Alien in the Classroom by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

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Lester the Spy

I see you found my car,” Ms. Zagon said with a smile. “Want a marshmallow?”

The girls didn’t answer. They ran to their bikes and rode off, screaming all the way home.

Before dinner Nancy sat on her bed. She opened her blue notebook and wrote “weird picture” on her Alien list.

“Phooey!” Nancy said to herself. “The Alien list is much longer than the Human list.”

“Nancy! Dinner!” Hannah Gruen called from the dining room. Hannah was the Drews’ housekeeper.

Nancy shut her notebook and hurried downstairs. She sat down at the table and stared at her plate.

“The macaroni,” Nancy said slowly. “It’s shaped like flying saucers.”

“Yes,” Hannah said. “I saw it at the supermarket and thought it was cute.”

Nancy put down her fork and sighed.

“Aren’t you hungry, Pudding Pie?” Carson Drew asked.

“Yes, Daddy,” Nancy said. “But first I have a question.”

Carson winked. “Shoot.”

“What if you’re trying to prove that you’re right, and you start finding out that you might be wrong?”

Carson took a sip of water. “There’s nothing wrong with being wrong. As long as you can admit it.”

Nancy thought for a moment. “I’m not wrong yet. But I feel as if I’m not getting anywhere with my new mystery.”

“Don’t give up, Pudding Pie,” Carson said. “You might be a lot closer than you think.”

Nancy smiled and ate a forkful of macaroni. It tasted good—for flying saucers.

I have one more day to solve this case, Nancy told herself after dinner. Then she thought about how she could prove that Ms. Zagon was not an alien. If only I could find out where she lives, she thought.

With her puppy, Chocolate Chip, at her heels, Nancy went into the den. She dragged the heavy phone book from her father’s desk and opened it to the Z’s.

“‘Zafowitz . . . Zager . . . Zagon,’ ” Nancy read out loud. “‘Diana Lynn Zagon.’ That must be her.”

She wrote Ms. Zagon’s name, telephone number, and address under the Human column in her notebook.

Nancy smiled down at her dog. “Now we’re getting somewhere, Chip.”

• • •

On Tuesday morning Nancy and her friends headed to their classroom.

“Are you sure the name in the phone book was Ms. Zagon’s?” George asked Nancy.

“I’m almost positive,” Nancy said firmly. She looked at Katie. “And aliens are not listed in the phone book.”

Katie put her hands on her hips. “I’ll bet aliens can make their names appear in the phone book if they want to.”

“Aliens can do anything,” Bess said.

“That does it,” Nancy said. “We’re all going to go to Ms. Zagon’s address right after school. Then we can see her house.”

“I wish we could find out what’s going on inside her house,” George said.

“Good idea,” Nancy said. “Maybe we’ll be able to.”

“But how?” Katie asked. “And what if Ms. Zagon catches us?”

“Yeah,” Bess said. “What if Ms. Zagon catches us?”

Katie rolled her eyes. “I just said that, Bess. You’re beginning to sound like Lester.”

Nancy snapped her fingers. “That’s it. We can use Lester!”

The girls formed a huddle in front of their classroom.

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