Grand County Library Children's Corner

One day in Australia after the ice age ended Kangaroo Rat had just found his lunch when he tripped on a rock. His lunch went flying out of his hands into a colorful hole near a slick-rock hill. Kangaroo Rat panicked a little. Then he thought of something. He went out into the outback.

He walked and walked until he found Poison Dart Frog. He said, “Help me, help me, I dropped my lunch in a colorful hole near a slick-rock hill!”. Kangaroo Rat was so frustrated Poison Dart volunteered to go.

Kangaroo Rat said, “You can climb down with your sticky toes and get my food, right?” Poison Dart Frog said, “Maybe.”

As she started climbing down she slipped. As she fell the color of the rock rubbed off onto her skin. She climbed out and hopped away.

Kangaroo Rat went back into the outback. He walked on and on until he found Aardvark. He said, “Help me, help me I dropped my lunch in a colorful hole near a slick-rock hill!” Kangaroo Rat was so mad Aardvark went with him.

When they got there Kangaroo Rat asked, “You can get my food with your long tongue, right?” Aardvark said, “Maybe.”

So he stuck his snout in the hole. He extended his tongue, but he couldn’t reach Kangaroo Rat’s lunch. He tried pulling his nose out but it was stuck. Aardvark pulled and pulled until it popped out. His nose had stretched at least one foot! His nose hurt so bad Aardvark ran away! Kangaroo Rat yelled “Wait!” But Aardvark was already gone.

Kangaroo Rat went into the outback again. He kept walking until he ran into Ostrich. Kangaroo Rat said, “Help me, help me I dropped my lunch in a colorful hole near a slick-rock hill!” Kangaroo Rat was so stressed out Ostrich had to go.

When they got there Kangaroo Rat asked, “You can get my lunch with your big beak, right?” Ostrich said, “Maybe.” Ostrich stuck his head in the hole. He was almost there when his head got stuck. He pulled and pulled but his head didn’t budge. He gave one more big tug and his head popped out. The force of the tug made his head feathers fly off and it made his neck stretch. Ostrich ran away as fast as he could, which was about 63 M.P.H!

Kangaroo Rat ran off into the outback for the last time. He ran and ran until he sped straight into Kudu’s leg! Kangaroo Rat screamed, “Help me, help me I dropped my lunch in a colorful hole near a slick-rock hill!” Kudu said, “What do you want me to do?”. Kangaroo Rat said, “Get my lunch out of the hole!” Kudu heard about the other animals so he said, “Why can’t you do it by yourself?” Kangaroo Rat said, “I’m way to small.” Kudu said, “What about Poison Dart Frog? She’s small and she did it.” Kangaroo Rat just made up another excuse. He kept pleading and pleading until Kudu went with him.

When they got there Kangaroo Rat said, “You can get my lunch with your big horns, right?” Kudu said, “I don’t think so because I don’t want anything to happen to my beautiful horns.” Kangaroo Rat said, “I’ll give you part of my dinner.” That got Kudu satisfied.

Kudu got up on the hill and stuck his horns in the hole. He almost had the lunch when his feet slipped out from under him! As he fell off the hill his horns got stuck on the side of the hole, but his weight was just too much! His horns twisted. When Kudu saw his horns he sprang off as fast as he could. He Told every animal he found not to help Kangaroo Rat.

From then on we see Kudu with curly horns and whenever he sees something surprising he springs away.

Mom was out hunting for bugs and my two older brothers were making one of their evil plots to get me out of the nest. Once they made a sling shot out of two twigs and a piece of dry grass, but the grass just broke when they tried to shoot me out. Luckily for me they're not very smart

My oldest brother looks a Pat potato, has a crooked beak, and always complains about not getting enough food. My second oldest brother looks like an enlarged pea. He acts like my oldest brother is the king, and cry's when he doesn't get what he wants.

I wasn't very scared of their next plan because they never really work. But just in case, I always keep a lookout. Mom came swooping in with three fat juicy worms. When she left again to get food for herself, the battle began!

Everyone jumped on the worms! Feathers flying, beaks pecking! I barely missed being pecked in the face while I was running out of the commotion with one of the worms, my brother grabbed the worm and pushed me. I felt a sharp pain. I was on the ground.

I was walking down the trail when I heard a soft squeaky sound. I looked down and saw a baby bird. I wanted to touch him so much, but if I did, I was afraid his mom wouldn't come back. I ran back to tell dad. Dad was cooking a hotdog on the fire (well, burning it). Mom was taking pictures of flowers, and my brother was pretending to fight monsters.

"Just a minute, hun, let me cook this hot dog." "But a baby bird fell out of a nest!" "Just a sec."

I ran up the trail to the bird, little pink and featherless. Dad came a little later with a ski pole "We can put it in this little basket at the end of this ski pole."

I heard a loud sound and looked up. I saw a giant! They picked me up, put me on a shiny stick and put me up to the nest. I was saved! My brothers looked really scared. Maybe they think that I'm magic! After that they never bothered me again.

One yummy supper on Super Bowl Sunday when Supper Man was eating soup for sup, the

"Supper Man, Cheese Monster is destroying the town again! Will you save us?" said the president.

I'm all done now, all I need is strength and bravery! Got them. Now, I'm on my way to save the day!!!" "I see you've came to destroy me", said Supper Man.

"Yes" said Cheese Monster, "and when I do, I will rule the world! Ha, ha, ha!!" "In your dreams glob!" yells Supper Man. "Oh, I'll get you now!" responds Cheese Monster. "Stay still cheese glob!" struggles Supper Man. "No, I will not" Cheese Monster shouted. "Yes you will because..." "Because...."

"Because I want to get you!" WAAAAMMMM!!!! "I told you I would get you", Supper Man boldly said.

The next day, Supper Man was reading the newspaper when the Supper Man phone rang again. "Supper Man, Spinach Man is destroying the town. Will you save us again?"said the president. "Hmmm...

"Did you come to destroy me? Oh, and did you know that every monster that tries, never wins" Supper Man said confidently to Spinach Man. "Yes, I did hear that and I will still destroy you!" "No you won't. I will destroy you!!!" "Nooooooo......"

After a month had past, Supper Man was as famous as Britney Spears, and he was as happy as a free man.

It was a dark and stormy day at H.M.K. It was right after lunch at one o'clock. The kids were not out playing because it was too wet. So they were all in their classrooms. But only one stranger was out walking on the grass. He had black squeaky shoes and a long, long beard. There was a lonely silence all over the school. All of a sudden the lights went out. And one of the classroom's faucets was dripping water. Everybody is scared. The stranger is still walking on the grass. There was still silence all over. It was scary. There was a lock down. Mrs. Camp's "Teacher of the Year" award is missing.

Jackson and Jayelen hear someone crying. It is coming from Mrs. Camp's room. They walk inside and see Mrs. Camps crying. "Why are you crying", asked Jackson. "I was telling my class to settle down when ... I noticed my "Teacher of the Year" award was missing.

The principal relied on them because they had solved many mysteries at H.M.K. It was just after Mrs. McKay left that it had gone missing. "Was anybody else in the room at that time?" asked Jayelen. "Mrs. Adams was looking through the window but how can you get a trophy when you're not in the classroom?" sobbed Mrs. Camps. "Mrs. Jenkinson was helping my class and noticed it was gone too." wept Mrs. Camps. I saw Mrs. Nichols lurking around today." whispered Jayelen. It has to be Mrs. McKay because she was the only one in the room." said Jackson and Jayelen at the same time.

So they went to Mrs. McKay's room and they saw the trophy on her desk. They took the trophy and gave it back to Mrs. Camps. Everything is back to normal. Mrs. McKay thought she deserved to have the trophy so she unlocked the case and took the trophy. Case Closed.

A cat may jump and pounce but still never get hurt. Some times I wish that we had that luck. If we jump, pounce and roll we might get hurt. Besides cats have nine lives. I told you that cats have amazing luck.

It was a dark stormy night at HMK. All the lights were off except for the one in the hall. And the only person there was the janitor and he was in the hall. Then he heard the door open!

He didn't know who or what it was. Oh! It was only the principal. But who was that with her? Oh. It was only a teacher getting ready for the week. All I can see is dark class rooms. And all I can smell is chili and cinnamon rolls from yesterday's lunch.

Crash! What was that?! The window was in a million pieces a note that was glittery green flew in. I read it. It said "beware of me! signed..."

Have no fear the detectives are here so here they are Ellie, Jayelen and Peyton and Stinky and Moab "The Wonderdogs!!!!"

So the detectives sat around and had a talk about the suspects. Peyton said "It could be Mrs. Johnson because she has a stack of green paper. And the school bully, Tray. He could be the one" she said, "because, well, he collects all kinds of glitter."

So the detectives sat around in a circle and decided that they should interview the suspects. So first they asked Mrs. Johnson and they asked her if she broke open a window at HMK yesterday? "I promise you I did not!" answered Mrs. Johnson. So the detectives went across the room ancfinterviewed Tray. When they went over there they asked if he broke the window. You know that he is the school bully. He said he didn't do it. Then we said we would stay there until he told the truth. We were there for two hours and he finally admitted to it. He had to help the janitor clean up the glass.

I was at HMK and the door opened. I went and fell to the ground, and I got up and I noticed I slipped on water. I heard a sccccccccrech! I heard a yelp. I ran to see what happened, a man was there. He said a basketball is missing.

I better call Miguel and tell him to get off the couch because we have a mystery. Miguel and Cole! We have our suspects. He have Oscar, John and Vinnie. Vinnie loves basketball. John has a trophy. Oscar is the coach. The police are surrounding the school. It was all three of them and now Vinnie is gone. They did it to sell it for the money.

It is a nice and sunny morning. The class was going to a field trip. The teachers are working and they got going but then Scott forgot his lunch and they went back. And they started to swim. When they got back the chairs were missing. And they couldn't see the teacher when they sat down.

After school Alexis and his trusty sister, America, began to investigate the problem. America and Alexis thought it was the janitor but then they found out that it was not the janitor. He was just happy. Then they went to Presten's mom. But it was not him either. He just laughed because he slipped and did the splits. That's why he laughed. But there was no one else to remember.

Scott laughed in an evil way. The janitor was happy because the room was clean. Prestin had a finger print like on the teacher's table.

But then Alexis remembered that Scott went to the class room. And then the detectives went to Scott's house and they talked. Then Scott told the truth and showed them were they were and they finally got to sit down.

On a dark and stormy afternoon it was half day at school. School could be out any minute. Now I said to myself, as soon as the teacher dismisses us, I will run out the front door so my Mom can pick me up. But I was too late to get out and I ran back in the school.

There were writings written in blood on the wall and it looked like first grade writing. I kept on walking until I got to the middle of the hall and I saw a girl who had black hair. I heard something behind me and when I turned around the girl was gone. I ran to the closest door. It was locked. I ran to the office door. Thank goodness it was open. I ran. My mom was not there. I screamed help! Help! Help! Help!!!!!!!! I was screaming so hard. The girl was in a window. I was so scared I ran home. Thank goodness I saw mom driving down the road. I got in the car and my mom drove off and when we got home I talked to my mom about what I saw at school. My mom is a detective. I told her what I did and what I saw. "It was horrible!" I said. My mom said the same thing. She sat me down on the bed. My mom said "What did it look like?" What I said was "There is writing in blood on the wall. I think she's a first grader." I went to bed and watched a movie and when I woke up I forgot all about what I saw at school yesterday. But my mom came in to check on me and I asked my mom what happened. She told me every thing. She said the little girl's name was Desi. She wrote on the wall because she was scared. She thought somebody was after her. It wasn't blood after all. It was red paint. It was hard to understand the first time but I did understand the second time. Then I heard all about it. Case Closed!

At the water park at 12:00 p.m. sharp, there were two kids named Oscar and Danny. Danny was short for Danelia, and Oscar was just short for Oscar. They were swimming. Oscar and Danny saw a note. It said, "Do not tell anyone, that there is purple food coloring in the pool. Once you read this, keep it and do not show anyone!" These kids were very smart. They were in the newspapers. When there was a case, they were on the job.

Oscar and Danny thought, "Who would put purple food coloring in the pool?" Oscar said, ".There was that girl that had purple pants on." The Danny said, "She could have bought them that way." "True." said Oscar.

"He had purple drops on his shoes the day he went to 8^th grade and that was long before we got this note." said Oscar.

"That all leads us to Ms. Carpenter. She went swimming in the pool today." Danny added.

"I thought I saw a purple food coloring bottle peaking out of her bag and I saw no bottle at all when she went home." said Danny.

Danny and Oscar went to see Ms. Carpenter to solve this mystery. The days passed and it was Monday, time for recess. Danny asked Ms. Carpenter, "Did you put purple food coloring in the pool?"

"Because the owner and I used to work together and we had a race and he won, but I deserved to win." Ms. Carpenter explained.

The days passed and it was spring break. Danny's mom promised to call Mayor Dave and tell him what happened. So Danny's mom did and the Mayor said, "She will have to go to jail for a week!" "Hey, Danny!" said Oscar.

The detectives drove the paddy wagon to the water park at midnight and the water is over flowing out of the pool. You can see the waves in the moonlight. And you can hear an owl. No body is out there except the detectives: Cade, Caden, Miguel and Cade's Chihuahua. The detectives were investigation strange noises at the water park. The deep end is getting too much water out that should be in the pool. The detectives heard a noise from the slides. The detectives thought they saw the criminal swimming to the side of the pool. The detectives started to chase the criminal. Cade tripped and he started to roll down the sidewalk. Then the rest of the detectives got to Cade. Then they thought it was their imagination. The next day they discovered sugar and salt in the pool and that is why the pool over flowed and the drain was clogged up. The next day the owner arrived and discovered that the pool had been vandalized. She called the detectives to investigate. The detectives discovered who did the damage from the clues. The clues were; spilt sugar and salt by the pool. Also, the criminal left his shoe behind. Since the detectives knew who the shoe belonged to it was obvious that the suspects went to Red Rock Elementary. The suspects were Ms. Jackson, Shaley, and Mr. Warren. The detectives discovered that Mr. Warren was missing his shoe. So they put Mr. Warren in jail. The detectives were the heroes of the town.

Once there was a school called HMK where a whole bunch of kids went to learn. There are 10 classes. And once there was a girl who went there. Her name was Marissa. She had a little sister and her name was Karris, and she is in second grade. But one day Marissa was missing.

Have no fear...today there is a school play and Marisa is in it she plays the part of the monkey. But have no fear the detectives are here to find Marisa and their names are Cole and Vinnie and Alexis. They will save the day!

Sarah and Jenny ran to their classroom and told their teacher that Marissa was missing. She called Cole. "We have a mission at H.M.K.. A student is missing." "But we can find her, right team?'" asked Cole. "RIGHT!" they screamed. They got in their helicopter and went to H.M.K.

Miss Becky, the school secretary, found some foot prints leading to the office and a note that said, Dear Miss Buckingham,

Marissa is being checked out from school I thought you might want to know. Sincerely,

The detectives saw a car parked in the back of the school. It said "JOSH 188 EAST NORTH MOAB UTAH" on the plates.

"I'm hungry! Let's eat!" So the detectives go into the lunchroom and there was Josh, taped to the wall and Mrs. Carpenter holding Marissa and covering her mouth. The detectives go over to Josh, who could still reach his cell phone in his pocket, and asked him to call the police. Mrs. Carpenter stood staring at the detectives, Marissa kicked Mrs. Carpenter in the leg and got away.

The police asked Marissa what happened. Marissa explained that on her way to the car Josh said, "Where is your hat?"

"Oh no! In the lunch room. Maybe it fell off my head." answered Marissa. "Then, on our way to the lunchroom we heard a laugh and then my sister's best friend's teacher, Mrs. Carpenter, popped out and taped Dad to the wall and grabbed me." Mrs. Carpenter is evil.

It was a cold windy day at Red Rock Elementary office and there were no cars in the parking lot. The door was just opening and closing, back and forth. Only the detectives were there. The detectives are Peyton, Josh, Autumn, and Aushea.

The detectives went in the girls' bathroom while Josh waited outside and found Ms. Nicol crying. The detectives asked Ms. Nicol why she was crying. She said "My Granddaughter is missing. We put posters up at the park to find her." The detectives searched for some clues at the park. There was a poster of the missing girl painted in purple paint. Ms. Nicol drove them there. Also, they found a bucket of purple paint, a paint brush, and a paint stained towel in the women's bathroom. It looked like the poster was made right there in the bathroom. Ms. Nicol said that she saw her granddaughter in the park the last time she was seen. Then the detectives saw a little girl walking in the parking area. Her dress was stained with purple paint. Ms. Nicol shouted out to her because it looked like her granddaughter. Then she realized it was! We all ran to her to ask her where she was and she said she ran away from home and school. Also she said she made the poster to convince-people she was missing. The whole time she was hiding in the bathroom. Then Ms. Nicol took her home and she was grounded for a week. Ms. Nicol and her granddaughter lived happily ever after.

It is dark in the morning. I get dropped off. It is a school day. The door is swinging back and forth. No body is there because my mom has to go to work really early at 5:00. Everything is empty. Green glowing footsteps lead inside. The moon is out. The power is out. I run inside and light a candle. Then I sit down.

I hear a scream from another classroom. It sounds like a little girl. My fellow girl detectives and I are on the case. We find the little girl and she is scared. She just saw three strangers with green glowing hands in her classroom. We find every single clue that has been left. We solve mysteries a lot. I call the detectives to come in and find some clues. Their names are Ellie, Peyton, Maranda, and me, Aushea. There are glowing hand prints and foot prints on the floor and on the desk in room 14 and leading to the office. We researched harder and found a team of bad guys; Traykun, Oscar, and Josh. All of them had green glowing paint o their hands. We searched around and found a bucket of purple and green glowing paint in the boys' bathroom. We walk to the cashier place in Miss Becky's office. There is green glowing paint on the cash box. There is no money. We finally find out that Traykun is their leader by his green hands. The name of their club is OJ and big T. They meet in Big T's tree house.

The girl detectives researched people with the same matching finger prints. They found all three. They found Josh and Oscar and Traykun's tree house. They found the paint on the floor, the same paint as the green glowing and purple glowing paint.

Claire found another clue; a name tag! Traykun's name tag. Traykun came in. Peyton snuck right behind Traykun and said "Put your hands up!" We got him! We took him to the judge and the judge said he was guilty. He gave up. He told everything; even where they lived. So we went to Josh's house and found $35.00 The next day we went to Oscar's house but he was not there. The detectives searched all over town but they could not find him. He was out of town. Finally they found him in Colorado. There is still some money missing. They thought and thought. Finally they went to Traykun's house. They looked all over the house. They found $35.00. So they went to Oscar's house. They looked all over the house. Aushea and Claire found $35.00. They walked outside and counted the money. There was $105.00. There was supposed to be $110.00. There is still $5.00 missing. Then they searched the tree house and found the other $5.00. Then they went to Red Rock Elementary School and returned the money. Then they went to the Judge and the Judge and told him they found all the money. The End.

It was a nice Tuesday night at H.M.K and one teacher was cleaning his room. Then he turned around and.. .the coin jar was gone and the book of mammals! Then Mr. Warren was the one you should call on a mystery like that. I saw the thief. I saw blonde hair. "It could be Shaley for revenge or Cole for the test he missed" said Mr. Warren. There was the sound of the light switch going off and on and the door opening and closing in the bathroom. Then Mr. Warren saw a person running. It was Shaley running with the missing stuff and the next morning at 9:00 am the morning paper came and had a picture of Shaley. And the words said: Little Girl Stole School Supplies.

On a dark and stormy night at the RRE office no one was there except for a young girl in kindergartener that was trapped named Susan. The office was dark and lonely, and the desk was full of papers. It was Hallo ween eve and the lights barely worked. The trees swayed in the wind looking like ghosts.

She was so scared that she almost screamed then she heard the window break and foot steps. She was so scared that she hid in the boys' bathroom! She slept in there through the night. Sue had a photographic memory. That means that you can take pictures from your brain! By saying click! When she woke up she woke up way before she usually did. She woke up at 5:45 because of the uncomfortable ground she slept on. She went to the library to look at a book. When she went to the library she went to beginners reading and pulled out a second grade book that was way to hard for her the read. She went to the hard books and they were easy. And the Halloween books were Christmas books!

Sue had a serious problem going on at the school and she only had two hours to do it! Now she had to think she first thought of Wally Bull winkle the biggest bully in Red Rock Elementary school. But Wally is a huge kid. His walking sounds more like an army marching to her, and the foot steps that she heard last light sounded like a second grader. She had to think about the people she knew in second grade. Then she thought of Autumn, the calmest girl she knew in second grade and maybe she did it so no one would know! But she thought a moment. How is Autumn supposed to get to the school if she lives far away? Nope, it couldn't be Autumn because she lived to far away. Then she looked down and saw foot prints with flowers on the bottom. Then she knew it was Amber. Amber just barely got new shoes and she let Sue take a picture of them. Amber was their neighbor and she lived close to the school! Then the janitor came and unlocked the door. Sue ran out side all the way to Amber's house and knocked on the door and asked if she could talk to Amber. And she asked her "Did you mix up the books in the library?" At first she said "no" but then she said "yes". It was 7:30 when Amber was in the office and the library was all straightened out. And Amber got suspended! From then on Sue was known as the school's hero.

It was a dark and stormy night at HMK. There were no teachers except Ms. Carpenter who was in the library. She heard a crash then she heard foot steps. They were getting closer and Bam!

Someone broke in the library were Ms. Carpenter was. "Who is that?" Ms. Carpenter said. But no one answered. "I said who is that?" "It is I, the robber that steals kid's books from the library." Ms. Carpenter hid.

Then a police man drove by and saw a broken window and called the detectives. Then detective Peyton came in the window and said "stop". Then detective Ellie came in the window and said "enough". Then detective Shaley broke in and said "Stop it now or else." "Or else what? It's not like you know karate. Only I do." "No, we do too. No fighting in the library!" The detectives said. "We don't have to fight. Just go outside and there is a sports car. You can steal that."

"O.K." said the robber. So she went outside and the police were surrounding the school and the police said "You're going to be in jail for a long, long time." "We did it!" the detectives said. "No more robberies, yeah"

At the water park coyotes are howling. It is stormy. The moon is out. The wind is hard. The leaves on the trees are falling. The water is flooding. It looks like red is in the water.

The gate is going to fall. Cars are going fast. A ghost is crossing the street to the water park." said Eric. But it is night!

"But he might get run over" said Eric. The gate opened then shut. Then footsteps... Eric is a 9 year old boy and he always solves mysteries for Moab. Tonight's mystery: a ghost.

Hailey, a girl, was sending out news papers about the ghost. Then all of a sudden all the people knew this ghost. Then out of the corner of Eric's eyes he saw the ghost go to a 4 year old girl and said "boo!". Eric replied with a weird tone. "But he has goo all over its self he said to the paper girl. Let's follow its' foot prints." "But why?" someone said. It was Eric's dad. He had dark hair. Yesterday at school Eric found a ghost costume in a locker. In the bathroom someone put on the costume then ran out the door scaring everybody that she saw. "What happened?" Mister Warren said to Eric. The ghost moaned while Eric was getting books out of his locker. Something went ooooooooo. Rocks fell on the ground the noise went cccccccc! really loud.

"It's you!" Eric said. "It's Hailey. Hailey said "run, runaway!" Mister Warren stood the door and disappeared. Hailey got a suspension for doing bad things. The End.

It was a dark and rainy night and the whole H.M.K. school was empty. There are people by the school. They are hanging out with friends. Then I heard a scream from the school! Then police men started to surround the school. There was an ambulance racing to the HMK school. I could hear the ambulance all the way from Jimbos down the street. Then the next morning on the way to school there was no one there! The ambulance came by. We stopped them and they said the students we heard the night before got picked up by their families this morning from the hospital. They said there was poison acid at H.M.K. "What?" I said. "Comet, my dog, and I have to solve that mystery!" Comet and I always solve mysteries around town. After school that day I was walking Comet to the park. Then I heard a soft crash from the school. I tied my dog's collar to a bench in front of the school by the bikes. Then the Principal came out of the school. I went in front of Comet and ducked down behind the bikes. She didn't see us. I went fast and barely got in the school before the door closed. I was about to go in the gym but all of a sudden, my dog started to bark really, really loud. I ran back out of the school as fast as I could. He was barking at a figure running really fast on top of the roof. I tried to get on the roof but I couldn't find a way. Comet and I went home.

I wrote in my detective journal that it was a Monday. Mondays are short days at school. I was on my way home and I heard a noise. I ran in the school but all I saw was a fake gun and a sign that said "BEWARE! Do not come in the building!" I decided to go home. That night I just couldn't stop thinking about the crime. Five days later on a Saturday I went inside the HMK school just to look around for some clues but there was nothing. I went to where I saw the gun and the sign but what I saw were glowing green footprints going out the window. I made notes in my detective journal. That Sunday after church I went walking to HMK. It was very windy outside. I left then I heard a crash. I turned around and saw Tray and Alec on the ground. They were on top of the roof and then they fell off. Then I said "Have you seen anything suspicious?" They said "No." Then I saw red wet paint on the blacktop. By the way, Tray and Alec were okay. I wrote in my journal again.

Four days later was Thursday. School was just over. Comet and I went to HMK. Then Comet ran as fast as his little legs could carry him. In the gym I heard a crash. Behind the curtains I saw America and my Aunt Colleen. They told me there was poison acid in the school. Then I asked them "Why are you in the school?" They told me they had been setting stuff up around the school to try to get people out of the school so they wouldn't get hurt by the acid. "That's why there were glowing green footprints going out the window, the fake gun and the wet red paint on the ground!" I said. "Yes!" said America.

I asked, "Then why were students in the hospital?" "Because the acid got on them." said my Aunt Colleen.

Then we got all the acid out of the school. As it turns out, the acid came out of the sinks and fountains because a pipe broke. Then we lived happily ever after. P.S. Comet got married and had puppies and they lived happily ever after too.

At the King World Water Park, the pool was overflowing. The detectives are Traykun, boy genius, and his sidekick Mrs. Carpenter. There is a mystery here and we're going to solve it. Traykun and Mrs. Carpenter could hear foot steps and saw green foot prints. It is blazing hot Someone hops into the pool. His skin turns green. "The water was poisoned last night." said Traykun. We heard footsteps and saw green foot prints. "There's some poison drops! That's what turned that guys skin green I guess. I also heard an evil laugh." said Traykun. "What did it sound like?" asked Ms. Carpenter. "Mrs. Robertson." replied Traykun. "Let's go ask her." said Ms. Carpenter. So they asked Mrs. Robertson "Did you put poison in the pool?" questioned Traykun. "No way!" Now let's go ask Mrs. Swanson. "Did you put poison in the pool?" grilled Traykun "No. Oscar is acting very suspicious. He must have done it. Let's go ask. "Did you poison the pool?" "No, but then he looked scared. "What! You did do it!" He started to run. "Get him. He poisoned the pool!" He's getting away. Then a lifeguard got him. "Let's take him to jail." said Traykun. "Yes I agree." added Ms. Carpenter. "Nooooooo!" wailed Oscar.

At a dark and stormy day at 11:00 pm you could see the pool over flowing you could hear cars and thunder and you could hear doors creaking and you could hear the ambulance from Denis to water park and you could see people an me and my family were. There at the water park until my sister went to a dark hole and she found some food coloring, and she put in some in the pool and then Miguel came and saw some foot prints and he followed the foot prints and he saw a ghost and saw the ghost had a book on his hands and the next day My sister had that book on her hands and she had the same shoes as the ghost the shoes had spots and they were black and her shirt her shirt was grey and she had long hair and it was green with black spots and then we came back to the water park and we saw blue food coloring in the pool and we saw my sister's backpack and she had blue food coloring in her backpack and she had a ghost costume.

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