TBC 061: The Growling Bear Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Author:Gertrude Chandler Warner [Warner, Gertrude Chandler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781453213971
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 2011-07-19T05:00:00+00:00

Jessie and Henry looked at each other and shook their heads.

Jessie took Benny’s hand. “Let’s save room for something at the snack bar. But here’s a sip of water from my bottle. Take some, too, Violet.”

“Okay,” Benny and Violet said.

This time Henry and Jessie followed the guidebook trail exactly. No detours.

After a long while, the wind died down. The children even heard a friendly sound. Bear bells.

“More hikers,” Jessie said in a happy voice.

“I like seeing other hikers, too,” Henry confessed. “That means we’re getting closer to the lodge.” He looked through his binoculars to see if the Old Faithful Inn was anywhere in view. “Hey, look at this, Jessie,” he said, handing his sister the binoculars. “Doesn’t that look like Sam Jackson down on the lower part of the trail? He’s sitting down there talking with Ranger Crowe.”

Jessie focused the binoculars. “It sure does. Let’s go down there. Maybe we can all hike back together. I’d like to get to know them better.”

“I hope Sam is friendlier when he’s hiking instead of working,” Benny said hopefully. “I can offer him some of my trail mix.”

But Benny never got a chance to offer Sam his trail mix. As soon as Ranger Crowe spotted the Aldens, she stood up from the rock where she and Sam had been sitting.

“Don’t stop here,” she said to the children. “The trails are dangerous with all this wind. It’s not safe to be hiking here right now. Please keep moving.”

Henry stopped anyway. “But it’s not windy anymore. Anyway Sam, would you like to hike back with us?”

Sam Jackson looked at Ranger Crowe, then back at the Aldens. “I’m not by myself. I had a little time off. So I’m . . . uh . . . helping Ranger Crowe clear some fallen branches off the trails.”

Benny was frozen to the spot. “Hey, what about that other trail, Jessie?” Benny pointed to a path behind the rock where Sam and Ranger Crowe had been sitting. “Maybe it’s a shortcut.”

Ranger Crowe blocked the path Benny was talking about. “This isn’t a trail. It just goes in a few feet. You have to stay on this main trail. Sam is helping me clear everyone out of here. Please move along.”

The Aldens didn’t have any choice. If a park ranger said the trails were dangerous, they’d better get going.

After they had left Sam and Ranger Crowe, the Aldens slowed down a little when they reached a clearing.

Shortly, the children reached the Old Faithful geyser viewing area. Crowds of people filled the benches and walkways. The lodge porch was packed with geyser watchers, too.

But one person wasn’t watching the geyser at all. Up on the porch stood someone who had been watching the Aldens ever since they came off the trails.

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