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too many words that rhyme with ‘barn,’” Mary grumbled.
    â€œDarn!” ZuZu replied. Then he laughed.
    Grandpa Spooger laughed, too. “L-looks l-like you f-f-fooled them, H-Harry!”
    â€œI did, Grandpa. But they even had a third clue. That invitation was one big cow patty. Where do you find those things?”
    â€œI p-put one in m-my d-d-dad’s mailbox once,” Grandpa Spooger said. “We u-used to l-l-live on a f-farm in Indiana.”
    Song Lee giggled the loudest.
    As the Goog Mobile passed grazing cows in the countryside, Mary called out, “I know. We’re going to a farm!”
    â€œAll right!” Harry exclaimed. “You finally got it! The Milk Farm!”
    ZuZu got out his invitation and read the poem with the two missing words:
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Use your noodle.
Think of a barn.
We’re going to party
At the MilkFarm!
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Mary made a face. “Harry Spooger! ‘Farm’ and ‘barn’ do not rhyme!”
    â€œThey almost do,” Song Lee said. “It’s still a fun poem.”
    Harry flashed Song Lee a toothy smile. “Dibs on sitting next to you at the party,” he said.
    Song Lee’s face turned rosy red.
    â€œDibs on sitting next to the birthday boy!” Sidney added.
    Harry rolled his eyeballs, but he didn’t object.
    It was exciting when we finally arrived at the Milk Farm! A huge wooden cow stood on the roof holding a gigantic strawberry ice-cream cone.

    â€œOkay, everyone out,” Grandma Spooger said. “Stay together now. We have a table reserved inside.”
    Everyone took their present with them to the Milk Farm. ZuZu and Dexter helped Sidney carry his. “Why is this so heavy?” ZuZu asked.
    â€œYou’ll see,” Sid said.
    Grandma Spooger helped Grandpa Spooger into his wheelchair.
    â€œL-let’s e-eat!” Grandpa Spooger said.
    Harry pushed his grandfather in his wheelchair carefully to the barn. I held the door as they went inside.
    Grandma Spooger went back to the van for the cake. It was in one of her A-1 Cakes boxes.
    â€œThere’s an ice-cream smorgasbord up there. Go help yourself, kids. Make yourself a super sundae,” she said.
    We all got in line and made our creations. Sid’s had the most stuff on it. Song Lee put nine strawberries on her sundae. I made a banana split. When Mary just ordered a Kiddy Cone, Harry said, “That’s what I’m bringing home for The Goog.” Mary just rolled her eyes as she licked her cone.
    Harry chuckled as he made two hot chocolate fudge sundaes with whipped cream and nuts. One for his grandpa and one for himself.
    After we enjoyed the ice cream, Grandma Spooger took out the cake she had baked for Harry’s birthday.
    It was horrible!
    But Harry loved it!

    The cake was inside a new litter box. The frosting had vanilla cookie crumbs with green sprinkles. The top was dotted with little Tootsie Rolls. One was hanging over the pan.
    â€œEweeyeee!” five of us said as Grandma Spooger got out a new pooper-scooper for serving the cake.
    Harry and Sidney and Song Lee loved it. They clapped their hands and giggled!
    â€œI don’t think I can eat Harry’s birthday cake,” Mary said.

    â€œMe neither,” Ida and Dexter said.
    â€œMaybe we should open the presents first,” Grandma Spooger suggested. “We can cut the cake and sing ‘Happy Birthday’ a little later.”
    Harry didn’t object. He dived into all the presents. He loved each one. I gave him a copy of Stone Fox , my favorite book. It’s about an exciting dogsled race.
    Song Lee made him a collection of origami insects, and included the origami book. The one on top was a praying mantis.
    â€œBe careful with that one,” Sid said.
    Song Lee beamed.
    Mary gave him a pair of pajamas with cows on them. Ida gave him a set of rubbery reptiles and amphibians. Harry liked the red salamander best. Dexter gave him an Elvis