The Case of the Christmas Caper by Daniel Kenney & Emily Boever
Author:Daniel Kenney & Emily Boever [Kenney, Daniel & Boever, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Age 9-12, Chapter Books, Children's Books, Fiction, Humour, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9781955657518
Google: JJSfzwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1519756321
Publisher: Bakken Books
Published: 2015-12-08T23:00:00+00:00
âUnless what?â yelled Stanley.
But she didnât answer.
âCharlotte! Unless what?â
The rest of them ran after her, and by the time they caught up she was on her knees in the dirty snow on the far side of the manhole cover. She pounded her fists into the ground.
âSo stupid,â she said. âHow could I have not seen them?â
âSeen what?â Stanley said as he came up. Charlotte pointed. Plain as day, on the back side of the hill, were two sets of paths cut into the sludge, each set going in a different direction.
Charlotte turned around. âI never saw them. Never even looked. I wasnât even thinking about more than one path, let alone three. I came out of the manhole, saw the one leading down the hill and I fell for it. Dumb, stupid, me.â
âCharlotte,â said Herman. âI didnât see them either. None of us did.â
âThree sets of paths?â asked Gertie. âThree directions? Whatâs going on here?â
Stanley punched his own hand. âThe real toys were never on that boat. It was a wild goose chase. We just chose wrong.â
Herman pointed at the new paths. âSo one of these two is the right direction? Itâs like that game, Three Card Monty. They have you looking three different directions so you donât know where the card is hidden.â
Stanley nodded. âWell, we know the real toys werenât on the boat. So the good news is weâve eliminated one of the three paths. Time to see where these other two lead. Charlotte, Herman, and I will take the one on the left. Felix and Gertie, you take the one on the right. See what you can see and meet back here ASAP.â
Ten minutes later they were back at the manhole cover comparing notes.
âOur path led to the highway,â Felix reported. âFrom the tire tracks on the shoulder of the road, it looked like a big truck pulled over. It must have been to load the bags because thatâs where the large drag marks ended.â
âWhich direction were they headed?â asked Stanley.
âWest, into the Rondout Valley,â answered Felix.
âAnd our path led east, deeper into the woods,â said Charlotte. âThe footprints and the drag marks ended at the railroad tracks a couple hundred yards from here.â
âI donât supposed you know which direction the train was going?â asked Felix.
âSouth,â answered Charlotte.
âAnd how do you know that?â asked Felix.
âI put my ear against the track.â
âAnd that works?â
Charlotte shrugged. âNah. Just a guess. It could have been going north. I have no idea.â
Stanley had heard enough. He flipped open his phone and started dialing. âFelix, you pulling up highways and railroad maps?â
âAlready on it.â
âAnd Gertie?â asked Stanley.
âIâve got my pencil out and Iâm not afraid to use it.â
âAnd Charlotte?â
âIâm ready to pummel the thieves whenever we catch them.â
âAnd what about me?â asked Herman.
âUm, well, Iâm not exactly sure what you do yet,â said Stanley.
Felix looked up from his phone. âHe could tell us Uncle Farley stories. I mean whatâs Christmas Eve without stories about show chickens and stuffed critters?â
âMy uncle would never stuff a critter,â said Herman.
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