The Mysterious Disappearence of Leon by Ellen Raskin

Author:Ellen Raskin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Young Adult, Childrens, Humour
ISBN: 9780142417003
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 1971-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

All of a sudden their table was the quietest one in the restaurant. Mrs. Carillon and the twins studied Mr. Kunkel study the glub-blubs. At one point he said, “Hmmm,” and the three of them held their breath; but he was silent again for another ten minutes.

“We have so little to go on,” he said finally. “We do know that Noel had a nice word sense, for ‘Noel’ is ‘Leon’ spelled backward.”

Mrs. Carillon was invisibly lettering “Leon” and “Noel” on the tablecloth with her fingernail to see if they really were the same backward as forward. “Pardon?”

“I said, just four questions,” Augie Kunkel repeated. “First, are you sure you called out ‘Leon’ instead of ‘Noel’?”

“I think so,” said Mrs. Carillon.

“I know so,” said Tina.

“All right, then,” Augie Kunkel said, “we will presume that: the first word is ‘Noel.’ 26

‘Next question: Are you sure there was no sound between ‘all’ and ‘I’?”

“Quite sure. Leon, I mean Noel, went under water there without so much as a blub.”

“Good, then we will presume that: the message has two parts.

“Third question: Was ‘new’ the end of the message?”

“I don’t know. It was the last sound I heard before I was hit on the head.”

Augie Kunkel nodded sympathetically. “I know how that can feel. It does make it more difficult, though, not knowing how many words, if any, follow ‘new’; but at least we can write the message in a simpler form.”

Noel__C__all/I__new....

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