A normal Colonial kid on the outside but a Detective on the inside
Story 2
“Hey Joan come here.”
“Yes?”
“Guess what!”
“What?”
“I've got a mystery on my hands!”
“Yeah right.”
“No, this is for real!”
“Okay, what's this mystery?”
“It all started yesterday. As usual I was walking home
from school and all of the sudden a wagon wheel rolled right by me.
Almost had me too. I stopped walking and then someone came running
down screaming, “Get that wheel!” So I dropped my books and ran
after it, I caught up to it and grabbed on to it with all my might.
The man came running down and thanked me over and over again and said
if he had money with him he'd pay me. I told that wasn't necessary
and walked home. Well I got to thinkin' and wondered why he needed it
so badly. So I went and asked him and he told me that his Grandfather
had made it 65 years ago but he sounded really suspicious. So now I
have “The Mystery of the Runaway Wheel.” Wanna help me solve the
case?”
“Sure, I've got nothing else to do.”
“Yesss! Okay, where should we start?”
“I think we should read some of the recent Newspapers
for any reported robberies.”
“That's a great idea! I think father saves all the
newspapers he reads.”
So Joan and I read all the newspapers from the last
month and found in one of them that there had been diamonds stolen
from the Silversmith shop two and a half weeks ago. We kept this one
as a clue and decided to examine the wheel right after the Blacksmith
shop closed that night. Well we found out that the Blacksmith
actually lives there so we weren't sure what to do. We decided, that
since the next day was Saturday, we would stay around the Blacksmith
shop the whole day, in turns of course. Joan had second shift and
overheard the Blacksmith talking to someone about a wagon wheel that
had almost got away. His friend said that it would be horrible to
lose those diamonds. Joan wondered what this meant and ran off to
tell me. I thought that maybe there could be diamonds in or on the
wheel somewhere. She agreed with me and decided that we needed to get
a good look at that wheel, but how? Then I remembered that Jimmy
said his Uncle was a Blacksmith. Joan said that since I was sort of
friends with Jimmy I could ask him to show me around his Uncle's
Blacksmith shop. I thought that was the perfect plan. So I decided to
ask him after Church the next day.
The next day after Church I went over to Jimmy's house
and asked if I could join him in his game of jacks. He told me I
could, so I sat down and went to work.
“I've taken an interest in being a Blacksmith.”
“Okay.”
“And I was wondering if you could show me around your
Uncle's shop?”
“Okay, sure. When would you like me to take you?”
“How about finishing this game of jacks and then
going?”
“Okay. Your turn.”
So we finished playing jacks and left for his Uncle's
shop. First Jimmy introduced me to his Uncle and he told Jimmy that I
was the one who caught that wheel for him. Jimmy told his Uncle that
I was interested in becoming a Blacksmith and wanted to see his shop.
He said it was all right for me to look around for a few minutes. So
I walked around pretending to be amazed at the stuff he had made.
After a minute or so I found the wheel and tried not to make it so
obvious that I was interested in the wheel and not the shop.
After looking at the wheel for a little bit I realized that the rim
of the wheel was thicker than normal. A perfect place to hide,
diamonds! I told them I needed to leave for home and I left. When I
got home I told Joan what I had found.
“Joan guess what!”
“What did you find!?”
“Remember when Jimmy's Uncle told me to, “Get that
wheel!”
“Yes, why?”
“Well, when I caught up to it I noticed that there was
a rattling noise. When I examined the wheel today I noticed that the
rim was thicker than normal, in conclusion I decided that it's the
perfect place to hide, diamonds!
“So what you're telling me is, he stole the diamonds,
put them inside of a hollow wheel rim, put it on the wheel and then
somehow it rolled away. Then you ran after it because he was
screaming, “Get that wheel!” You caught it and gave it back to
him. Then when you asked him later why he needed it so badly he had
to come up with a story to tell you. He came up with a story but
sounded really suspicious when he told you. You saw right through it
and now we've come to the conclusion that he stole the diamonds from
the Silversmith shop, put them in the wheel to hide them but you
found them.”
“Exactly! Do you think we should go tell the
authorities?”
“Definitely.”
So the next day after school I went with Joan to the
local authorities and told them the whole story, they were a little
hesitant at first but decided to give it a try. They left and
searched the Blacksmith shop, they found the wheel, examined and
found what was definitely diamonds inside of the wheel rim. They
arrested Jimmy's Uncle and thanked Joan and I for the help on this
case. They even told us that we should be the ones to return the
diamonds to the Silversmith!
After doing just that, we went home and told our family
the whole story from beginning to end. Our Ma said that we should
celebrate and we all agreed!
The End
