Ballpark Mysteries #12: The Rangers Rustlers by David A. Kelly; Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Author:David A. Kelly; Illustrated by Mark Meyers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 2016-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

“I don’t think so, Mike,” Kate said. “Cowboys ride horses to herd the cattle. They don’t ride the cattle!”

Mike ignored her. “Watch out, or I’ll have the steer stick you with its horns!”

The steer was taller than either Mike or Kate. And its long white horns with sharp points did look dangerous.

Mrs. Hopkins paid the cowboy who was standing nearby, keeping an eye on the steer. Then she took pictures of both Mike and Kate on top of the animal.

Mike and Kate climbed off and continued to explore with Mrs. Hopkins. Old-fashioned buildings stood on both sides of the street. They passed a museum that Mrs. Hopkins wanted to go into, but Kate dragged them farther down the street. On the other side was a cowgirl twirling a long piece of rope in a circle.

Kate, Mike, and Mrs. Hopkins watched as the cowgirl spun the circle faster and faster. Wuuuu…wuuuu…wuuuu. The rope made a whirring sound as it swirled over the cowgirl’s head. With a SNAP! the cowgirl flicked the rope forward. The circle of rope flew fifteen feet through the air and dropped neatly over the figure of a full-size cow made out of wood.

The crowd who had gathered around to watch clapped as the cowgirl tipped her straw hat and wound the rope back up. As the crowd drifted away, Kate tugged on her mother’s sleeve. “You can head to the museum if you want,” she said. “But I’m going to figure out how she does that!”

Kate ran over to the cowgirl and whispered something into her ear. The cowgirl nodded. Then she taught Kate how to loop the rope into a circle using a special knot that would slip tight once it went around something. It didn’t take long for Kate to learn how to tie the special knot. But it did take a while for her to learn how to twirl and throw the rope.

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