A Musical Mess by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Girls & Women, Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General, Social Themes, Friendship
ISBN: 9781442495142
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2014-07-08T00:00:00+00:00

Bess gave a little shriek. This time she didn’t grab Nancy’s arm.

Instead she grabbed the back of the fan. Nancy heard a click, then

—

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHH!

A giant gust of wind exploded from the fan, toward the pirates.

Nancy could hear them shout as hats and wigs blew off their heads. Even parts of their costumes were ripped off by the powerful wind!

“Bess, shut it off!” Nancy said.

Bess flicked the switch from side to side. The fan began blowing from side to side too. “I can’t!” she cried.

“Give me that!” George said. She flicked the switch down. The fan stopped swerving. It began to sputter, until finally it stopped.

Nancy gulped as she looked at the pirates. Without their hats and wigs she could see who they were. They were Winslow Minty and his actors—and they looked mad!

“Who’s there?” Winslow demanded.

The girls stepped out from behind the fan.

“Um … it was kind of stuffy in here,” Bess said. “We thought we’d turn on the fan—”

“That is not a fan!” Winslow bellowed. “It is a wind machine used to create a storm at sea!”

“Sorry,” Nancy said. “But we were looking for Sammy, the dog from Francie.”

“And you thought you’d find him here?” Winslow demanded.

“Why?”

“The name of your play is Sea Dog on Deck!” George said, folding her arms across her chest. “How do you explain that, Mr.

Minty?”

“ ‘Sea dog’ means ‘pirate,’ ” Winslow explained. “In pirate talk, that is.”

“Oh,” George said.

“We also saw you sneak out of Sammy’s dressing room with that,” Nancy said, walking over to the crate. “A crate big enough to hold …” She pulled up the lid and stared inside. “Wigs?”

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