He is caught by a boy who, pleased at the attention he gets for people thinking it was his dog who won the game, takes him in. Later, Ribsy sneaks into a high school football game, wanders onto the field, and makes the game-winning tackle. Soon after, he finds himself becoming the unofficial mascot for a class of elementary school students until he is kicked out over an incident with a squirrel. He chafes at a coat and colorful leash, then escapes. After she feeds him dinner, he sleeps while she goes out to shop for her new pet. Frawley who told him to go away when he raises his paw in greeting and she invites him in. He endures a bubble bath and escapes, wandering in search of Henry. But a different family, with several daughters and a son, gets in and takes him home with them. He eventually wants to return to await Henry, and gets into the first new-smelling car he finds. At the mall, he is left in the car, and he lowers the electric window with the button. In it, the Hugginses have a new car, and go out shopping Ribsy, denied a ride, chases it at up to 25 miles per hour, and is finally allowed in. Like most of the Henry Huggins books, the incidents in this book follow an ongoing plot line. Henry plays a minor role in the story, however, as the narrative focuses primarily on his dog, Ribsy. It is the sixth and final book in the Henry Huggins series. Ribsy is a children's book by Beverly Cleary.
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