Rebekah--Girl Detective #2, Page 3

  The walk to Mouse's house was not very far. It was only down the street. As she walked along she heard something moving in the brush beside the sidewalk.

  “Who's there?” she demanded as she turned to look inside the brush. There was no person small enough to hide in the bushes. Maybe just maybe it was the couple's dog, come back to spy on her. She peeked through the brush to see what was following after her.

  In the middle of the twigs and leaves was a small orange cat. It looked up at her with little blue eyes and seemed very sweet.

  “Aww, what a cute kitty,” she cooed.

  That cute kitty wasn't happy that he had been found. He reached out with his sharp little claws and swiped at the finger that she stretched out to pet him.

  “Hey!” she protested. “That's my finger!” she snatched it back before its sharp little nails could slice into her skin.

  Chapter 2

  The orange cat hissed and growled at her. He stood up on his four legs and raised its back as if it would attack.

  “Bad kitty!” she said sharply. “Very bad kitty!”

  With a scowl she stalked off the rest of the way to Mouse's house. When she knocked on the door he opened it fast.

  “I still can't find him!” he said.

  “Oh no,” she sighed and shook her head. “I'm sorry that you lost Magellan. I just got attacked by a fierce cat!”

  “A fierce cat, like a tiger?” Mouse asked with surprise.

  “No silly,” she said. “But it could have been, for as loud as it snarled, and how sharp its claws are. It almost got my finger!” she showed him her unmarked finger.

  “Oh, bad kitty,” he shook his head.

  “That's what I said,” she grinned. “Now let's take a look at what we can do about this missing mouse!”

  “Magellan,” he reminded her.

  “Yes, Magellan,” she said. She whipped out her small notebook. “When was the last time you saw your mouse?” she said.

  “This morning, after I let them out into their maze.” He replied. “He was in the castle with all of the other mice, but I couldn't find him when it was time to put them back in their cage.”

  “Is there any way out of the maze?” she asked curiously.

  “Here, I'll show you,” he said. “I just built a new one yesterday.”

  Mouse's room was loaded with all kinds of inventions he had created to keep his tiny mice happy. He had mice roller coasters, he had mice bicycles, and even a mouse swing set. He walked her over to his newest creation, a large mouse maze complete with castle turrets and a drawbridge. The mice had to eat the cheese to get the drawbridge to lower.

  “This is great!” she said with a smile. “I'd love to run through it.”

  “You'd have to be a bit smaller,” Mouse said thoughtfully. She could tell that he was already inventing some ideas in his head as to how to make a life size maze.

  “So all of the mice were in here?” she asked and peered closely. “Oh Mouse one of your mice has a big appetite,” she said.

  “Huh?” Mouse looked at the corner of the maze that she was pointing at. There was a tiny hole chewed through the cardboard of the box.

  “Maybe he thought it was cheese,” she said.

  “Oh no,” he smacked his forehead and groaned. “How could I not see that? He could be anywhere!”

  “As long as he didn't get out of the house, we can find him,” she assured him, “Let's just take a close look at where he might have gone.”

  “How can we do that?” Mouse asked. “He's so tiny there's no way to know which way he went.”

  “By being mice,” Rebekah said firmly and dropped down on to all fours beside the mouse maze. She began searching along the baseboards for anywhere that the mouse could have hidden. Mouse dropped down beside her and began searching too.

  End of the preview. Continue reading to discover if Rebekah and Mouse find Magellan.

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