Sydney and the Wisconsin Whispering Woods by Jean Fischer

Author:Jean Fischer [Fischer, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781607424574
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Published: 2011-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

Into the Woods

Kate’s package arrived as promised.

“Great,” said Sydney. “Let’s see what’s in here.” She put the box on the kitchen table and got a sharp knife from the drawer. Carefully, she cut the tape that held the box shut.

“Hurry,” said Alexis. “I want to see what Inspector Gadget sent us.”

The lid popped open. The first thing Sydney saw was a watch.

“Cool!” she said. “Kate sent us the Wonder Watch.”

Kate loved inventing things, and the Wonder Watch was one of her best creations. It could connect to a computer, surf the net, and read e-mail. Kate set it up so that with the push of a button, the girls would be connected to the Camp Club Girls chat room.

Also in the box was a plastic bag, carefully wrapped and surrounded by Styrofoam peanuts. Sydney removed the wrapping and pulled out a pair of mirrored sunglasses.

“Check this out,” she said. “Kate gave us a note. ‘If you wear these, you can see what’s behind you.’ “

She handed the glasses to Alexis.

“Whoa,” Alex said after she put them on. “This is weird. Depending on where I look through the lenses, I can see straight ahead or behind me. These are awesome, but they’ll take getting used to. Here. You try them.”

Sydney put the glasses on and looked in front of her.

“Oh!” She gasped. “What?”

“I saw someone looking in the window behind me.” Just then, there came a soft knock on the back door. The girls saw Mr. Miller standing on the little concrete porch. “Hi, Mr. Miller,” Sydney said, opening the door.

“Howdy,” he said. “Nice sunglasses. Say, I hear that you might need one of these.” He held up a fishing net. “And one of these, too.” He handed Sydney a metal tape measure. “So, you caught a big one this morning, huh?”

“You must have been talking to Duncan,” said Alexis.

Mr. Miller took off his baseball cap and scratched his head. “Well, let’s just say that a little bird told me.”

He gave Sydney the net, and she put it on the table next to Kate’s box.

“Well, that little bird has been giving us plenty of trouble since we got here,” Sydney said. “And his dad hasn’t been very nice, either.”

Mr. Miller plopped his cap back on his head. “Well, that’s kinda what I wanted to talk to you about. You see, Duncan’s not a bad kid. His family’s been comin’ here since he was a baby. Then a couple of years ago, his mom and sister were killed in a car accident. Duncan and his dad haven’t been the same since. His dad’s still mad that it happened, and poor Duncan gets the worst of it sometimes. I don’t think he has many friends.”

A guilty feeling sank into the pit of Sydney’s stomach. “I’m glad you told us,” she said.

“Me, too,” Alexis added. “We’ll pray for them.”

Mr. Miller smiled. “You seem like nice girls. I figured you’d give Duncan a break and try to be friends with him.”

“We’ll try,” said Sydney. “And thanks for the net and the tape measure.

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