The puppy Rex and a Mystery of the Golden Bone. Щенок Рекс и тайна золотой кости.

We had porridge, fruit salad with peaches, mangos, grapes, oranges and pears, toast with jam and different kinds of fresh juices.

“Oh I love it here!” said Timmy finishing his salad. “Goody yum yum!”

“Yes, food here is so good,” said Bob, “Garikos is the best chef ever!”

“I agree!” I said.

After breakfast we were supposed to have sport activities. We went outside. The weather was fine and we were very excited.

“Dear puppies,” said Michael when all puppies gathered together on a big field. “Today we will have competitions.

We will find out which one of you is the strongest and the fastest. We will have both individual competitions and team competitions.

And I almost forgot to tell you the most important thing. Those of you who win the tournament will go to Mr. Rish’s office and will be able to see the golden bone.

“The golden bone oh, wow!” were heard from all sides.

“I won’t even try to win,” somebody said from the back, “The reward is not good enough. I saw many golden things in my life, because I’ve visited a lot of museums in different countries.

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I turned to see who was talking. That was Clara again. This not nice puppy girl was always close by.

“The first test will be the exercise of holding the plank position.” Michael continued. “Puppy girls will compete only with girls and puppy boys only with boys, so the test will be fair. Those of you who can hold the plank position for the longest time will win.”

We divided into two teams: girls and boys. Michael blew the whistle and all of us got in the plank position.

This exercise position is not easy; you put your front paws on the ground and your hind paws on the ground too, and your body should be stretched out long straight as a stick.

This exercise was hard for many puppies, but not for me and my sister Betsy, because we do sports at least three times per week.

“30 seconds! Good job, puppies!” Michael tried to cheer us up. About 10 puppies fell on the ground.

“Oh, plank is too hard for us,” they said.

“60 seconds! Way to go!” Michael said again. A few more puppies fell down. I continued to hold the position and so did Bob Bill and Betsy. Mary, Clara and Timmy fell down too

“Silly exercise! I will tell everything to my dad. They will regret that they made me participate in such a stupid contest.” Clara complained.

“Three minutes and 30 seconds! Wow! You guys are very strong! I am proud of you!” Only seven puppies continued to stand.