couldnt possibly be him。 We each sniffed him out
pretty good and he smelled perfectly rosy。
My personal suspicion was that Matt and Mike were the ones not bathing enough; but I didnt
want to get close enough to sniff them。 And since
our camp was divided on just who the culprit or culprits were; the odor was dubbed the
Mystery Smell。 Whole dinnertime discussions revolved
around the Mystery Smell; which my brothers found amusing and my mother did not。
Then one day my mother cracked the case。 And she might have cracked Champs skull as
well if my dad hadnt e to the rescue and shooed
him outside。
Mom was fuming。 “I told you it was him。 The Mystery Smell es from the Mystery Pisser!
Did you see that? Did you see that? He just squirted
on the end table!”
My father raced with a roll of paper towels to where Champ had been; and said; “Where?
Where is it?”
All of three drops were dripping down the table leg。 “There;” my mother said; pointing a
shaky finger at the wetness。 “There!”
Dad wiped it up; then checked the carpet and said; “It was barely a drop。”
“Exactly!” my mother said with her hands on her hips。 “Which is why Ive never been able to
find anything。 That dog stays outside from now on。 Do
you hear me? He is no longer allowed in this house!”
“How about the garage?” I asked。 “Can he sleep in there?”
“And have him tag everything thats out there? No!”
Mike and Matt were grinning at each other。 “Mystery Pisser! That could be the name for our
band!”
“Yeah! Cool!”
“Band?” my mother asked。 “Wait a minute; what band?” But they were already flying down to
their room; laughing about the possibilities for a
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logo。
My father and I spent the rest of the day sniffing out and destroying criminal evidence。 My
dad used a spray bottle of ammonia; I followed up with
Lysol。 We did try to recruit my brothers; but they wound up getting into a spray…bottle fight;
which got them locked in their room; which; of course;
was fine with them。
So Champ became an outside dog; and he might have been our only pet ever if it hadnt
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