Sydney: 4-in-1 Mysteries for Girls by Jean Fischer

Author:Jean Fischer [Fischer, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781643521336
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2019-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Mountain Man

“Alex, are you awake?” Sydney asked, hurrying into their bedroom. “I think something is out there.”

“Huh?” Alexis answered sleepily.

Biscuit grabbed his doll from Sydney’s hand and wrestled it on the floor.

“I just saw someone, or something, hurry into the woods. I could only make out its shadow, but it looked tall and kind of hunched over. I could feel it watching me.”

Alexis rubbed her eyes and sat with her feet dangling over the edge of her bed. “Now I’m afraid to go to sleep,” she said. “Bears don’t walk upright and hunched over, right?”

Sydney lay on her bed on her stomach and looked out the window. “Circus bears walk on their hind legs,” she said. “And I’ve seen people throw marshmallows to bears at the National Zoo—when the bears stand up to catch them, they look sort of hunched over.”

“Are marshmallows good for bears?” Alexis asked.

“I don’t know,” Sydney said. “But they like them.”

Biscuit hopped onto the bed and wiggled next to Sydney. He stuck his nose against the window screen and sniffed. “He smells something,” Sydney whispered. “What is it, boy?”

Alexis and Sydney both sniffed the air.

“I don’t smell anything, do you?” Alexis asked.

“Just fresh air,” Sydney said. She reached over to pet Biscuit, and she noticed that his muscles were stiff. He stood at attention, focusing everything on his sense of smell. Then, he let out a low, soft growl. “Something is out there,” said Sydney. “I’m sure of it.”

Alexis climbed down from the upper bunk and lay on the bed with Sydney. With Biscuit between them, they peered out the window. The clouds had begun to break up now, and a narrow ray of moonlight cast the faintest bit of light on the grounds outside the cabin.

“I think I see something,” Alexis said. “You’re right. It looks big and hunchbacked, but I can’t tell what it is. It’s moving around by the beach. At least I think a beach is out there. Who knows in this darkness? Now it’s stopping.”

Sydney saw the shadow too. “I wish I knew exactly where we are. The cabin is pretty close to the lake. When I came back with Biscuit’s doll, the flashlight lit up the water and a picnic table. Hey, I think it’s standing by the table.”

Biscuit growled again, a low, menacing growl.

“What do you think it’s doing?” asked Alexis.

“I have an idea,” Sydney said, “I think it’s a bear. Someone left food on the table, and it’s after that. How brave are you?”

Alexis looked at her in the darkness. “Why?”

“Because I’m going to shine the flashlight out the window and see, once and for all, what’s lurking around out there.”

Biscuit shivered.

“Oh Syd, are you sure that’s a good idea?” asked Alexis.

“We’re the Camp Club Girls,” Sydney answered. “Solving mysteries is what we do.” She reached over to the nightstand and got the flashlight. “Are you ready?” she asked.

“I guess so,” Alexis replied.

Sydney pointed the flashlight at the window and flipped the switch. “Oh!” she gasped.

Alexis caught her breath as Sydney turned off the flashlight and both girls ducked under the windowsill.

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