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When famous crowd-pleasing, foul-smelling "Stinky Plant" fails to bloom one year at the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Garden substitutes a celebrity 2-ton 50 foot Arizona saguaro cactus: Old Granddad.Before the saguaro, worth thousands of dollars, arrives by truck, Watch Dog, on Garden duty, overhears three men plotting to steal Old Granddad. Because Watch Dog cannot speak with humans, he enlists Dee, a Native-American high school student Capitol Police intern, who contributes her Navajo culture's vast knowledge of animals and plants. At the secret Nighttime Congress, composed of magically enlivened statutes from all states, with Watch Dog and his detective partner Capitol Cat beaming, George Washington leads approval of the saguaro protection mission. The sleuthing trio: wheel-chair bound Dee, Watch Dog, and Capitol Cat thwart the theft-in-progress. Readers learn about plants, American history, police work and the loyalty and love of friends.Judge Janice Law's books in this series include: Capitol Cat & Watch Dog Hunt Thomas Jefferson's Hair in the Library of Congress; Outwit the U.S. Supreme Court, and Unite Lady Freedoms.