• The Dog •

“You didn’t answer the question about the dog,” Cameron said.

“No, it wasn’t The Chemicals,” Miss Hawkline said. “They haven’t eaten anything. They’re just mischievous.”

“Then what ate the dog?” Cameron said. He really wanted to know what ate the dog.

“It was an earlier batch of some stuff that Daddy had mixed up,” Miss Hawkline said.

“Did it have anything to do with The Chemicals?” Cameron said. He had just picked up the habit of calling Professor Hawkline’s last experiment The Chemicals.

Miss Hawkline did not want to say what she was about to say. Cameron was watching carefully the expression on her face just before she spoke. She looked like a guilty child about to speak.

“Yes, it was an earlier stage of The Chemicals that ate the dog but Daddy took the stuff and flushed it right down the toilet.”

Miss Hawkline was blushing now and staring down at the floor.