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THE GUIDE DOG MYSTERY
GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER
Illustrated by Charles Tang
ALBERT WHITMAN & Company, Chicago
Contents
CHAPTER
1 A Special Kind of Dog
2 A Big Black Car
3 Someone Hiding in the Woods
4 Barking Dogs
5 The Mysterious Visitor Returns
6 A Crumpled Note
7 A Late Night for Benny
8 “Someone’s Following Us!”
9 Ginger’s Been Kidnapped!
10 Lots of Surprises
About the Author
CHAPTER 1
A Special Kind of Dog
“I wish we had a mystery to solve,” Benny Alden said, kicking a stone that lay in the road. Benny was six years old and liked to do exciting things, like tracking down clues and finding suspects.
Benny’s sister Jessie, who was twelve, was more patient. “I’m sure something mysterious will come along.”
“Something always does,” added their fourteen-year-old brother, Henry.
The Aldens had reached the grocery store in downtown Greenfield. Their grandfather’s housekeeper, Mrs. McGregor, had asked them to pick up some things for dinner. The others waited while ten-year-old Violet, wearing her favorite lavender sweater, tied their dog’s leash to a parking meter. “We’ll just be a minute, Watch,” she told him. The dog lay down on the sidewalk.
“I wish Watch could come inside with us,” said Benny. “He could help pick out his favorite dog food.”
Watch’s ears pricked up, and he quickly stood. But it wasn’t the mention of dog food that had interested him.
“What is it, boy?” asked Henry.
Watch started barking loudly. The children looked in the direction Watch was facing and saw a young man with dark curly hair coming out of the grocery store. He was walking with a dog.
“I think Watch just spotted that golden retriever,” said Violet.
“I thought Jessie said dogs weren’t allowed in the grocery store,” said Benny.
“From the dog’s harness, I’d say that’s a very special kind of dog,” Jessie said, as the man and dog came closer. “It looks like a guide dog.”
“What’s that?” asked Benny.
“It’s a dog that helps blind people,” Jessie explained.
“If that man can’t see, then why is he wearing a blindfold over his eyes?” asked Violet.
The children took a closer look. Violet was right. The man had a rolled-up scarf tied around his head, covering his eyes.
Watch was still barking, but Jessie managed to quiet him by gently stroking his head.
The man stopped on the sidewalk and the guide dog sat down beside him. The children watched as the man removed his blindfold and spoke to a red-haired woman who had been walking behind him.
“I’m going to go pat that dog!” cried Benny, running to ............

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