1st Chapter One My name is Lark Ba and I have the eye of the tiger Well not really That would be mean Tigers need their eyes Eye of the tiger means you have a winner’s attitude I have a winner’s attitude So does Max our family dog The annual pet show is tomorrow and we’ve been practicing hard At this event every pet gets a chance to show off their talent That’s the tuffest touphest toughest part because it’s hard to pick just one Max can sit and stay He knows how to shake paws and 1
he knows lots of words including cookie treat dinner and lunch Plus he’s a very sweet dog and I think that’s the best kind of talent This year I wanted to teach Max a special trick Er Connor and I wanted to teach Max a special trick Connor is my little brother but he’d get grumpy if he heard me say that For the pet show Connor and I have taught Max how to do math Dogs know how to count I know this because I read it in a book I borrowed from the library Here is how we do our neat trick One of us asks Max a question like What’s two plus two The word plus is our cue word That means when Max hears it he springs into action He barks When he gets to the correct number Connor winks at him That is Max’s cue to stop barking Then I dance around to really let Max 2
know to stop barking Our trick is great but we aren’t perfect Sometimes Max gets really excited because he loves to bark so it is hard to get him to stop Lark Connor came into the family room He rubbed his eyes What are you doing up I woke up early to practice with Max for the show It’s too early said Connor You’re supposed to be sleeping It’s nine o’clock He shook his head No it’s only six Oops I have dyslexia which means I sometimes sometimes mix up letters and numbers I was so excited I guess I didn’t pay attention I said I scratched Max’s ears We better go to bed before we wake up Mom and Dad A grumpy mom plus a grumpy dad Oh no 3
