Chapters 5-8 Summary

Chapter 5: The doorbell rings on Saturday morning. Tree wakes Dab, telling him that M'Vy is home. If M'Vy has her hands full or has forgotten her key, she will ring the bell. Tree runs to the door but it is not M'Vy, it is Miss Ole Lady Cenithia Pricherd. M'Vy hired Miss Pricherd to clean the house on Saturdays. Tree is not happy about the old woman being there. According to Tree, she sits down every ten minutes and eats all of the food in the house. On top of that, she never finishes the work even though Tree helps. Tree says she does not mind if Miss Pricherd takes breaks and eats the food, she just wishes the old woman wouldn't try to be so sneaky about it. Tree says Miss Pricherd is not a very good sneak.

Today Tree...