Lost in the Blinded Blizzard

"Lost in the Blinded Blizzard" is the 16th book in the Hank the Cowdog series.

Plot

Starts off with Hank and Drover staying at Slim's house on the northside of the ranch. Has Hank and Drover sleeping inside when Hank hears an odd ringing, which turns out to be the telephone. Hank then notices that while Slim is talking on the phone, a mouse is sitting on Slim's foot. Hank jumps at the mouse and it goes running up Slim's leg and causes Slim to 'freak out.' Slim gets angry at Hank, so both Hank and Drover go into hiding. The next morning a truck comes up to Slim's house and in the back is Hank's love, the collie Beulah and her boyfriend the English Pointer, Plato. Hank gets embarrassed when a flea starts biting him. Later that day, the ranch house calls Slim and tells him that Molly, the baby is sick, and he has medicine. A blizzard then hits. Slim and Hank try driving down in a truck but the truck goes off the ranch. Slim then gives Hank the responsibility of taking the medicine, tied around his neck, down to the house. The blizzard gets worse and worse and worse. And after about two hours after leaving Slim, Hank sees that the two coyote brothers, Rip and Snort. The coyotes say that they are hungry for heart, dog heart, Hank's heart. Hank is walking away from the coyotes after trying to out sing them, and he meets the burrowing owl, Madam Moonshine, and her rattlesnake sidekick, Timothy. Madam Moonshine says that Timothy could easily beat the coyotes in a fight. So the coyotes attack Timothy and Hank and Madam Moonshine walk away. Madam Moonshine says that Timothy will be alright. Hank then continues to the ranch and gives them the medicine.

Characters

*Hank- Head of Ranch Security, Australian Shepherd
*Drover- Hank's assistant, unknown crossbreed
*Slim Chance- Ranch Hand, human, lives on the northside of the ranch in a cabin
*Beulah- collie, Hank is in love with her, she lives on the neighboring ranch
*Plato- English Pointer, lives on the neighboring ranch, the boyfriend of Beulah
*Rip- coyote, was one a friend of Hank but in the end began working for Hank's number one enemy, Scraunch, now he is an antagonist in many of the books
*Snort- coyote, brother of Rip. Works for Scraunch as well, he is also an antagonist in many of the books
*High Loper- owner off the ranch, is married to Sally May, has two children with her
*Pete- Head of Mouse Control, barncat, him and Hank have never been friends

Links

* http://www.hankthecowdog.com/