"Do you want some kittens of your own?" he asked Mudge.
Mudge grunted and wagged his tail again. (p. 40)
Today I read Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble, one of the many books in the Henry and Mudge series (RTR2). This book consists of three stories about the young boy Henry and his dog Mudge. The quotation above is from The Kittens, the last of the three stories. Henry likes some kittens and he always takes Mudge to see them. Mudge also likes them, and he licks them.
Like all the Henry and Mudge books, this one is really cute. The drawings by Suçie Stevenson are really good.