The Case of the Loose-Toothed Shark by Nancy Krulik

Author:Nancy Krulik [Krulik, Nancy; LaCoste, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-545-39299-0
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

I shrugged. “Well, the door was open,” I insisted. “So it’s not our fault.”

“Not this time,” Frank the guard said. “But you’re not fooling me, kid. I’m definitely watching you.”

No kidding, I thought to myself. But I didn’t say that. I was too afraid to say anything.

A few minutes later, the kindergartners had gone off with Alyssa and my parents to the arts-and-crafts room, and Frank had been called up to check on something on the third floor. That left my partner and me alone.

“Okay, so what did the penguins tell you?” Elizabeth asked me as she opened her notebook.

“I only talked to one,” I said. “He said their dinner had been served late, and some woman who usually stares at them at night had been there earlier.”

Elizabeth wrote all that down. Then she stared at the clues. “Did he describe the server or the starer?” she asked.

“He said the person who observes them was really thin, and that she had long, dark feathers on her head. That probably was hair,” I added. By now I was used to the way animals described people.

Elizabeth thought about that. “The aquarium is closed to visitors at night,” she said. “So whoever this skinny person with long, dark hair is, she must work here.”

“There are a lot of people working here,” I said.

“But not people who are skinny and have long, dark hair,” Elizabeth said. “So far, Alyssa is the only person I’ve seen who fits that description. The penguin said whoever was staring at them had changed her regular schedule and come to see them earlier in the day instead of at night. The penguin environment is on the same floor as that shark tooth. Maybe she was down here early figuring out how to steal the shark tooth!”

“Alyssa knew a lot about penguins,” I told Elizabeth. “Like she knew there were eggs in the environment. I didn’t spot any eggs. They must have been hidden. A person would have to be observing the penguins up close for a long time to know about those.”

“Exactly,” Elizabeth said. “Now you’re thinking like a detective!”

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