Zootopia: The Curious Cases of Hopps and Wilde: The Bling Sting (Book 1)
watched as he pulled the lever on his seat leaning it farther back Unfurrow your brow Carrots he said Coffee's hot We're hanging out Just enjoy it I did not join the ZPD to sit on my tail drinking coffee said Judy We're not helping anyone Excuse me said Nick pretending to be offended If enough animals run that stop sign over there speed humps will be necessary And little old Greta Mutton is resting easy knowing that Hopps and Wilde are on the case Nick smiled and waved through the open window An old goat sitting on her front porch smiled and waved back Maybe she'll bring us some of those apple-cinnamon apple-cinnamon muffins again today he whispered to Judy Then he called out Hi Mrs. Mutton Thank you for your service officers she answered I'll bring you some treats later See said Nick We're helping a fine upstanding citizen of Zootopia Doing Our Job 2
Cheers to us He raised his cup and took another sip of his coffee Does Chief Bogo think we can't handle more than this asked Judy Honestly I think he's testing us and by us I mean me said Nick But we I know I know said Nick We cracked a big case together but Carrots think about it I'm new to the force Worse I'm a fox with a less-than-pristine less-than-pristine past Yeah but the chief knows your con artist days are over and He put you on parking duty when you first started This is the same kinda thing Maybe said Judy deep in thought She tapped her foot against the rubber floor mat of the car So you know what we need to do Monitor this stop sign while we stuff our faces with muffins said Nick 3
Judy shook her head We need to prove we can do more Carrots said Nick with a sigh Can we please just do our job We can do more than this said Judy her eyes lighting up We can make a real difference We just have to show Chief Bogo what we're capable of The rest of the shift passed slowly and when it was finally over Judy was eager to return to the ZPD After parking the squad car Judy ran into the station Nick dragged his feet as he followed her inside Hey Clawhauser Judy said breathlessly to the cheetah receptionist working the front desk Is Chief Bogo in But Clawhauser had earbuds in and didn't 4
5 hear her He was so wrapped up in whatever he was listening to his bowlful of Lucky Chomps had turned soggy Suddenly he squealed with delight Oh this is too good Judy waved a paw to get his attention Oopsies Sorry Officer Hopps Clawhauser said taking out his earbuds I'm totally hooked on this podcast He tried to hit pause but accidentally accidentally put his phone on speaker A cheerful voice announced That's it for this episode of Holy Moly your favorite gossip podcast where we just love digging up the dirt Silly me Wrong button Clawhauser said as he fumbled with his phone Nick looked on with amusement as Judy tapped her foot I was asking if the chief is around she shouted over the podcast We need to My paw pads are too big for these cute little buttons Clawhauser said with a giggle He tried turning the phone off but instead turned up the volume to full blast
