Hairy Maclary is the star of a series of rhyming books about a shaggy Scottish terrier. In this book, he is at the vet’s surgery, where the busy waiting room is full of different animals – dogs, kittens, mice and a cockatoo called Cassie.
The story begins with Cassie plucking a hair from Hairy Maclary’s coat, causing him to jump and knock over a bowlful of mice. A chain reaction of chaos ensues that even the vet cannot control. Budgies take flight, a cat takes chase, a goat butts Cassie’s cage, and she happens to see a stray hair on Hairy Maclary’s coat…
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