PE T E R HOW E Drawings by Omar Rayyan This book is dedicated to working dogs everywhere and especially to the memory of my wonderful therapy dog Bobby Blue, who brought so much joy to so many children in distress. table of contents Map vii 1 Waggit’s Escape 1 2 An Unusual Upright 8 3 Travel Plans 19 4 Getting Acquainted 27 5 The Journey Begins 35 6 The Rescue of the Cowardly Pit Bull 45 7 Lug Tags Along 56 8 Freight Train to Nowhere 66 9 Truckers and the Big Rigs 77 10 Hitching a Ride 85 11 Trapped by Fear 97 12 Narrow Escape 108 13 Home at Last 117 14 Team Contact 127 15 Welcomed Back 138 16 Felicia’s Feast 151 17 Lowdown’s Hideaway 161 18 Olang’s Challenge 173 19 Home Improvement 189 20 Tashi’s New Team 198 21 Treachery at Silver Tree Bend 213 22 Triumph and Tragedy 225 23 Chance Meeting 236 24 The Mystery Solved 247 25 A Friend’s Good-bye 259 26 Puppies in Distress 269 27 Waggit Makes Amends 281 Glossary 291 About the Author Other Books by Peter Howe Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher farm train yard truck diner WAGGIT’S JOURNEY Map bar dumpster small park home 1 Waggit’s Escape E ven though he was wearing his leather collar Waggit could still feel the chain biting into his neck as he pulled on it. It hurt to move the links backward and forward over the sharp edge of the rock, but he could bear the pain; what he couldn’t tolerate was staying one more day on this farm. So he had done the same thing every night for weeks, ever since the farmer staked him out in the backyard after his fight with the dog called Hodge. The chain was old and rusty, but so far it had resisted his best efforts to snap it. 1
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