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food.
    “It’s time for our doggie contestants to eat,” Ms. Werner said. “Buffalo will go first.”
    “No! Ninja will go first,” Mr. Benjamin said strongly. He immediately removed Ninja’s leash. Ninja trotted right past Dante and Buffalo. He went directly to his bowl of food.
    Ninja got to his bowl, sniffed the food, then suddenly turned and walked away. “Must not be hungry,” Mr. Benjamin said with a snort. “Ninja eats when Ninja wants to eat.”
    “You insisted on going first, so if Ninja doesn’t eat right now,” Ms. Werner said, “he won’t get any points for this part of the audition.”
    “I can’t believe you haven’t hired Ninja for this commercial already,” Mr. Benjamin replied, his voice strained. “He did the best by far in all the other parts of the audition! So what if he won’t eat right this second. He’s the best dog actor there is. Ninja deserves this part.” Mr. Benjamin stomped his foot in anger.
    He turned toward the Aldens with an accusing look on his face. “It’s those kids,” he said, pointing at the Aldens. “They must have done something to Ninja’s bowl of food.”
    “We didn’t do anything,” Benny replied. “I would never do anything to Ninja. I love his show!”
    Jessie put a hand on Benny’s shoulder to quiet him. “Mr. Benjamin,” she said calmly. “We wouldn’t do anything to ruin Ninja’s audition.”
    “Sure you would. Your dog did poorly yesterday, so you need to ruin Ninja’s audition today,” Mr. Benjamin said. “Your dog can’t get over a log or under a bench without messing up. And he toppled the entire slide. Well, that’s just bad training.” Mr. Benjamin put his hands on his hips. “Your dog didn’t deserve to win any points yesterday.”
    Mr. Benjamin faced Dante. “And your dog! Your dog is an even worse actor. He couldn’t get through that audition with Timmy, could he? I’ll bet he kept running off the stage! Buffalo is a house pet, not an actor.”
    “But Buffalo didn’t run off the stage,” Dante said.
    “What is Mr. Benjamin talking about?” Benny asked his brother.
    “I really don’t know,” Henry replied.
    After insulting Watch and Buffalo, Mr. Benjamin turned back to Ms. Werner. “Bring me a fresh bowl of food and I’ll get Ninja to eat it,” Mr. Benjamin said.
    “It’s this bowl or no bowl,” Ms. Werner said. “It shouldn’t matter what bowl the food’s in.”
    Ms. Werner and Mr. Benjamin stared at each other. They were both angry.
    “Wait! I just figured out who’s been ruining the audition for Watch!” Henry said.

CHAPTER 8
Henry Explains
    Everyone in the room turned toward Henry.
    “Really?” Benny asked. “Who has been doing it, Henry? Who? And why?”
    Henry walked to the center of the room. Mr. Lillipool and Timmy came over to stand by Ms. Werner, Lisa, and Dante. Mr. Benjamin stood apart from them, but he was also listening to Henry.
    “I thought that someone was trying to ruin the audition for Watch,” Henry explained.
    “But that’s not it. Someone wanted to ruin the audition for Watch and another dog. So their dog would win.”
    “But Buffalo didn’t have any problems yesterday. Neither did Ninja,” Dante said. “So far only Watch has had the problems.”
    “I know,” Henry said. “But I realized that Buffalo was supposed to go before Watch at the kitchen audition. Buffalo needed a walk, so Watch took his turn instead.”
    “Oh!” Jessie said. “I get it! You think that the steak was meant to mess up Buffalo’s audition, not Watch’s. Watch already had trouble earlier on the obstacle course.”
    Mr. Benjamin got all red faced and angry. “I didn’t ruin any auditions. Ninja and I weren’t even in the room when Watch and Buffalo did their tasks. Both times we left right after we auditioned, before any mishaps took place.”
    “And that’s exactly how I figured it out,” Henry said. “Since you weren’t there, how did you know that Watch tipped over the bench and