Janette Sebring Lowrey

Four little puppies repeatedly miss out on dessert because they dig a hole under the fence each day. And each day the poky little puppy returns after mother is asleep and eats the dessert anyway. Until one day, things change.

All day long, one puppy lags behind the other.

The poky little puppy: One night, a puppy, who is always late coming home, finds there is no dessert for him. Scuffy the tugboat: Meant for "bigger things", Scuffy the tugboat sets off on a daring adventure to explore the world but realizes that home is where he'd rather be, sailing in his bathtub. Tawny scrawny lion: Once there was a tawny scrawny lion that was always hungery, until he met 10 little rabbits who taught him how to eat carrot stew--instead...

A poky little puppy loves to dig holes under the fence despite what his mother, brothers, and sisters say. But the poky little puppy digs one hole too many and ends up missing dessert! Meant for "bigger things, " Scuffy the Tugboat sets off to explore the world. But on his daring adventure Scuffy realizes that home is where he'd rather be, sailing in his bathtub. After a parrot makes fun of Sooki's big ears, long nose, and wrinkled skin, the "saggy...

In the first story, a tiny girl become the Queen of All Flowers after she is kidnapped by an ugly toad. In the second, a lion finds a cure for his hunger. In the third, a puppy who is always late coming home finds there is no desert for him.

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