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The Case of the Charley Cheetah Theft (Solution now available) |
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| Featuring Nina Chase & Max Decker | ||
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Just as Max flung open the front door, the rain poured down.
"Lucky thing we didn't get caught in that," Nina said. "My hair
looks like a scouring pad when it's wet."Max laughed. "You mean you don't have wash and wear
hair?"Before Nina could answer, loud voices echoed from the
school media center, the only other room leading from the
corridor. The two cousins hurried over and peered in.Ms. Purdy, the school librarian, was glaring at three students.
"I know one of you took Charley," she said. She glanced over
and beckoned Nina and Max inside. "Maybe you two can help.
I left our school mascot on my desk when I went to the cafeteria
to get coffee a few minutes ago. As I was walking back here, I
saw these three students in the corridor outside my door.
Charley Cheetah is gone.""Well, I sure didn't take him," Jack Weins said. "And I had a
good reason for being in the corridor." He pointed to the cast on
his left arm. "My mom is taking me to the doctor today. I
stepped outside, didn't see her car, but saw it was going to rain
any minute. Ellen was on the steps, so we walked inside
together. She'll tell you that. I don't have any reason for taking
Charley Cheetah.""Ha!" Bill Bateson blurted. "Maybe you're mad that you
broke your arm and couldn't be on the team. Isn't that a good
enough reason? And Ellen didn't make the cheerleading squad
this year. Maybe she wanted to cause trouble because of that.
But me-- I just came here to get a book. When I saw that Ms.
Purdy wasn't in the room, I went out to the corridor to wait for
her. I sure don't have any reason to-""Hey, you'd do just about anything to get a good story for the
school paper," Ellen interrupted. "I was only in that corridor
because I was coming back from lunch. And Jack saw me, just
like he said. Bill might have taken Charley just so he could have
a great headline: Charley Cheetah, School Mascot, Stolen from
Media Center.""And I'd like to know where he is," Ms. Purdy said."Sounds like nobody had much time alone," Nina said,
gesturing to the three suspects. "Maybe someone here still has
Charley Cheetah right now. After all, he's just an eight inch iron
figurine.""You think it's in my purse?" Ellen angrily demanded. "Take a
look." She dumped the contents on the desk. Only the usual
things tumbled out. Nina reached for her hand to calm her and
felt the soaking wet cuff of her sleeve."Well, it sure isn't in my book bag!" Bill declared, turning his
canvas bag upside down. Nina noticed he had a school
yearbook and two candy bars."And where would I hide it?" Jack asked.Max stepped closer and Nina noticed Jack cringe. "Just how
loose is that cast?" Max asked. "Charley Cheetah isn't very big.
Could you have-"Jack laughed. "You can bet my cast isn't that loose! He
moved his arm closer, and Nina saw that the plaster was peeling
away from the edges.Max glanced at Nina. "Could someone else have been in here
and----""No." Nina shook her head. "One of these three took
Charley. And I think I know who it was. And I think I know
where Charley is right now."
Can you solve the case?
| Whom does Max suspect? | |
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