Lark Has the Shivers

Lark Has the Shivers — page 3
he knows lots of words including cookie treat dinner and lunch Plus he’s a very sweet dog and I think that’s the best kind of talent This year I wanted to teach Max a special trick Er Connor and I wanted to teach Max a special trick Connor is my little brother but he’d get grumpy if he heard me say that For the pet show Connor and I have taught Max how to do math Dogs know how to count I know this because I read it in a book I borrowed from the library Here is how we do our neat trick One of us asks Max a question like What’s two plus two The word plus is our cue word That means when Max hears it he springs into action He barks When he gets to the correct number Connor winks at him That is Max’s cue to stop barking Then I dance around to really let Max 2