Calendar Mysteries #6: June Jam by Ron Roy

Author:Ron Roy
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Chapter Books, Family, Readers, Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Parents
ISBN: 9780375861123
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

6

Bradley’s Monster Trap

“What’s wrong?” Brian, Nate, and Lucy shouted. They all ran into the garden.

“LOOK!” Bradley said. He held up a strawberry. Something had taken a chunk out of it. “I know this one was perfect when we went in the house. I picked all the ones that had been bitten!”

“I guess the mystery creature was snacking on this while we were snacking on cookies,” Brian said.

“Mr. Scarecrow isn’t scary enough,” Lucy said.

“What do we do now?” Nate asked.

“We get smart!” Bradley said. He ran into the house and came back with the J encyclopedia book. He turned to the jungle section and flipped pages.

“Um, what are you doing, bro?” Brian asked.

“We need to set a trap!” Bradley said. He showed them a picture of some people digging a hole in the ground. Another picture showed them covering the hole with branches and big leaves. A third picture showed a large animal falling into the hole while the people hid and watched. The last picture showed the people cooking the animal over a fire.

“We’re gonna catch a water buffalo and eat him?” Nate asked.

“No, silly, we’ll dig a smaller hole,” Bradley said. “When we catch the creature, we’ll take him out to the woods and let him go.”

Lucy looked at the fence around the garden. “I still don’t know how it got in here,” she said.

“Maybe it’s invisible!” Nate whispered. “He could be standing next to us right now, licking his lips! His fangs are long and shiny, his claws are sharp, and he’s watching us!”

“And you’re watching too much TV,” Lucy said. “Bradley, we need a shovel.”

“I’ll get one,” Brian said, and ran toward the barn door.

“Nate, can you find some thin branches or weeds to cover the hole?” Bradley asked.

“Back in a flash!” Nate said as he took off.

“Where should we dig the trap?” Brian asked when he returned with the shovel.

“Near the strawberries,” Bradley said. “I’ll dig first.”

They all took turns digging in the soft garden soil. Soon the hole was round and deep.

Nate brought back a bunch of thin branches and weed stalks. The kids placed them across the hole carefully. Then Bradley sprinkled some garden mulch over the branches.

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