Encyclopedia Brown sets the pace by Sobol Donald J. 1924- & Ohlsson Ib 1935-

Author:Sobol, Donald J., 1924- & Ohlsson, Ib, 1935-
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery and detective stories
Publisher: New York : Scholastic
Published: 1982-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

The Case of the Crowing Rooster

of times in an hour/' he proclaimed. "But I don't want to wear out the poor bird in a mere demonstration."

Wilford was fairly dancing with glee. "You saw Bill do it! You saw his box send out secret rays that made the rooster crow three times!"

"You're full of baloney," jeered Bugs. "That's a trained rooster."

"You can't train a rooster, friend," Wilford asserted. "The rays made him crow."

"So what?" cried Bugs. "What's Bill going to invent next? An electric spoon?"

"Bugs is right," Lisa whispered to Encyclopedia. "What good is a ray that makes a rooster crow?"

"I'm sure Wilford has something else up his sleeve," answered Encyclopedia.

Wilford's eyes were gleaming. He had played his audience to a fine pitch of doubt. Now he was ready to turn the doubt into belief.

"Bill is developing a ray to control hens," he declared. "Hens are smarter than roosters. So the hen ray takes longer to work out."

"Hens don't crow," shouted Lisa. "They cluck."

"How right you are!" Wilford trumpeted. "Hens cluck . . . and they lay eggs. Bill is perfecting a ray to make hens lay eggs on command!"

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