Ticket Trouble by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Aladdin

Nancy took her taster bowl but rolled her eyes. “No offense, but I don’t think I can stomach any more chili, Hannah.” She closed her eyes, remembering the many different ways Hannah had served her test batches of chili. “Over the past two weeks, we’ve had chili dogs, chili fries, chili nachos, chili pot pie, and even frozen chili popsicles.” Nancy stuck out her tongue. “That was the grossest thing ever.”

Bess tasted Hannah’s chili sample and said, “Nancy’s just spoiled, having a good cook like you living with her.” She licked her lips. “This chili is amazing. I’ll be at your place for lunch for sure!” Bess gobbled up the little bowl and even asked Hannah for a second sample.

“What do you think, George?” Hannah asked after George had taken a taste.

“If I say it’s better than my mom’s, I’ll be in big trouble.” George smiled. “But it is really, really good.”

Everyone turned to Nancy, who hadn’t tasted the chili yet.

Nancy was holding the spoon near her mouth, but her lips wouldn’t open. “I just can’t eat more chili,” she told Hannah. “I want to. But after days and days of it, I am full to the top.”

“You won’t even taste it for the contest?” asked Hannah. “I changed the recipe since you had it last. I added a secret ingredient.” Hannah appealed to Nancy’s detective side. “I bet you can’t figure out what the secret is,” she challenged.

Nancy let out a big breath and groaned, “You know I can’t resist a mystery.” She took a bite of the chili, then remarked, “Wow! This is your best pot yet.” She closed her eyes, letting the taste of the chili roll around on her tongue. “Not pepper. Not cinnamon.” Nancy wrinkled her nose. “I’ve got it. This mystery is solved.” She opened her eyes.

“So what’s the ingredient?” asked George.

“Do you really know?” Bess wondered aloud.

Nancy looked to Hannah. It was her secret recipe, after all. Nancy wasn’t sure if she should tell everyone or not.

“After the contest,” Hannah told her, “the school is printing a booklet of all the recipes. The secret won’t be a secret after that. Go ahead, Detective Nancy Drew, tell us what you think the mystery ingredient is.”

Nancy took another bite just to be certain, then said, “Chocolate. Hannah melted chocolate into her chili.”

Hannah started to laugh. “You are a great detective, Nancy.” She ruffled Nancy’s hair. “I’m proud of you.”

“What a great idea,” George said. “I know my mom didn’t do anything cool like that to her chili. My mom’s chili is good, but yours is really special. I bet you’ll win after all.” George winked at Hannah. “Save me a bowl. I’m coming for lunch tomorrow, too. Just don’t tell my mom!” she added with a laugh.

Bess put her arm around Nancy. “Now that the chili mystery is solved, we’d better help Ned with his ticket mystery.”

The girls said good-bye to Hannah and wished her good luck, then hurried over to Mrs. Fayne’s chili pot. Luckily, Suzie was still there.

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