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Case of the Broken Window |  |
One evening as Max was out walking, Mrs. Zenitt called his name.
He hurried across the street. She was standing in her front yard, but
she guided him around to the back. "I was watching TV in the living
room," she told him, "and I heard a crash. Just look!" She pointed to
her back porch window. "Someone threw a rock through it. It's broken
into a dozen pieces!""Do you know who did it?" Max asked."No. He ran off. But I think maybe it was David Loring. We had a spat
the other day because I told his parents he had to stop using my yard as
a short cut. But I wouldn't accuse him of breaking a window without more
proof.""I'll talk to him," Max said.He found David panting as he bounced a basketball under the light on his
garage. "Did you just run from Mrs. Zenitt's?" Max asked. "Did you break
her window?"David shook his head. "No. I'm all out of breath because I've been out
here shooting baskets. I don't know anything about a broken porch
window.""You're not telling the truth," Max said.
How did Max figure it out?
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The Case of the Broken Window by Carol Farley
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