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cheese!
    â€œLola’s favorite flavor is blue cheese and onions,” Maya explained. “She can smell them a mile away!”
    George squeezed her nose and said, “So can we.”
    â€œHere. Give this to Lola,” Nicki said. She tossed a biscuit to Bess. “Then you can telleveryone you fed the famous Diva Dog!”
    Bess scrunched her nose as she caught the stinky biscuit. “That’s okay,” she said. “I don’t really have to—”
    â€œArrf!” Lola jumped at the biscuit, her paws landing on Bess’s shoulders.
    â€œLola—no!” Nicki said.
    Nancy gasped. Bess’s brand-new daisy top was covered with muddy paw prints!

CHAPTER TWO
Diva Dog Shocker
    â€œOh, no!” Bess cried as Lola jumped down, crunching the biscuit. “My new daisy top!”
    â€œAre you lucky or what?” Maya said. “Now you’ll have Lola’s pawtograph all over your shirt!”
    Nancy couldn’t believe her ears! “Lucky?” she said. “Bess’s new shirt is ruined.”
    â€œAnd Lola has the worst dog breath I ever smelled in my life,” Bess muttered.
    â€œLola didn’t mean it,” Maya said with a smile. “But I know how I can make it up to you.”
    â€œHow?” Bess asked glumly.
    â€œWhy don’t you wave Lola’s dog biscuit in the fashion show today?” Maya said.
    â€œBut I thought that was Nicki’s job,” Bess said.
    â€œIt is my job!” Nicki agreed.
    â€œNot today, Nicki,” Maya told her.
    Nicki’s face turned about as red as her hair.
    â€œFine!” she snapped. “I am sick of being a maid to that diva dog, anyway. Whatever Lola wants—Lola gets!”
    Chip barked after Nicki as she stormed off.
    â€œNicki said ‘diva’ like it was a bad thing,” Maya said with a shrug. She turned to Bess. “Well? Will you do it?”
    â€œI don’t know,” Bess said slowly.
    â€œGo for it, Bess!” George exclaimed.
    â€œYou’ll get to be in the fashion show,” Nancy said. “Just like Chip and me.”
    Bess’s eyes lit up. Finally she smiled and said, “Okay. I’m in.”
    â€œNeat!” Maya said. “Lola’s Bon Appetit biscuits are in a basket inside her trailer. My mom and dad filled it with fresh ones about a half hour ago.”
    â€œAre your parents in the trailer?” Nancy asked.
    â€œNo,” Maya said. “They’re at the mayor’s lunch party in the park rec hall right now.”
    â€œMy mom is there too!” George said. “She’s a caterer. She cooked veggie lasagna and double-chocolate brownies for the party. I hope she brings home a doggy bag.”
    â€œWas that another dog joke?” Bess groaned.
    Maya waved good-bye as she walked off with Lola.
    Suddenly the loudspeaker crackled and an announcement blared. The fashion show would begin at one o’clock sharp.
    â€œIt’s twelve thirty now,” Nancy said, glancing at her watch. “We’d better pick up those biscuits.”
    â€œWhat if I can’t find them?” Bess asked.
    â€œYou will,” George said. “Just follow the smell!”
    On the way to Lola’s trailer, the girls saw kids from their school, River Heights Elementary. Ned Nickerson was walking his German shepherd, Max. Kevin Garcia was there with hisbeagle, Hudson. Andrea Wu was trying to stop her terrier, Angus, from chasing a squirrel.
    But when the girls saw Peter Patino they had to stop and stare. Peter was walking a gigantic dog with thick black fur. A string of drool hung from the dog’s mouth.
    â€œIs that your dog, Peter?” Nancy called.
    Peter stopped to give the dog a biscuit. “It’s Mayor Strong’s dog, Huey,” he called back. “I’m just walking him while the mayor has his lunch party—whoaaaaa!”
    The dog barked as he dragged Peter away.
    â€œIt looks