Not Nice on Ice by Carolyn Keene

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

“They don’t taste as cold as you think they will,” Nancy announced.

George stood up from her snow angel and stepped away carefully.

“Your turn,” she said to her cousin Bess.

“No, thanks,” Bess said. “I don’t want to get my new coat snowy.”

“You and your clothes,” George said, rolling her eyes. “Do you have any clothes that you can actually play in?”

“Sure,” Bess said. “My old clothes. But I never wear them.”

“Why not?” Nancy asked, still lying on her back in the snow.

“Because they’re old, silly!” Bess said. “I like my new clothes better.”

Nancy got up and brushed off her own coat. Then she looked around the playground. She had been looking for Danielle Margolies all through lunch-time. Danielle was in a different third-grade class.

“If you’re looking for Danielle, she’s not here,” George said. “Amara told me. Danielle’s sick today.”

“Oh,” Nancy said.

“But we could spy on your other suspects,” George suggested. Nancy and Bess had told George all about the mystery. “Who else is on the list?”

“Mandy Trout and Megan,” Nancy said. “And maybe Susan Hong.”

“Well, there’s Mandy now,” George said.

Nancy followed George’s gaze. George was right—Mandy was walking toward the school door. Nancy knew it was her, because she always wore her scarf wrapped around her mouth.

“Where’s she going?” Nancy wondered out loud. “We’re not supposed to go back inside until the bell rings.”

“I’ll bet she’s up to something,” Bess said, pulling Nancy by the sleeve. “Let’s follow her.”

Nancy hurried toward the school. She didn’t need Bess to pull her. She wanted to solve this mystery more than anything in the world.

“Wait,” George said. “She’s turning around.”

All three girls stopped and pretended to be talking to each other. But Nancy watched Mandy out of the corner of her eye. Mandy seemed to be checking to make sure no one saw her. Then she slipped inside the school building.

Nancy, Bess, and George followed. But they didn’t get too close. They didn’t want her to see them.

The halls were empty. Mandy hurried to her classroom—Mrs. Keller’s room—and sneaked inside.

The three friends waited until Mandy had closed the door from inside the room.

Then they tiptoed up to the door. Nancy peeked through the glass pane to see what Mandy was doing. Bess and George stayed close to the wall, out of sight.

“What’s she doing?” Bess whispered in Nancy’s ear.

Nancy shook her head. She didn’t know the answer yet. Mandy was walking toward the blackboard. She had an eraser in her hand.

“What’s she doing?” Bess repeated.

“Oh, no!” Nancy gasped. “There’s a list of classroom chores on the blackboard.”

“So what?” George said softly.

“So she’s erasing her name from the list,” Nancy said. “And she’s writing in someone else’s name instead!”

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