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What-a-Mess

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 7
Categories: Animal Stories, Dogs, Humor
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Author

Frank
Muir

Appeared in

Cricket Magazine Vol 8, Num 3, Nov 1980

Story Summary

A puppy nicknamed What-a-Mess by everyone who sees him, decides he must find out what he is since he doesn't look anything like his sleek and beautiful Afghan mother.