The Trail of the Screaming Teenager (2011)
“She had sand in her eyes and in her mouth.
It tasted gritty against her teeth.
She tried to talk. “I didn’t take anything,” she said at last.
She kept her eyes closed and rubbed at them with two fingers.
“You’re a thief,” said a voice.
She opened one eye. She could see long brown hair.
She could see something else too.
Chicken Head had come down toward the water. He was hopping up and down, listening to the radio on his shoulder.
He was jerking his head back and forth.
He was making cluck, cluc...k noises with his teeth.
Dawn drew herself up as tall as she could. She watched for Noni with one eye. “I am the Polka Dot Private Eye,” she said.
Chicken Head stopped clucking. “Then I am Princess Di,” he said.
He began to laugh at his joke, slapping his knee.
The girl with the freckles was coming toward them. “Did you hurt yourself?” she asked.
Dawn felt like crying.
She didn’t, though.
Detectives never cry.
She shook her head. “No.”
Sand flew all over the place.
“We caught the thief,”MoreLess
It tasted gritty against her teeth.
She tried to talk. “I didn’t take anything,” she said at last.
She kept her eyes closed and rubbed at them with two fingers.
“You’re a thief,” said a voice.
She opened one eye. She could see long brown hair.
She could see something else too.
Chicken Head had come down toward the water. He was hopping up and down, listening to the radio on his shoulder.
He was jerking his head back and forth.
He was making cluck, cluc...k noises with his teeth.
Dawn drew herself up as tall as she could. She watched for Noni with one eye. “I am the Polka Dot Private Eye,” she said.
Chicken Head stopped clucking. “Then I am Princess Di,” he said.
He began to laugh at his joke, slapping his knee.
The girl with the freckles was coming toward them. “Did you hurt yourself?” she asked.
Dawn felt like crying.
She didn’t, though.
Detectives never cry.
She shook her head. “No.”
Sand flew all over the place.
“We caught the thief,”MoreLess
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