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Max Decker
One Saturday morning Nina saw the three musketeers in the
mall. Jenny, Brittany, and Mitzi called themselves by that name
because they always were together.
"I've been shopping for sandals," Jenny told Nina. "But I
have such a wide foot nothing seems to fit. We've been looking
everywhere."
"And it's been slow going," Mitzi added. "On account of
Brittany's-"
"I know," Nina said, looking at Brittany. "I heard you sprained
your ankle in gym yesterday. Does it still hurt a lot?"
"It's okay as long as I move really slowly," Brittany told her.
"We're going to get ice cream at the Just Desserts Shop now. Want to
join us?"
"Better not. Max is meeting me at home. See you later."
Nina was taking a short cut through Harborville's city park
when she saw Mr. Hansen kneeling beside a new sidewalk. The city
maintenance man frowned as she drew closer. "Somebody jumped right
in the middle here while the cement was still wet," he said,
pointing at two narrow footprints embedded in the concrete. "Now
I'll have to rip out this section and re-do it. Sure can't leave the
sidewalk looking like this!"
"Any idea of who did it?" Nina asked.
"A kid over there on the slide said that girls named Brittany,
Mitzi, and Jenny were the only ones near here. But he doesn't know
which one ruined my sidewalk."
"I know who did it," Nina declared.
How did Nina figure it out?
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The Case of the Defaced Sidewalk by Carol Farley
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