Johnny Watson owned a million dollar pet!
[CHAPTER TWO]
The Treasure of Venus
Yes, a million dollars, maybe even more, and all for one little bear!
Johnny sighed shakily at the thought and hugged his bear to him.
"What's the matter, Johnny?" Baba clicked, waving his claws to dry them, like a lady getting ready for a party.
"You know," Johnny said, "I was just wishing for the good old days when you had your baby black nails and your pretty squeaky voice, and we didn't have to be afraid of anything."
"I'm sorry," Baba clicked. "I couldn't help it. I just grew." Baba looked so sorrowfully down his nose that Johnny laughed, swung the little bear up above his head and sat him down on a branch.
"You're a silly," Johnny said. "I know you couldn't help it. I was just wishing."
Most of all he was wishing that bouncing bears didn't have jewels for claws at all. But he knew that was a silly wish, too.