Lolly and the Noisemakers: A Bumper Edition of Stories of Our Little Dog Friends

By Dawn Morris

In this book six little dogs form a group after they are constantly told to shut up! They first of all put on a show at the local school and this is followed up by some luck when they are invited to perform at the circus when it arrives across the road. This is followed up by a flight to the seaside when they go there to perform once more with the circus.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: May 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469188935

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Copyright © 2012 by Dawn Morris. 303538-MORR

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Dedication

To all the dogs out there, thanks for all the joy you give.

Section 1

The Group Is Formed and Their First Public Appearance

Section 2

The Circus Arrives and They Are Nosy

Section 3

Off to the Seaside

CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Section 1

Chapter 1

The Group Is Formed

Hi, boys and girls. Do you have a little dog or a couple of dogs? Maybe even big dogs? Do they make a racket whenever they welcome you home? Do they set up a tremendous din in their eagerness to bark ‘hello’ because they have missed you? Or is it because they want to be welcoming to someone new to their home?

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There are six little dogs who live together in a house with a large ten-acre garden. They are a happy lot and spend their time together, exploring this or checking and investigating that. When all their work is finished, some of them play together.

The Noisemakers set up a big noise whenever anyone gets home. It is so loud that a person cannot hear himself think.

In the beginning they all used to make such a noise, with everyone barking at once, that they were always being shouted at to be quiet! This carried on until one day Lolly called them all together and told them they sounded terrible.

‘But what can we do?’ they all asked, very worried.

‘I don’t know just now, let’s give it some thought,’ said Lolly.

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They all thought and thought but nothing came. Then Lolly thought once more and came up with a brilliant idea! They would form a group and practise their barking! They would add some sort of music form to their barking and they would structure their barking.

Mickey would bark bass, Snoopy would do the tenor bits, and Lolly the soprano pieces. Mitzi, Shareen, and Dinky would take care of the choruses.

Once it was decided that it would be better if they formed a group and structured their barking, they all decided they liked the idea.

‘My stage name will be Elvis Dog,’ said Mickey as he tried to wiggle his hind legs.

‘And I will be Michael Jackson Dog,’ squeaked Snoopy in a very bad falsetto voice.

‘Come on, sillies, we won’t be performing on stage,’ said Lolly.

‘Ah, but you never know,’ mumbled Mickey, a little crestfallen.

Once they all had their different barking parts worked out, they practised them and people never shouted at them any more. They listened and admired them.

The Noisemakers Group is made up of Lolly, the soprano and leader Mickey, the bass barker Snoopy, the tenor barker Shareen,