The Canary Caper
“Dink reminded Ruth Rose.
Ruth Rose shook her head. “They didn’t return Tiger, so they didn’t get inside my house. Come on, we have to tell Officer Fallon!”
They ran down Main Street to the police station.
“Does he work on Sunday morning?” Josh asked as they hurried up the steps.
“We’ll find out in a minute,” Dink said.
The kids almost bumped into Officer Fallon coming through the door.
“Were you kids coming to see me?” he asked. “I was just heading for Ellie’s.”
“Officer Fallon, we figured out ...the burglaries!” Ruth Rose cried, He looked at her. “Oh? Then we’d better go back inside.”
Sitting at his desk, Officer Fallon picked up a pencil. “I’m listening,” he said.
Ruth Rose told him their theory about how the pet-nappers came back later to return the animals, then rob the houses.
Officer Fallon smiled. “I think you’re right on the button,” he said. “I figured out the same thing.”
“Did you know that Mrs. Davis’s canary was returned, too?”MoreLess
Ruth Rose shook her head. “They didn’t return Tiger, so they didn’t get inside my house. Come on, we have to tell Officer Fallon!”
They ran down Main Street to the police station.
“Does he work on Sunday morning?” Josh asked as they hurried up the steps.
“We’ll find out in a minute,” Dink said.
The kids almost bumped into Officer Fallon coming through the door.
“Were you kids coming to see me?” he asked. “I was just heading for Ellie’s.”
“Officer Fallon, we figured out ...the burglaries!” Ruth Rose cried, He looked at her. “Oh? Then we’d better go back inside.”
Sitting at his desk, Officer Fallon picked up a pencil. “I’m listening,” he said.
Ruth Rose told him their theory about how the pet-nappers came back later to return the animals, then rob the houses.
Officer Fallon smiled. “I think you’re right on the button,” he said. “I figured out the same thing.”
“Did you know that Mrs. Davis’s canary was returned, too?”MoreLess
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