "