Chapter One E ven I could see that Tooter was no Seeing Eye dog The ancient Shih Tzu was about the size of a loaf of bread His bottom teeth poked out of his mouth all the time His eyes were once brown but now they were sort of gray Tooter’s favorite thing in the world to do was to rub his butt against the ground Or the table Or someone’s leg And to fart And that’s the story behind the name Tooter After Mom finally agreed that my brother James could walk me to the library instead of making me spend another summer day alone at home I mean I guess technically it’s home even though it doesn’t feel like it yet he grabbed Tooter’s leash from a hook by the door Come on Alice Might as well take care of two needy pains-in-the-butt he muttered We moved to Sinkville South Carolina about three months ago Sinkville is the official name but everyone calls it Stinkville 1
