Stick Dog Dreams of Ice Cream

Stick Dog Dreams of Ice Cream
Tom Watson

Everyone’s favourite furry friends are BACK in this fourth hilarious adventure!The temperature is rising – and Stick Dog and his pals are feeling the heat! The dogs need cold, cold ice cream on this hot, hot day – but their quest to find a sweet treat is threatened when Stick Dog is spotted by a human and the police are hot on his tail…Funny, furry and loveable, this four-legged hero is destined to be Top Dog.

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2015

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Copyright © 2015 by Tom Watson

Cover art © Ethan Long

Cover design by Tom Starace

Illustrations by Ethan Long based on original sketches by Tom Watson

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Source ISBN: 9780007581252

Ebook Edition © 2015 ISBN: 9780007581269

Version: 2015-05-06

Dedicated to Carol, Donna, Susie, Richard,

Jim, and Tom

Contents

Cover (#ub81d7985-5f9d-59d1-acd8-2a322ae72d71)

Title Page (#ue5b75399-328a-5824-a5b0-8e931a8b5783)

Copyright (#u021a2a54-1238-5121-8bfe-a3204397472f)

Dedication (#u1ea0a452-8817-5677-b8a3-5b844d57dca4)

Chapter 1: Escape from the Heat (#u9f5f1e08-9075-5ae7-b4e2-cd6980711499)

Chapter 2: Going Nowhere (#ud57f67ab-a05c-5cd1-9e57-e40f4fce79bf)

Chapter 3: Poo-Poo Is Quite Special (#u0e282fa7-07b6-5add-893f-1bfd171470d4)

Chapter 4: Running around in Underwear (#u7f840411-0b53-5c12-9372-dc1ebc4a7c30)

Chapter 5: A Water Machine Attacks (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 6: It’s Totally Annoying (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 7: What’s Weird about It? (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 8: Rainbow Puddles (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9: Drips Are Drippy (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10: Dance Party (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11: Poo-Poo Figures It Out (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12: Woggy! (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13: Karen Tackles Stick Dog (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 1 (#ulink_3492f1df-7d41-5138-bcf0-33d4bcce5eba)

ESCAPE FROM THE HEAT (#ulink_3492f1df-7d41-5138-bcf0-33d4bcce5eba)

It was really, really hot.

Stick Dog, Stripes, and Poo-Poo looked forward to some brief relief from the heat.

And Mutt was just back from the creek to provide it.

He was sopping wet. He didn’t say anything at all but simply sidled up close to the others. They all knew the routine. This was, after all, Mutt’s fourth trip to the creek in the past hour. Stick Dog, Stripes, and Poo-Poo stood at the ready.

And then Mutt began to shake. He started slowly at first, spraying the others with big droplets of water from his shaggy fur. But then his shaking sped up, until he trembled and vibrated so hard the dry dirt around his paws puffed up in little brown clouds. With this vigorous shaking, Mutt was able to spray his companions not with big droplets of creek water but with a fine, cooling mist.

The other three sighed as they felt the wet, cool relief.

“That feels wonderful,” whispered Stripes when Mutt finally stopped shaking.

“I never get tired of that smell,” Poo-Poo said.

Stick Dog enjoyed the temporary respite. He needed a little break from the dry, hot day as much as anyone. “Thank you again, Mutt. That really does feel great,” he said. “Come on, you guys. Let’s help him retrieve some of this stuff. That’s the least we can do.”