Big Top Flop by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Aladdin

TWIN SPIN

“Thanks for driving us to the park today, Daddy,” Nancy said the next morning. “What will you do while we work on our case?”

“I’ll read the Sunday paper here in the car,” Mr. Drew said as he drove. “How would you girls like to work on the puzzles in the kids section?”

Nancy shook her head as she sat between Bess and George in the backseat.

“No, thanks, Daddy,” Nancy said. “The only puzzle we want to solve right now is our mystery!”

Nancy had already told her dad about the case of the switched whistles.

“Do you have any suspects?” Mr. Drew asked.

“We’re pretty sure Fifi and Felix Fabuloso did the switcheroo, Mr. Drew,” George said.

“The proof is in the glitter!” Bess added.

Mr. Drew was a lawyer but often thought like a detective. He smiled at the girls in the rearview mirror and said, “Just be careful not to accuse Fifi and Felix right away.”

“Why not, Daddy?” Nancy asked.

“Because sometimes even your proof needs proof,” Mr. Drew replied.

Before Nancy could ask what he meant, Mr. Drew pulled up to the park.

“Thanks again, Daddy!” Nancy said as she and her friends filed out. “See you after we find Fifi and Felix!”

“Where do you think the twins are?” George asked as they walked away from the car.

“Maybe in their trailer getting ready for the next show,” Nancy said.

“Or their next trick!” Bess said with a frown.

The Clue Crew reached the circus grounds. They were about to walk past the big tent toward the trailers when—

“Excuse me, girls,” someone said.

Nancy and her friends turned. A guard stood behind them. The name on her shiny silver badge read FRAN.

“Kids aren’t allowed on the circus grounds until a half hour before the show,” Fran said.

Nancy knew they had to look for Fifi and Felix right away.

“George was the junior ringmaster yesterday, and she forgot something in her trailer,” Nancy blurted. “Can we go there and look for it, please?”

“It’s her favorite pink hair barrette!” Bess added.

“Yuck, Bess!” George cried horrified. “Since when do I ever wear pink hair barrettes?”

Nancy was about to jump in when she noticed Fran smiling at George.

“So you’re the one who couldn’t whistle?” Fran asked.

“That was me,” George muttered.

“Tough luck, kid,” Fran said. She nodded toward the trailers in the distance. “You can go to your trailer and look for that pink barrette. Just don’t stay long, okay?”

Nancy thanked Fran. As the girls rushed toward the trailers, George pulled the broken whistle from her pocket.

“Even the guard thinks I’m a whistling loser!” George complained. “Why won’t this dumb thing work?”

George stuck the whistle in her mouth. Puffing her cheeks, she tried to get a sound out of it. It was no use.

“It doesn’t work, George,” Nancy said.

“And you look like a blowfish!” Bess giggled.

George dropped the whistle back in her pocket. As the girls walked, they could hear dogs barking in the distance.

“We know Oodles of Poodles are here today,” Nancy said with a smile. “But where are Fifi and Felix?”

“There!” Bess said excitedly.

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