Brings Back Diogenes

I don't know. I believe that's our ring. Hi, Dogy's. I'll believe you're right. No, see. Hello, John. I'm down, Storm. This is Robin Abner. Let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge. The mystery of the strange disappearance of Lom and Cedric is still uncalled.

Neither the police nor the townsfolk have discovered any helpful clues, even Mouse and Gray, who has turned detective, has failed to produce any worthwhile information. And if Lom doesn't return soon, Abner is faced with a prospect of losing his home in the store, because he mortgaged both of them to raise money for Lumsbale.

As we lookin' on the little community today, we find a woof full abner in the Jotam Downs store in library talking to Grand Pappy Spears. Hey, how's the morning, Grand Papp? Come on in, come on in.

Hey, what are you doin' there, Abba? Paintin' a sign? Uh-huh. Yeah. Pretty nice work. What's it for? Picnic or social or somethin'? No, no, nothin' like that. Let me read that. Don't get your clothes, Eric.

It ain't still wet. It ain't done on my back tickles. You're going to have it on your nose, Eric. You don't back off from that board, little. Big, closing out sale. Well, I do know.

Have a sale, huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everything must go. Price is cut half into. Oh, you can't do it, Abner. How am I doing that? Well, what do you mean, closing out sale? Just what it says on there, Grandpa.

You ain't closing out the jot'em down story. Why sure? I don't know what else I can do. I'm gonna lose the store anyway, so I just figured I might as well get all I can out of it first.