Princess Mix-Up Mystery by Carolyn Keene & Macky Pamintuan

Author:Carolyn Keene & Macky Pamintuan
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781416978114
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2009-12-29T00:00:00+00:00

“No clue there,” George said. “We know he must have gotten the bottles from the salon.”

Nancy turned to the shelf and counted the bottles. One … two … three …

four.

“Marvin is innocent,” Nancy declared.

“How do you know?” Bess asked.

“Do the math,” Nancy said. “Marvin bought four bottles. And four bottles are still on the shelf.”

“Oh!” Bess said, her eyes lighting up. “So Marvin couldn’t have filled one of the bottles with the stinky blue stuff and put it downstairs—”

“Because all four bottles are right there!” George finished, nodding at the shelf. “Good catch, Nancy!”

The girls turned back to the kids. This time they were each standing on one foot.

“Come on, girls,” Marvin called. “We’re in the flamingo position now.”

“We have to go now, Mr. Dretzel,” Nancy said politely.

As the girls left the studio, they found Shelby right behind them.

“I’m over that class too,” Shelby said as they headed downstairs. “I’d rather eat a pretzel than be one.”

Once outside, Shelby pointed to the closed salon. “Bummer what happened to you in there,” she said. “I wonder if the same thing happened to Trina.”

“You mean Trina Vanderhoof?” Nancy asked.

Shelby nodded and said, “I saw Trina coming out of the parlor yesterday morning. She walked fast and looked around as if she didn’t want anyone to see her.”

The girls traded surprised looks. They thought Trina would never, ever go into Prissy’s Princess Parlor.

“Are you sure it was Trina?” George asked.

“Sure I’m sure,” Shelby said. “When I said hi she came over to me and looked me straight in the eye.”

“What did she say?” Bess asked.

“She said, ‘You didn’t see me coming out of this place, okay?’” Shelby repeated in a gruff voice. “I guess she didn’t want me to tell anybody.”

“You just did,” Bess said.

“Oops!” Shelby gasped. She gave a little wave before running up the block and around the corner.

“She goofed.” George sighed.

“No, she didn’t!” Nancy said excitedly. “Shelby gave us a great clue—she told us Trina was at Prissy’s Princess Parlor yesterday!”

“And if Trina’s fingers were blue,” Bess said, “the smudge on the label could have come from her!”

“Let’s see if there’s a clue in the blue,” Nancy said as she pulled out the clue bag and the label.

“Wait a minute,” Bess said. She dug into her own pocket and pulled out glasses with funny-looking lenses. “Let me look at it through these.”

“What is that?” George cried.

“Another gizmo I built myself,” Bess said, blinking behind the glasses. “I call it the ‘I-Spy Magnifying Specs.’”

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