The Case of the Tortoise in Trouble by Nancy Krulik

Author:Nancy Krulik [Krulik, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-545-38899-3
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

“Yeah,” I said. “But—”

“I’ll leave you guys alone.” Leo turned and walked back to the other kids. He looked really bummed.

“He’ll get over it,” Elizabeth said. “But Mia won’t if you don’t find Tut.”

She was right … as usual.

“Tell me again what Buzzy told you,” Elizabeth said.

“He saw a tall human come into the barn, take something from the box, and leave,” I said. “It must have been Roy. He’s taller than the other farmhands.”

“He’s tall, all right,” Elizabeth agreed. “But it doesn’t mean he’s the thief.”

“Why not?” I asked her.

“You have to think like a fly,” Elizabeth told me. “Flies are tiny. Humans all look big to them.”

I frowned. She was right, again. Although …

“Buzzy said this person seemed really angry and was stomping all around,” I remembered aloud.

“Now that’s a good clue.” Elizabeth wrote the words angry and stomping in her notebook. “Stomping,” she said quietly. Then she walked over to where Tut’s box was perched on the shelf.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“I’m hunting for a clue.” She looked down at the ground.

I looked down, too. Only, I had no idea what I was looking for.

“Well, that settles it,” Elizabeth said finally.

“What settles it?” I asked her.

“Roy’s not the thief,” she told me.

“Of course he is,” I said. “He fits all the descriptions Buzzy gave us.”

“Not all,” Elizabeth disagreed. “Look at these footprints.”

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