The Howling Wolves Vacation to PBS Town

chapter 11: Case of the Missing Friends and Cavern

Meanwhile, Mike, June, and Dee Dee were wandering around town with Maya, Chrissy, and Maggie until a yellow dog with brown ears, wearing a red collar came over and barked at Mike, growling at her.

"Whoa! Easy, girl." Mike told the dog.

"Why do dogs always do that around you?" June asked her best friend.

"It's normal because I'm a you-know-what." Mike reminded.

"Makes sense." June shrugged.

"Whoa!" A young girl in pink rushed over to stop her dog. "Martha, knock it off! You know better than that."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Helen, but I couldn't help it." The dog actually talked to the girl.

"Whoa, you can talk?!" Mike asked the dog.

"You can understand me?!" Martha asked back.

"Martha, you know that everyone can talk to you." Helen reminded.

"Oh, sorry, I guess I got caught up in the moment." Martha smiled bashfully.

"Uh, is that dog actually talking?" Dee Dee asked.

"Yeah, Martha can talk because she ate some alphabet soup once." Chrissy explained.

"Dexter had a talking dog before," Dee Dee spoke up. "He thought that I was a stick."

"I'm surprised you remember that..." June commented.

"So, Martha ate alphabet soup and now she's a talking dog?" Mike asked.

"I know it sounds weird, but it's true," Helen replied. "I'm sorry Martha barked at you, she's usually pretty friendly, unless she meets a cat like my friend Alice's cat, Nelson."

"It's okay, no harm done." Mike replied.

"Say, how would you like to come over for tonight so we can get to know each other better?" Helen suggested.

"Okay." Mike replied.

June, Dee Dee, Maya, Maggie, and Chrissy all nodded in agreement.

"Let me call my friends first." Mike then said.

At the hotel, Justin, Justine, and Jo were there. Justin was flipping the channels, Jo was reading a comic book, and Justine was looking outside, looking worried.

"Justine?" Jo looked over as she could sense there was something wrong.

"Huh? What?" Justine blinked.

"Something the matter, Babe?" Jo asked.

"Oh, it's nothing." Justine replied.

"I know something's wrong," Jo said. "I've been with you long enough to know when something's eating you."

"The others haven't come back," Justine replied. "I'm getting worried."

"If it bothers you that much, we can call them." Justin suggested to his twin sister.

Jo's cell phone then rang and she answered it. "What?"

"Hey, Jo, can you tell the others that me, June, and Dee Dee won't be back tonight?" Mike replied. "We're spending the night at Helen's house with Maya, Maggie, and Chrissy."

"Sure, Boss." Jo replied.

"Thanks, Jo," Mike replied. "I'm not sure about the others, but I'm sure they're fine since nothing dangerous really happens in this town, I mean, they have seven monsters running around like nobody's business and a family of lions run a library."