5-13 Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig

Chapter 13 Animal Control Officer Francine Poulet was scouting the backyards of Deckawoo Drive. She leaped over hedges.

She crept through flower beds. She thought piggy thoughts.

She climbed a tree and surveyed the yard below her. She saw three people wearing hats. She saw three people sitting at a table having tea.

" Isn't that nice?" said Francine Poulet. " Isn't that sweet?"

Francine looked more closely. " Wait a minute, " she said. " One of those people is not a person. One of those people is a pig! Francine, you have located the pig. You are the best Animal Control Officer in the history of the world! And now you must capture the pig. On the count of three. One. Two. "

Francine Poulet closed her eyes. She leaped from the tree. " THRFEEEE