The Mystery of Case D. Luc by Beverly Lewis

Author:Beverly Lewis [Beverly Lewis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV039220, JUV033010, JUV045000
ISBN: 9781441260697
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

EIGHT

Dunkum ran next door. “Is Eric home?” Dunkum asked Mrs. Hagel.

“He’s riding bikes with Jason and Shawn,” she said.

Dunkum sat down on Eric’s step, thinking about Mr. Tressler. Why was he grinning like that?

Feeling quite lonely, Dunkum trudged across the street. Maybe Abby was home. He felt a lump in his throat as he knocked on her front door. He wished he hadn’t yelled at her yesterday.

The door opened. It was Abby’s little sister, Carly. “Hi, Dunkum.” She had a stack of construction paper in her hands.

“Is Abby home?” Dunkum asked.

“She’s at Stacy’s house,” Carly said.

Just then, Dee Dee came down the hall to sneak up on Carly. “Gotcha!” she shouted.

Carly jumped and the stack of colored papers fell to the floor.

Dunkum helped pick them up. When he started to hand a yellow page to her, he stopped. He looked at it. “Hey, wait a minute,” Dunkum whispered to himself. “This paper looks the same as the one in my pocket!”

“Talking to yourself?” Dee Dee teased.

Dunkum held up the yellow construction paper. “Where did you get this?”

“The art supply store. Why?” Dee Dee asked.

Dunkum shook his head. “Just wondered.”

“Carly and I are doing a project for school,” Dee Dee said. “And we’re going to get an A+! Right, Carly?”

Dunkum scratched his head and turned to go.

Carly closed the door. Dunkum pulled the yellow coded message out of his pocket. He stared at it. Did Case D. Luc buy his paper at the same store as Dee Dee? thought Dunkum.

Just then, Jimmy Hunter, Abby’s little brother, came up the walk.

“Hi, Jimmy,” Dunkum said. “Can you help me?” He felt silly asking a first grader for help. But he had no other choice. Everyone else was busy.

Jimmy pointed to himself. “Me?”

“Yes, you.” Dunkum held up the yellow paper. He showed Jimmy the shapes on the latest code. “Have you ever seen anything like this?”

Jimmy nodded his dark head.

“You have? Where?” Dunkum shouted. “Maybe you can help me crack this code.”

“I not know about codes, but I see shapes in book,” Jimmy said. “Wait!” He ran into the house. Soon he came back with a book. “Here.” He shoved the book into Dunkum’s hands.

Dunkum opened the library book. There were lots of codes inside. “Hey, thanks!” Dunkum patted Jimmy on the back.

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