The Canoe Trip Mystery (2010)
“Everyone slept very well, even Rob Wilson, who must have returned very late. He came limping out of the lean-to in the middle of the Alden’s breakfast.
“May I join you?” Rob asked. They nodded, and he sat down beside Jessie. Although he still limped, he said the swelling on his ankle had gone down.
“This is the first good night’s sleep I’ve gotten since my canoe trip began,” he confided. He poured some orange juice from histhermos and offered some to the Aldens. They shook their heads.
They wer...e drinking the hot chocolate Jessie had made. It was cold in the mornings, and the air smelled of pine and wood smoke.
They had woken up early to prepare breakfast—hot oatmeal with lots of brown sugar and raisins. Rob reached in his pack and pulled out a loaf of hard bread. He broke off a piece for himself and hungrily eyed the Alden’s big pot of oatmeal.
“Would you like some?” Violet offered, passing him a bowl.
“Thank you. I’ll only take a little,” Rob said. He ate his portion quickly.MoreLess
“May I join you?” Rob asked. They nodded, and he sat down beside Jessie. Although he still limped, he said the swelling on his ankle had gone down.
“This is the first good night’s sleep I’ve gotten since my canoe trip began,” he confided. He poured some orange juice from histhermos and offered some to the Aldens. They shook their heads.
They wer...e drinking the hot chocolate Jessie had made. It was cold in the mornings, and the air smelled of pine and wood smoke.
They had woken up early to prepare breakfast—hot oatmeal with lots of brown sugar and raisins. Rob reached in his pack and pulled out a loaf of hard bread. He broke off a piece for himself and hungrily eyed the Alden’s big pot of oatmeal.
“Would you like some?” Violet offered, passing him a bowl.
“Thank you. I’ll only take a little,” Rob said. He ate his portion quickly.MoreLess
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