Joe Sherlock Kid Detective 1 : The Haunted Toolshed by Dave Keane

Author:Dave Keane
Language: zho
Format: epub
Publisher: epub掌上?苑
Published: 2012-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

‧ Chapter Fourteen ‧

Who's on First?

“Did you find Dad?” I ask, flicking open the phone.

“What do you mean? Where’s your father?”

It’s my mom! She’s must be calling from Aunt Peachy’s house.

“Uh . . . hi, Mom,” I say cheerfully. “How’s Aunt Peachy’s clarinet?”

“The word is ‘clavicle,’ Sherlock,” she says sternly. “Don’t play dumb with me.”

“Who’s playing?” I say defensively.

“Why are you answering your father’s cell phone?” she asks.

“Um . . . because it started vibrating?”

“And why doesn’t anyone answer the house phone?” she asks.

“Jessie’s hogging the phone to tell the whole world that I brush my teeth with toilet water,” I answer.

“And just what did you mean when you asked me if I found Dad?”

“What do you mean what did I mean?” I say stupidly, mostly because I can’t think of anything else to say.

As my luck would have it, another thunderous moan fills the air surrounding the Ashers’ property. The groaning roar is so loud I think I might get a nosebleed. Like before, it stops after about a minute.

“FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE, WAS THAT YOUR FATHER?” my mom hollers on the other end of the phone. “WHAT ON EARTH HAVE YOU

CHILDREN DONE TO HIM!”

“No! Mom! Wait! That wasn’t Dad! That was just an evil spirit or something. I swear.

. . . In fact, we can’t even find Dad.”

“Can’t find him? He can’t even walk. How could you lose your father?” she asks so loudly that I have to hold the phone a few inches from my ear.

“We didn’t exactly lose him,” I explain. “He just sort of vanished into thin air. Poof!”

“Your father poofed?” she blurts out, like she can’t believe what she’s hearing.

“Are you telling me someone has kidnapped your father?” she shouts.

“Kidnapped?” I sputter. “I never said. . . . ”

This conversation is getting out of hand. I need to get control of this situation or I’ll be grounded until I’m a grandfather. “No, Mom.

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