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Junior Detectives

Case of missing books

By

Disha Mangal

EDUCREATION PUBLISHING (Since 2011)

www.educreation.in


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Acknowledgements X

I have many people to acknowledge. The very first

person I would like to thank will be my grandpa Sh.

S.M. Agrawal and grandma Smt. Savitri who provoked

me to write something. Next comes my parents, Dr.

Shweta and Dr. Mahesh Mangal who were with me at

every step and also my little artist brother, Harit, who

helped me a lot with the illustrations.

I would also like to dedicate this book to my uncles

Mr. Ankur and Abhishek, who developed an avid reader

in me.

I would also like to thank my teachers and friends

who were my early readers and motivated me to write

more.

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About The Author

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Disha Mangal is a fourteen year (as on

2016) old, bubbly young writer who

loves to be in the company of books and

her friends. She is an avid reader and has

a passion for writing beside this, she is

also a star performer of her school. She

is inspired by the works of Enid Blyton.

Disha wants everyone to read and write and get involved

with books. She aims to be a writer and an inspiring

teacher.

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About The Book X

Alice and her friends have an unlikely adventure when

they were on a quest for the missing books. But will they

be able to help the Black forest and their friend

Joseph ?Jump into this book to find out...

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Contents

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1. Blossom buddies 1

2. The old man in disguise 4

3. URGENT meeting 6

4. The exploration 9

5. The underground hall 10

6. Finding the reason 15

7. The shocking news 19

8. The Diary 22

9. What the blank pages said 24

10. The brick wall 28

11. Searching behind the scenes 31

12. Reports by the investigation 34

13. The second entrance 36

14. Writing the secret message 39

15. Meeting at apple grove 42

16. Laying out the plan 45

17. Black forest 48

18. Knowing the truth 51

19. Concluding 54

20. Exciting meeting 56

21. Parting ways 58

22. Sid, Steve and Andy’s findings 61

23. Gwen and Sally’s findings 65

24. Where is Alice? 68


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25. Reaching to the evidences 71

26. Junior detective’s army 74

27. Turning up for help 77

28. The siren to relief 80

29. The Rainbow forest 83

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Blossom Buddies


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“Alice! Just get up. It‟s getting late for your school. I am

going to the grocery shop, and I have placed your

breakfast on the table, just make sure that you have it

before moving out,” instructed Alice‟s mother. ”Okay

mom,” said Alice, struggling with her hair and then

finally tying them into a pony tail. Finishing off with her

daily chores, she moved downstairs and ate her

breakfast. After having breakfast, she went to her elder

brother‟s room to tell him that she was leaving and ran at

the top of her gear to the bus stop and reached there in

time. It was the last day of school before vacations. It

was okay to be late, she thought. Alice was a radiant girl

in 8th standard, who loved adventures, but she had titled

her life as vegetative because nothing exciting knocked

her door. As soon as she reached her school, she met her

friends and started gossiping. They had titled themselves

as „Blossom Buddies‟ who included Alice, Sally – a red-

haired girl with dark-brown eyes like chocolate and was

Alice‟s best friend, Gwen – a blond-haired girl with

calm blue eyes and the memory queen, Steve – a black-

haired boy with green spectacles, having the scientist

brain, Andy – the strong boy with brown hair and lastly

Sid – the joker – was a short and plump funny boy. They

all had fun time together and today was their third

meeting in the month, and they had nothing scheduled to

do.

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“I don‟t think there is any reason to have a meeting

today,” commented Gwen.

“We agree with her,” said Sid, Andy and Steve in

chorus.

“That‟s true, we have nothing to do so far,” said

Alice.


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“Okay, then majority wins. No meeting today,”

declared Sally. But they didn‟t know that soon they will

need an urgent meeting.


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The Old Man in

Disguise


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“Alice just come downstairs, there‟s a detective movie

on the television,” said Alice‟s father.

”Wow! Detective films, I love them.”

Alice loved thrilling movies because they were so

exciting that she couldn‟t move away an inch from the

television. She was just a fan of snooping. She enjoyed

the movie which featured a gang who was after a lost

treasure and how the hero chased them. And after taking

her supper, she went out on a stroll. As she was strolling,

she saw a man glancing here and there as if he was a

thief. Alice got an idea; she imagined herself as a cop

and started walking stealthily after the man. It was a

silent road, and suddenly, the man turned backside to

take a look, and Alice saw his face. He was rather

crooked and short with one eye blue and the other one

hazel, and he had an unusual scar which was looking

like a sticker. The man also had wrinkles on his face and

a stick which he wasn‟t using. His dress-up too was like

an old man, but he walked like a youth. Alice suspected

that he was in disguise, but why? She wondered. She

kept walking and soon reached the Green forest. The

sand there was a little muddy and hard to walk.

Suddenly, she heard a voice and glanced upwards and

saw two squirrels quarrelling. She laughed silently, but

as soon as she looked forward to follow the man, she

saw that he had vanished. She saw some footprints

which led to a bush but found nothing there. She thought

that she would just run over to her house and call an

urgent meeting.

Meanwhile, she noticed one more thing that the

footprints were not of shoes but of bare foot and one of

the legs missed a thumb. She gathered her energy and

went home and telephoned all to have an URGENT

meeting.


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Urgent Meeting


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Soon everybody had poured in Alice‟s shed. She sat

there thinking in silence while the others settled

“What‟s the matter, Alice? Why this meeting? In

the afternoon, we said „no‟ to today‟s meeting, then why

this meeting? You seemed worried on phone, is

something wrong?” asked Andy.

“There is a lot going on in our city. Something

suspicious,” said Alice in a whisper.

“Suspicious!” exclaimed Gwen.

“What do you mean?” said Steve strongly.

“I thought she was going to tell hilarious jokes and

was impatient to vomit it out, so she called a meeting.

Ha! Ha! Ha!” laughed Sid. Everybody frowned at him.

“It‟s not the time to laugh, this is something

serious! Alice just speak out,” said Gwen.

Soon Alice started her story by mentioning all the

details. All of them were shocked.

“What do you think, doesn‟t it sound thrilling,

shouldn‟t we just go out and search where did he vanish?

It would be adventurous,” said Sally.

“We agree with her!” chorused Andy, Steve and

Sid.

“Count us in too!” chorused Gwen and Alice.

“So, we will be meeting tomorrow, ten in the

morning at my place,” declared Alice.

“What if we are found by that man?” asked Sid.

“First time in life, you are being sensible!” laughed

Sally.

“I think we can go there as if we are on a picnic,”

suggested Gwen.

“Yes, that will be good, so see you all tomorrow,”

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“One minute friends, don‟t you think it‟s time that we

change our group‟s name? So, how will be Junior

detectives?” suggested Alice.

“It‟s a good idea, I like the sound of it, so I take

leave of you, Junior detectives,” said Sally dramatically.

Everybody laughed and dispersed from the shed.

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The Exploration


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It was a sunny and lazy morning with cool winds

blowing. The junior detectors riding on their bikes soon

reached the Green forest. It looked greener in broad

daylight.

”Alice, guide us the path, we will set up our picnic

near to that place only,” said Steve.

Soon they had reached the spot. They began

searching, but failed; after getting tired, they sat down.

“How can it be that a man can vanish in a single

glance?”

“Let‟s think with the man‟s point of view.”

“Good idea.”

“See, what I have found!” exclaimed Andy.

“It‟s a newspaper clipping.”

“So what‟s new in that?” shouted Gwen

“Just come and have a look,” said Andy

All of them went to Andy and saw something

unusual. The newspaper was stuck in the grass.

“Let‟s take it out,” said Andy determinedly.

“Wait, don‟t you think that the texture of this grass

is different. Like the artificial ones in our house. They

are just like a carpet which can easily be removed,” said

Alice.

“You are right, let‟s remove it and see what‟s

wrong,” suggested Sally.

“But how did you come across it Andy, my friend?”

asked Sid.

“Actually, I am collecting newspaper clippings

related to sports, so when I saw this clipping and tried to

pick it up, it was stuck, so I called you all,” explained

Andy.

“Those talks can wait Andy and Sid, we have just

removed it and see what‟s here,” said Gwen.


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