The Case of the Sleeping Dog by Donald J. Sobol

Author:Donald J. Sobol [Sobol, Donald J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780307783516
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-04-13T07:00:00+00:00

Maisie McArthur won first place. A lovely white house mouse, Maisie slept in a silver punch bowl.

“What does Maisie get for winning?” Sally asked.

“She takes a step toward becoming grand champion of the year,” Encyclopedia answered. “That’s about all. The prizes haven’t changed since Abe Lincoln was President: fifty cents for first place, thirty cents for second, and ten cents for third.”

After the second- and third-place winners were named, most of the crowd returned to the mouse pens. The rest started for home.

Encyclopedia bumped into Max Mako. Max was shoving the last of a Venus Peanut Bar into his face.

“I got hungry and ate one of the candy bars I brought for the hurricane relief,” Max said sheepishly.

“Seems like you’re not alone,” Sally said, stooping.

She picked two sourball wrappers off the grass. At that moment Amy Dunn, the Mouse Club secretary, came running up.

“Encyclopedia! Sally!” she cried. “We’ve got trouble.”

She led the detectives to a picnic table at the rear of the show grounds.

Judd Samson, a fifth-grader, stood beside the table, which was loaded with hurricane relief boxes.

“Judd is our club treasurer,” Amy said. “Tell Encyclopedia and Sally what happened.”

“A little before five o’clock I brought the food boxes in here,” Judd said. “I was getting ready to take a count of what was inside them when I noticed the time. The winning mice were about to be announced. I ran to the awards area. When I got back, the candy—the box marked ‘Sweets’—was gone!”

“Is that the only box missing?” Amy asked.

“So far as I can tell,” Judd said.

“Was anyone else near the boxes?” Sally asked.

“Stinky Redmond and Casimur Tittleby,” Judd answered. “They helped me carry the boxes in here. They left a little before I did to see what mouse won.”

“So no one guarded the boxes for several minutes,” Sally said.

Judd nodded glumly.

He said, “I was trusted with the job of counting what was in the food boxes. So what happens? Some dirty crook steals forty-three candy bars while I’m off finding out what mouse won.”

Sally asked where Stinky Redmond was.

Judd shrugged. “I haven’t seen him since he took off for the awards.”

“Why did Stinky help with the boxes?” Amy said. “When has he ever helped anyone but himself?”

“Never,” Sally agreed. “I wish we could prove he’s guilty!”

“We don’t have to,” Encyclopedia replied.

What did Encyclopedia mean?

(Turn to this page for the solution to The Case of the Mouse Show.)

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