To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig she's a porcine wonder.
And to the portly and good-natured Mercy, the Watsons are an excellent
source of buttered toast, not to mention that buttery-toasty feeling she
gets when she snuggles into bed with them. This is not, however, so good
for the Watson's bed. BOOM! CRACK! As the bed and its occupants slowly
sink through the floor, Mercy escapes in a flash to alert the fire
department, her owners assure themselves. But could Mercy possibly have
another emergency in mind like a sudden craving for their neighbor's
sugar cookies. Welcome to the wry and endearing world of Mercy Watson an
ebullient new character for early chapter-book readers in a series
that's destined to be a classic.