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    The Case of the Most Ancient Bone

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      “But you know what they say.”

      “What do they say, darlin’? I’m dying to hear.”

      She leaned toward me and whispered, “When you’re lucky, you don’t need brains.”

      I stiffened. “I have no idea what you mean by that, madame.”

      “Look, Leroy, I was awake and saw the whole thing. If those coyotes hadn’t blundered into camp, you would have stolen that bone and there would be a price on your head right now.”

      I beamed her a look of righteous indigestion. “You know, I think it’s over between us, and for your information, my name is not Leroy.”

      “Yeah? Well, here’s a flash. My name isn’t Sardina, and I don’t have a sister.”

      “That’s not possible. I met her myself.”

      “And I don’t have a brother named Choo Choo.”

      “Huh? You mean . . .?”

      “Meathead.”

      Anyway, it was mostly a great day, and I’d never had the slightest interest in that woman from Boston. The next time she meets a lobster on the beach, I hope it bites her right on the end of her snooty little nose.

      The important thing is that I had solved The Case of the Most Ancient Bone and had won the hearts of arkinsawlogists all over Texas. The excavation went on for three more days and the guys from our ranch stayed for the whole thing. They even decided that it was pretty interesting work . . . although I must report that after one night of camping The Cowboy Way, Slim slipped away for an hour and came back with an air mattress. I have no idea where he found it.

      Oh, and I’m proud to report that when I got back to the ranch, I caught Mister Kitty Precious outside the yard and away from his iris patch. Tee hee. I ran him up a tree and barked at him for three solid hours, until Sally May . . .

      Never mind. The point is that I enjoyed another huge moral victory over the cat and lived everly happy afterly, and this story is finished.

      Case closed.

      Further Reading

      Have you read all of Hank’s adventures?

      1 The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

      2 The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

      3 It’s a Dog’s Life

      4 Murder in the Middle Pasture

      5 Faded Love

      6 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

      7 The Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob

      8 The Case of the One-Eyed Killer Stud Horse

      9 The Case of the Halloween Ghost

      10 Every Dog Has His Day

      11 Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest

      12 The Case of the Fiddle-Playing Fox

      13 The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve

      14 Hank the Cowdog and Monkey Business

      15 The Case of the Missing Cat

      16 Lost in the Blinded Blizzard

      17 The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog

      18 The Case of the Hooking Bull

      19 The Case of the Midnight Rustler

      20 The Phantom in the Mirror

      21 The Case of the Vampire Cat

      22 The Case of the Double Bumblebee Sting

      23 Moonlight Madness

      24 The Case of the Black-Hooded Hangmans

      25 The Case of the Swirling Killer Tornado

      26 The Case of the Kidnapped Collie

      27 The Case of the Night-Stalking Bone Monster

      28 The Mopwater Files

      29 The Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper

      30 The Case of the Haystack Kitties

      31 The Case of the Vanishing Fishhook

      32 The Garbage Monster from Outer Space

      33 The Case of the Measled Cowboy

      34 Slim’s Good-bye

      35 The Case of the Saddle House Robbery

      36 The Case of the Raging Rottweiler

      37 The Case of the Deadly Ha-Ha Game

      38 The Fling

      39 The Secret Laundry Monster Files

      40 The Case of the Missing Bird Dog

      41 The Case of the Shipwrecked Tree

      42 The Case of the Burrowing Robot

      43 The Case of the Twisted Kitty

      44 The Dungeon of Doom

      45 The Case of the Falling Sky

      46 The Case of the Tricky Trap

      47 The Case of the Tender Cheeping Chickies

      48 The Case of the Monkey Burglar

      49 The Case of the Booby-Trapped Pickup

      50 The Case of the Most Ancient Bone

      51 The Case of the Blazing Sky

      52 The Quest for the Great White Quail

      53 Drover’s Secret Life

      54 The Case of the Dinosaur Birds

      55 The Case of the Secret Weapon

      56 The Case of the Coyote Invasion

      57 The Disappearance of Drover

      58 The Case of the Mysterious Voice

      59 The Case of the Perfect Dog

      60 The Big Question

      About the Author and Illustrator

      John R. Erickson, a former cowboy, has written numerous books for both children and adults and is best known for his acclaimed Hank the Cowdog series. He lives and works on his ranch in Perryton, Texas, with his family.

      Gerald L. Holmes has illustrated numerous cartoons and textbooks in addition to the Hank the Cowdog series. He lives in Perryton, Texas.

     

     

     



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