Rebekah--Girl Detective #1 by PJ Ryan

Author:PJ Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: children's mystery
Publisher: Magic Umbrella Publishing
Published: 2013-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Rebekah, Mouse, and Ernie gathered at the garden just after dark. They were armed with flashlights and ready to catch a flower thief. She and Mr. Polson had filled in every hole in the garden, except for one. Near that one, the three set up a trap, a cage with a tasty plant waiting inside, for the flower thief. If it was hungry, it would be forced to come out of that one hole, and find the plant waiting for it.

The trap was set, and Rebekah was excited to see if her and Mr. Polson's theory was right. She, Mouse, and Ernie all huddled down behind a large wheelbarrow, waiting to see if their flower napper would dare to appear. The bright light of the moon was enough to illuminate the garden, and shine on every single petal. It was a perfect night for capturing a flower thief.

"What if we're wrong," whispered Mouse. "What if we sit out here all night, and nothing happens?" he frowned as he swatted at an insect that was flying around him.

"We're not wrong," Rebekah insisted. She pulled her notebook out of her pocket and reviewed the clues that she had picked up along the way.

"It is a stealth thief, it comes and goes without anyone seeing. It leaves no footprints behind. It takes the whole plant, roots and all."

"But what if it isn't what we think at all," Ernie wondered through chattering teeth. "What if it's some kind of magical elf that is collecting flowers from our world. Maybe, once it has enough flowers, it will want to collect children!"

Mouse and Rebekah both looked at Ernie with wide disbelieving eyes. "Are you serious?" Rebekah asked and quirked a brow.

"It could happen," Ernie said with a frown. "I've seen it on television."

"Ernie," Mouse said patiently. "Don't you think if the magical elf wanted children, it would be at the school, not in the community garden?"

Ernie sighed. "I guess you're right," he fell silent.

"Or, it could be that magical elves don't exist," Rebekah pointed out and shook her head at the two boys.

"You don't know," they both said sharply.

"Actually, I do," Rebekah said sternly. "I have investigated many magical creatures, and none of them have any basis in science."

"Hm, that's why they're called magical," Ernie rolled his eyes and Mouse snickered.

"Argh,' Rebekah sighed and looked back at the trap they had set. "Shh, we might scare it off if we talk too loud."

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" a loud noise began filling the air around them.

"Ernie, please stop squeaking," Rebekah said as patiently as she could.

"It's not me," Ernie squeaked, then cleared his throat. "I mean, it's not me," he said sternly.

They both looked at Mouse who had his hand over his pocket. "Einstein, shh," he said and tried to quite the mouse in his pocket.

"What has him so upset? Out of cheese?" Rebekah asked.

"No, I don't know what's wrong," Mouse frowned. "He is never this noisy."

"Maybe he knows the magical elf is coming," Ernie whispered, his voice shaking.

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