The Walkie-Talkie Mystery by CAROLYN KEENE

Author:CAROLYN KEENE
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Minstrel
Published: 2001-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

5

Spies and Pizza Pies

Walkie-talkie, tape recorder,” Nancy said for the third time that night. She glanced at the two gadgets on her night table. “Check . check.”

It was nine o'clock. Nancy was lying in bed. But she wasn't reading a book the way she often did before falling asleep.

Nancy was waiting for Mystery Mouth to call. And this time she had a plan.

Nancy would record his next message on her tape recorder. Then she would play it back and listen for clues.

There was just one problem: It was getting late and Nancy was getting sleepy.

“Oh, well, Chip.” Nancy sighed. “I'm sure even pests like Mystery Mouth don't stay up past their bedtime.”

Chip yawned from Nancy's fluffy pink rug. That caused Nancy to yawn, too.

Her eyelids grew heavy, and her head fell gently back on her pillow. She could feel herself drifting off to sleep when—

“Yo! Yo! Are you there?”

“Huh?” Nancy blinked and sat up straight. It was Mystery Mouth!

Nancy quietly placed the walkie-talkie next to the tape recorder. Then she pressed the Record button.

“I wanted to tell you this crazy dream I just had,” Mystery Mouth said. “I was playing Frisbee, and it turned out to be a giant ice-cream sandwich.”

“Do you like ice cream?” Nancy asked. She wanted Mystery Mouth to keep talking.

“You bet,” he answered.

“What flavor?” Nancy asked.

“Oh, no, you don't,” Mystery Mouth warned. “Now you're getting personal.”

The walkie-talkie crackled again.

“Down, Jake!” she heard Mystery Mouth say. “I said, down, boy!”

“Who's Jake?” Nancy asked.

Silence. Then a click.

“Yes!” Nancy cheered under her breath. It was a good thing she'd forgotten to turn off her walkie-talkie!

Nancy rewound her tape and played back the message. She turned up the volume and heard a dog barking in the background.

Chip heard it, too. She wagged her tail and barked at the tape recorder.

Nancy smiled as she wrote her two new clues in her notebook.

“Mystery Mouth may be sneaky, Chip,” Nancy said. “But he won't be a mystery for long!”

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