Kidnapped at the Capital by Ron Roy

Author:Ron Roy [Roy, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-53518-4
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2002-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

A red velvet rope blocked the entrance. A man in a gray uniform was standing on the shiny floor just inside the room.

“This is so neat,” Marshall said. He leaned over the rope for a better look.

In the center of the room stood the lunar module of Apollo 11, the first spacecraft to land on the moon. Under Apollo 11, a circle of dust and rocks represented the moon’s surface. Twenty feet above, two fake astronauts wearing space suits hung from cables attached to the ceiling.

“Excuse me,” the man said. He was tall and thin, with a deep voice. “This exhibit is closed today.”

“Sorry,” Marshall said.

For about the hundredth time, KC asked, “Have you seen the president in here today? He was with my mother. She was wearing a purple dress.”

The man frowned and shook his head. “I’m too busy to notice who comes in and out,” he said. He left them at the door and walked toward the module.

Near the Apollo 11, the man stooped and picked something off the floor. He stared at it, glanced back at KC and Marshall, then quickly shoved it in his pocket.

“Did you see that?” KC whispered.

“What?” asked Marshall.

“There was a cherry blossom on the floor,” KC said. “That janitor put it in his pocket.”

Marshall shrugged. “So? There are about a million cherry blossoms all over Washington.”

“But this floor has just been cleaned. No one is allowed to walk on it. So how did a cherry blossom get there?”

KC stared at the man in the gray uniform. “And besides, my mother had one in her hair,” she said.

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