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BeverlyCleary ILLUSTRATED BY Tracy Dockray Contents 1. Ribsy and the Roast 1 2. Henry Gets Rich 34 3. The Untraining of Ribsy 74 4. Henry Parks His Dog 106 5. Beezus Makes a Bid 130 6. Henrys Bargain Bike 151 7. The Boy Who Ate Dog Food 174 About the AuthorOther Books by Beverly ClearyCreditsCoverCopyrightAbout the Publisher1 Ribsy and the Roast Henry Huggins stood by the front window of his square white house on Klickitat Street and wondered why Sunday afternoon seemed so much longer than any other part of the week. Mrs. Huggins was reading a magazine, and Mr. Huggins, puff-ing on his pipe, was reading the funnies in the Sunday Journal. Henrys dog, Ribsy, was asleep in the 1 middle of the living room rug. As Henry looked at him, he suddenly sat up, scratched hard behind his left ear with his left hind foot, and flopped down again without even bothering to open his eyes. Henry pressed his nose against the win-dowpane and looked out at Klickitat Street. The only person he saw was Scooter McCarthy, who was riding up and down the sidewalk on his bicycle. I sure wish I had a bike, remarked Henry to his mother and father, as he watched Scooter. I wish you did, too, agreed his mother, but with prices and taxes going up all the time, Im afraid we cant get you one this year. Maybe things will be better next year, said Mr. Huggins, dropping the funnies and picking up the sport section. Henry sighed. He wanted a bicycle now. He could see himself riding up and down Klickitat Street on a shiny red bike. He would wear his genuine Daniel Boone coonskin cap with the snap-on tail, only he wouldnt wear the tail fastened to the hat. He would tie it to the handle bars so that it would wave in the 3breeze as he whizzed along. Henry, said Mrs. Huggins, interrupting his thoughts, please dont rub your nose against my clean window. All right, Mom, said Henry. I sure wish something would happen around here sometime. Why dont you go over to Roberts h