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| Girls, Guts and Glory! |
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| I'm twelve,I'm tough, I tweet |
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| Amos Lee |
Rain, Rain, Rain, wonderful rain,
Falling on the road,
Pitter Pat, Pitter Pat,
That’s how the rain falls on the mat!
There is my sister jumping in puddles,
And there is my dog getting all muddled!
Rain, Rain, Rain, wonderful rain,
Rain very hard with thunder and lightning,
And water all the trees
To get a nice breeze!
“Guess what?” asked Dink Duncan “There’s
a circus coming to Green Lawn”.” Really?”
Ruth Rose Hathaway asked. She always dressed in one colour. Today, from her headband to shoes was blue. Josh Pinto’s freckled face appeared over a book. His twin brothers Bradley and Brian had finished eating. They had red hair and brown eyes. Dink’s Cousin Lucy Armstrong and Ruth Rose’s brother Nate were playing
Chess. Dink and Lucy had blond hair and
Blue eyes. Nate had black hair and brown eyes like his sister. “Shall we go to the
Circus today? “Lucy asked. Dink shook his head”No.Not today, I have to do some errands for my mom”.
The next day at the circus, Ruth Rose was
Green from head to toe.” You look like a tree” Brian joked. They bought the tickets and went in. Josh and the twins bought popcorn as soon as they went in.
They saw clowns, horses, trapeze, an elephant playing baseball and performing
Dogs. A clown was always tripping over his feet. He had make-up on his cheeks a red nose and a feathery hat. There were white horses and brown horses.They also saw a talking parrot. Then, they all ate ice creams in Ellie’s Diner. After eating ice creams they went home.
Next day, Lucy bought a newspaper. On top of the page was written in big, black
Letters:
BURGLARY IN WALKER HOUSE
Lucy rushed into the house to show it to Dink. Dink’s mom told her that Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose had gone for a picnic.
Then Nate came to Dink’s house. “Did you see the newspaper?” he asked breathlessly. “Yes, let’s go to Josh’s house”.
At Josh’s house, they showed the twins the newspaper. ”Let’s go and talk to Mr.Walker. We can try to solve the mystery like the older kids” said Lucy. ”And look for clues” Nate added. ”We can find suspects” Bradley continued. ”And write it down in my notebook” finished Brian. They all laughed.
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They walked over to Mr.Walker’s house.
They rang the bell...A man who appeared to be thirty years old opened the door.
He was wearing red sneakers, a yellow shirt and a blue baseball cap. “Are you Mr.Walker?” Brian asked. The man nodded,
“Come in” he said.
The kids introduced themselves. ”Ah!” He said”So, you are the siblings of Green Lawn’s detectives Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose”. Lucy said “We are here to try and solve this mystery. I Hope you don’t mind if we ask you some questions?”. “No, I don’t mind at all”. “Can you tell us what happened exactly?”. “My cook and I had our dinner and went to sleep” he said.
“Was there anyone else other than your cook and you?” Lucy asked. ”No, no one else. Then suddenly we heard a sound of someone going out through the window. I took a stick and went outside. There was no one out. I switched on the lights only to find that all my money, my mother’s jewels, the old objects that I had collected and some old stamps”. Brian was taking it all down in his notebook.
“What time was it when you woke up?”. .Lucy asked. “It was about 1;00 A.M.
I then called Officer Fallon”. He said.
“Thank You Mr.Walker. Can we look for clues now?” asked Nate. “Yes, you can”
They searched high and low. Then suddenly, Brian gave a yell. They saw some white paint on a wall. Lucy took a photo using her camera which she had got for her birthday from Dink.They went outside and stood near the window. There was a big, green feather lying down.
Bradley picked it up and kept it in his pocket. “A man could easily get in through this window.” Lucy said. They went back in. Lucy had one last look in the bedroom. She saw something shiny under the bed. She took it. It was red and circular. She kept it I her pocket. They said thanks to Mr.Walker. When they were about to leave, Bradley asked “What’s the cook’s name and address.” Mr.Walker said “His name is Jack Harris. He lives in Oak Street.” They said thank you and left.
The kids trooped into Nate’s house. ”I am hungry”, Brian announced. They made sandwiches and ate them. After eating, they wrote down the suspects and clues.
Suspects;
· Jack Harris
Lucy displayed the three clues on the table. Brian looked at the red thing and said “That looks like Rudolph’s nose”. “Of course, that could be part of a disguise” said Lucy.
Clues;
· White paint on the wall(have taken a photo)
· Long, Green feather
· Red, Plastic nose (probably for disguise)
“I think we should go and ask some questions to Mr.Harris” said Lucy.
“Cool, then we can have ice creams in Ellie’s Diner when we come back” said Bradley.
They went to Oak Street and found the cook’s house. They said to Mr.Harris that they were trying to solve the mystery.
Mr.Harris said” I saw a torch light in the hall, I thought that it was my master trying to find something. After sometime I heard my master yell to me. I went and saw that everything was stolen. I have some work to do now. I am sorry I have to go now”. The kids said thanks and went to Ellie’s Diner to eat ice creams.
They saw a flyer on a tree. It was about the circus:
COME TO THE CIRCUS
SEE:
· WALTZING HORSES
· CLEVER DOGS
· FUNNY CLOWNS
· TRAPEZE WALKERS
AND MUCH,MUCH MORE…
Then suddenly, Lucy got it “Clowns” she suddenly cried.
”Of course, why didn’t I think of it before?. Clowns wear white make up, they wear feathery hats, and they have shiny, red noses. It will also be a perfect disguise. Nobody will recognize the thief because of the clown costume.” She said.
“There are three clowns there. Mr.William, Mr.Robin and Mr.Potter. Have you also noticed that the hats of the clowns had nine feathers each.” Said Bradley. ”The clown with eight feathers must be the thief. He also won’t have his plastic nose” said Brian.They went to the circus again.
They saw the circus clowns again.Nate said that his legs were feeling tired. They found a bench and sat down. They didn’t find anything unusual there. Just as they were about to go. Lucy remembered that she had left her coat in the bench.
The others waited for her. When Lucy took her coat, she heard some quarrelling nearby. She bent down to look. One of the clowns Mr.Potters was saying “I am sorry but I lost my fake nose somewhere” to the head of the circus.
Lucy ran back to tell the others what she had heard. All of them went to Officer Fallon.
They told him the whole story from the beginning to the end. They showed him the clues and the suspects. When Lucy had ran back to get her coat, Brian had added three more suspects to his list.
Suspects:
· Mr.Jack Harris
· Mr.William
· Mr.Potters
· Mr.Robins
Officer Fallon heard the story and went to the circus. He asked Mr.Potters whether what the kids said was true. Mr.Potters was scared and confessed. The clown was arrested and the stolen things were all returned to Mr.Walker.
Officer Fallon said to the kid’s parents “Without them we wouldn’t have caught the thief.”. They had a ‘Great Job’ party for them.
Brian, Bradley. Lucy and Nate all told about their mystery to Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose and they listened big-eyed and amazed.
THE END
(This story is based on Ron Roy's Calendar Mysteries series.)
One day Whisky Rabbit was playing with Misty mouse in play land, which was in Treetop land.
Whisky rabbit’s grandmas’s house was near the Himalayas .Suddenly aunt Kitty came with a suitcase.she said, “Come on Whisky! Come on Misty mouse !,let’s all go to grandma’s house ” . So they went to grandma’s house.
When thy reached grandma’s home, it was night.
They all went to sleep.
Grandma had honey in the loft to make pancakes.
When it was midnight, someone came inside the home by jumping through the window.
Thud! Whisky rabbit opened his eyes, then went back to sleep. Blackie Bear had come to their home. He drank some honey and went to his home, the forest.
When Whisky and Misty mouse got up in the morning, they found the honey lesser than yesterday. Whisky and Misty mouse began to think,
‘Who would have stolen the honey?’Suddenly , Whisky rabbit screamed , “Bears ! Bears love honey”
Misty mouse said, “ Let’s stay awake to night”
Later,that night Whisky and Misty mouse stayed awake .At midnight, Thud !,they saw the bleak bear jump through the window. Whisky and Misty mouse were so kind, they advised the bear,
“ Stealing is a bad habit, please, do not steel honey ”
the bear agreed , he said,“I will not steel any more”
and he winked as he was lying. Whisky and Misty mouse did not notice that. They went happily to sleep.
Next morning they told everyone that they advised the black bear.
That evening, cheeky and the Misty mouse were painting near the window , after that they had their diner and went to bed. They slept well.
That night the cunning black bear came back.
As usual, he jumped through the window. He stamped the wet paint, but did not bother about that, as he was in a hurry to drink the honey. He drank some more honey and left
Next morning, Whisky and Misty mouse saw the foot prints near the loft. They understood that the black bear didn’t keep his words, and they decided to punish the bear.
Next day , the set a trap for him, covered by a thin carpet. Whisky told the mouse “ I will hide behind this honey pot, when the bear falls in to the trap, I will give u a sign, then u call the inspector Mr.Shersingh.”
That night, everything happened as they planned,
The bear was trapped, Whisky gave a sign, the mouse called the inspector Mr.Shersingh. He arrested the black bear.
Next morning, aunt Kitty and grandma came to know that the black bear was arrested. Grandma was very happy. She was very glad that Whisky and Misty mouse had done this !
She made pancakes with the remaining honey, they all had a delicious feast.
Then aunt kitty, Whisky rabbit and Misty mouse went back to Treetop land happily.
THE END !
