Angela Nicely: Puppy Love!

Angela Nicely: Puppy Love! is a book.

Puppy Love!
At breakfast, Angela Nicely tells Mrs Nicely about a puppy she saw outside the chip shop the previous day, hoping that it may be lost since she wants to adopt it. Mrs. Nicely tells her daughter that the dog was not lost, and they will never get one, since "dogs are smelly and dirty and way too much trouble". Angela points out that dogs aren't any trouble if you train them, but Mrs. Nicely asks who will clean up when the dog "does its business". Angela says that she will, but Mrs. Nicely says that she hates dogs and wouldn't want to get dog hair on her new sofa. Angela goes outside and asks Mr Nicely for a dog, but he says no, since he feels he can't convince Mrs. Nicely to change her mind, and he feels that "dogs and cats don't mix". Angela, feeling frustrated at not having a dog and jealous of Bertie and Dora who do have dogs, tries to offer some suggestion involving a puppy to Mrs. Nicely, but she angrily says no.

Later that morning, Angela complains about her parents' refusal to get a dog to her friends in the park. Maisie suggests relentlessly begging her parents, but Angela has tried that already, then Laura thinks it would be cool to have a "dog library", which is similar to a library except you borrow dogs instead of books. Angela then decides that she needs to prove that she can look after a dog, so she decides to start a dog walking business. Using a piece of card and Laura's borrowed pen, she makes a sign advertising her free dog walking "servis" and holds it up. After a while, the girls' classmate Ryan approaches with his dog Max. Angela offers to walk Max while Ryan gets an ice cream, and he shows interest, but asks what the "catch" is. The girls explain that there isn't one, so Ryan gives Max to Angela and asks for him back in an hour and not to let him get muddy.

Angela and her friends walk Max around the park and run into their elderly neighbour Mrs. Crab, with her dog Scruff. Angela offers to walk Scruff, and Mrs. Crab accepts. The girls set off with the dogs, but Max is stronger than Angela and Scruff (who is being walked by Laura) keeps going the wrong way, then the dogs accidentally tie their leashes around Angela's legs. They untangle the leads, but as they're leaving the park, Max runs off to dig in a sandpit, with Scruff following him. Angela ends up landing in a flowerbed while the dogs dig, and a woman tells her off due to the "No dogs allowed" sign. The girls take the dogs to Angela's house, but the dogs refuse to sit still and then Scruff poops on the driveway.

Angela wants to clean it up, but can't since she hasn't got a pooper scoop, so she plans to bring the dogs in, make them obey, surprise her parents with their obedience, and then later find a spade to clean the poop up. They enter the house, and then Pusskins appears, but runs away in fear when he sees the dogs. This prompts them to chase him into the lounge. He yowls and hisses, they bark, and Mrs. Nicely, hearing the animal noises, enters the house and screams because the dogs walked on her sofa and tore a cushion. She orders the girls to take the dogs away, which they do, and then gets really angry at Angela after stepping in Scruff's poop.

Tiger Trouble!
Angela's class are painting, when Angela notices an ad for Teacher of the Year in one of the newspapers on the floor. She tells Laura, stating that Miss Darling ought to be Teacher of the Year. Maisie approaches and Angela and Laura tell her about the contest. All three girls agree that Miss Darling is the best teacher due to her patience and affability, but they feel they can't vote since they're only children. Angela starts painting a list of reasons Miss Darling should win, but when Miss Darling approaches to tell the girls to stop talking, Angela paints it over because she wants her victory to be a surprise.

After school, Angela asks Mr. Nicely how teachers win Teacher of the Year "rewards". He corrects it to awards, and says he doesn't know, since he isn't a teacher. Angela explains that she wants Miss Darling to win, and Mr. Nicely says that she would have to do something "special", such as lifesaving. The next day, Angela calls a meeting of the GOBS (Girls Only, Boys Smell) club and tells them that Miss Darling needs to be noticed to be teacher of the year. Maisie suggests dyeing her hair pink, but Angela doesn't think that would work. Laura suggests becoming the first teacher in space, but Angela thinks that would take too long, so she suggests saving something or someone. Then, she gets an idea: have Laura dress up in Angela's tiger onesie, so that Miss Darling can "save" the school.

The next day, Angela brings her tiger onesie to school, but Laura thinks it looks too ridiculous to wear. Angela and Maisie convince her to wear it anyway, and to practice growling. Then, the girls set up their plan: Laura pretends to be a tiger in the girls' toilets, then Angela and Maisie claim that there is a tiger, and when Miss Darling approaches, Laura changes into her normal clothes and pretends the tiger escaped out the window.

The girls set up their plan and tell Tiffany about the "tiger", but she rudely dismisses them. However, when she sees Laura, Tiffany is fooled and believes there really is a tiger. She bursts out of the classroom to tell Miss Darling, followed by Angela and Maisie, and they tell Miss Darling that there is a tiger in the girls' toilets. Several people show up, including Miss Boot, who demands to know what is going on and eventually asks to be shown. She bangs on the door and Laura growls back, but Miss Boot isn't fooled and bursts in and grabs Laura by the tail of the onesie. Laura screams, Miss Boot recognises the voice, and Laura pulls back her head and reveals it was Angela's idea. Angela explains herself, then Miss Darling loses Teacher of the Year, making Angela angry, especially since all the winner did was plant flowers.

The Tidiest Tent!
Angela excitedly leaps out of bed, anticipating a trip to Brownie camp, which is going to be her first time ever going camping since Mrs. Nicely doesn't see the point of sleeping on a "lumpy airbed in the freezing cold". Angela is also looking forward to earning more badges than Tiffany, who currently has more badges due to having been a Brownie for longer. On the bus, Brown Owl asks who has been camping anymore, and Tiffany boasts that she goes camping in France every year. When they arrive at the campsite, Tiffany complains about having to swim in a river instead of a pool (she thinks the river is too cold and doesn't want to run into "slimy creatures") and the only sink being in a barn with no hot tap.

The girls are divided into six groups (Angela with Maisie and Laura and Tiffany with Suki and Alice) and after a struggle, Angela's group manages to set up their tent. Then, after dinner, Brown Owl sends the girls to bed and tells them that she expects them to keep their tents tidy, and the owners of the neatest won will win a badge. Laura is afraid at night, and then she and Angela become more nervous when they hear thumping and snapping noises. Angela wakes up Maisie and explains that there's something inside. Eventually, Angela decides to go out with her two best friends and scare away whatever is making the sounds, but while they're out, somebody sneaks into the tent and deflates the girls' airbeds.

The next morning, Brown Owl wakes up Angela and her friends, telling them off for not waking up earlier to tidy their tent. Maisie tries to explain that they needed to catch up on sleep after someone let down their airbeds, but Brown Owl thinks she's just "telling stories". Tiffany, whose tent got full marks, mocks Angela for sleeping in, and Angela accuses her of being the one who let down her and her friends' airbeds. The Brownies learn camping skills, and at night, Angela leads her friends (who are reluctant because it's raining) out to Tiffany's tent to get revenge on her.

Angela and her friends sneak into Tiffany's tent and try to steal her clothes, but it doesn't work out, since Tiffany was bunking with Brown Owl and Tawny Owl due to her tent leaking. Brown Owl then shows up in her nightie, revealing that Angela and her friends accidentally stole her clothes. Angela gives the game away by blushing, so Brown Owl punishes her by making her air out the clothes that got rained on and wash the dishes. Tiffany wins the neatness inspection again and starts teasing Angela, so Angela dumps the dishwater on Tiffany.

Trivia

 * "The Tidiest Tent!" reveals that Mrs. Nicely doesn't like camping (since she feels airbeds are lumpy and it's too cold), Tiffany goes camping in France once a year, Laura is afraid of the dark and snakes, and Tiffany and Maisie both snore.