Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath

Author:Polly Horvath
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780375898273
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-02-14T08:00:00+00:00

MADELINE HYPNOTIZES A MARMOT

Madeline and Mrs. Bunny stared at Mr. Bunny blankly. What could be worse than falling into a toilet? Madeline thought it would certainly be the low point of her day.

“He’s disappeared,” Mr. Bunny said.

“Impossible,” said Madeline. “How could he? There’s no back way out. You can see where the hallway ends.”

“He’s got the only copy of the coded card with him,” said Mr. Bunny.

“Where could The Marmot have gone? Think, Mr. Bunny,” urged Mrs. Bunny.

“Let’s go outside and see if we can’t find him,” said Madeline.

“He did have that Irish coffee,” said Mrs. Bunny. “Maybe it went to his head and he left by the window accidentally.”

“No one leaves by a window accidentally,” said Mr. Bunny.

“You’re right. There are more sinister forces at work,” said Mrs. Bunny.

“Sinister, my elbow,” said Mr. Bunny. “Marmot forces at work is more like it.”

The three rushed out to the parking lot and did a complete circuit of the restaurant, but there was no sign of The Marmot.

“Not only that, but he made off with my fedora,” said Mr. Bunny. “Now I shall have to detect bareheaded.”

“Maybe he just forgot about us and went home,” said Madeline. “Let’s check there first.”

They ran back to the parking lot, but now they realized that the Smart car was gone too.

“SWELL! That tears it! I left the keys and my driving shoes in the car and now he’s stolen it!” said Mr. Bunny.

“What shall we do?” asked Madeline, sitting down with a thump, followed by the two thumps of Mr. and Mrs. Bunny.

They sat on the curb for sixteen minutes in a state of complete despair.

“Well, it will cost a fortune but I suppose we will have to call a taxi,” said Mr. Bunny finally.

“Rabbits have taxis?” said Madeline, leaping to her feet.

“I told you rabbits have everything,” said Mr. Bunny.

So Mr. Bunny went inside and phoned a taxi. He asked for one large enough to accommodate a really gigantic bottom.

The taxi driver arrived shortly and took them to The Marmot’s hole. While the driver waited, the Bunnys ran over to the hole entrance and Madeline cased the grounds.

“I’ve found the car!” she called. “It’s over here behind this rock pile.”

“You come out of there, you dirty thief!” yelled Mr. Bunny down the hole. “We know you stole our car.”

“I didn’t steal nothing,” The Marmot called back. “Go away, I’m trying to sleep.”

“You come up or I’ll come down and drag you up,” said Mr. Bunny. He was so mad his fur was standing on end.

A very sleepy-looking marmot dragged himself out of the hole.

“What did you think you were doing, stealing our car and running away like that?” asked Mr. Bunny.

“I wasn’t stealing nothing,” said The Marmot. “I just should never have had that Irish coffee. It got me all confused.”

“Didn’t I warn you that that would happen?” demanded Mr. Bunny, and went to pay the driver.

When he returned, it was to hear Madeline shout, “YOU DID WHAT?”

“Oh, honestly, I knew we never should have started up with marmots.

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