"Young lady, no dog has ever dug to China," Hallie Jo is told over and over again. But she knows something special about her beagle Henry. "My dog CAN dig to CHINA," she insists, but the townsfolk don't believe her. Not the fireman, not the baker, not the postman . . . not even Mrs. Beale! So Hallie Jo sets out on a mission to show everyone that she's telling the truth.