Calendar Mysteries #11: November Night by Ron Roy

Author:Ron Roy
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Chapter Books, Holidays & Celebrations, Juvenile Fiction, Readers, Thanksgiving, Mysteries & Detective Stories
ISBN: 9780385371674
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2014-08-26T09:02:08.745000+00:00

“Can’t,” Brian said. “It’s latched on the inside. But I can use Dad’s new ladder. Help me get it, Bradley!” He and Bradley ran toward the barn.

Josh, Bradley, and Brian had bought their dad a shiny new aluminum ladder for his birthday. The twins came back carrying the six-foot ladder. They leaned it against the fence. “I can jump down on the other side,” Brian said.

“But then how will you come back?” Lucy asked. “The ladder will be on our side of the fence.”

“I didn’t think about that,” Brian said.

“I know!” Nate said. “Lucy will go to the corner of the fence with our apples. The dog will smell them and follow her. Bradley and I will stay here with Brian. After he goes over, Bradley and I will lift the ladder over the fence. And that’s how Brian will get back into this yard.”

“Excellent plan!” Brian said. “Okay, Lucy, do your stuff!”

“One teensy problem,” Bradley said. “How will we get Dad’s ladder back on this side again?”

“We’ll figure that out later,” Brian said.

Bradley and Nate handed Lucy their partly eaten apples. Lucy ran toward Meadow Road, where the fence turned a corner. She made sure she was past the bushes. Then she banged on the fence. “Here, doggy! Here, Killer!” Lucy called. “Lucy has yummy apples for you!”

Brian, Bradley, and Nate were still at the knothole. “It worked!” Nate yelled. “Killer’s running toward Lucy!”

Bradley and Nate held the ladder while Brian scrambled up. At the top, he looked toward where he could hear Killer gobbling up the apples. Because of the bushes, the dog couldn’t see him.

Brian jumped into the neighbors’ yard. “Send the ladder over!” he yelled through the fence.

Bradley and Nate hoisted the ladder up and shoved it. They heard it drop onto the neighbors’ lawn.

Bradley stuck his eye to the knothole. He saw Brian heading for the blue tarp at the same time that Lucy yelled, “The green car is coming!” She raced toward Bradley and Nate. “Your neighbors are back!”

Bradley put his mouth to the knothole and shouted, “Brian, the neighbors are coming! Escape, dude!”

They heard car doors slamming.

They heard Killer barking with happiness.

Just then, the top of the ladder appeared over the fence. Brian came next, practically flying over. He landed on the ground at Bradley’s feet.

Brian’s face was red, but he was grinning. “That was close!” he said. He rubbed his arm. “Skinned the heck out of my elbow!”

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