Nor is it the name of any known animal, vegetable, or mineral. According to our files and records, it’s not a real word. Lirpa? What the heck does that mean? Hang on a second, we need to check this out.ĭata Control shows no listing for Lirpa. I had been out doing a routine patrol of the headquarters compound, when all at once I became aware of. Where were we? Oh yes, The Case of the So Forth.

well, it could lead to terrible things, things so grave and dangerous that I’m not even allowed to discuss them. Why, if our codes and plans fell into the wrong hands. You can imagine how serious this could be. Once in place, these sensitive devices can pick up Top Secret conversations between and among the elite troops of the Security Division. See, we’ve suspected for a long time that they sometimes plant secret listening devices in our headquarters compound. It drives ’em nuts, heh heh, which is exactly where we want to drive ’em. Have we mentioned this? Maybe not, but it’s true. In the Security Business, we often spell important words backward to confuse our enemies. I remember it well, because April spelled backward becomes Lirpa. It began one dark night toward the end of.

It started strangely and it ended strangely, and in between it was. Everything about The Case of the Burrowing Robot was strange. ContentsĬhapter Four The Bogus Enemy Train ReportĬhapter Six Our Dangerous Mission into the GardenĬhapter Eleven Madame Moonshine Works Her MagicĬhapter Twelve It Wasn’t a Space Robot Chapter One: Mechanical Geniuses at Work Dedicationįor Nathaniel Bennett Hobson, a future fan of the Hank books which are edited by his mother, Kristin Gilson. Erickson.Įxcept in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Hank the Cowdog® is a registered trademark of John R. Publication Informationįirst published in the United States of America by Viking Children’s Books and Puffin Books, members of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2003.Ĭurrently published by Maverick Books, Inc., 2012Īll rights reserved Maverick Books, Inc.

Slim's Good-bye by John R. Erickson