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The Case of the Missing Clerk By: Alec Lonson One day Detective Wayne Canopine was at Target when a woman yelled”, Help! Help!” A Rottweiler was standing next to her barking frantically. The detective came running over and asked," I’m a detective, what’s the problem, Ma’am?” The woman answered," My name is Kelly Truby. This is my therapy dog Ike Truby, and this is my class,” she added,” were on an economic field trip and one of my students just noticed one of the clerks are gone!”" Who is this student, Mrs. Truby?” asked Wayne.

She called out”, Alec, come over here!” A boy with brown hair, braces, freckles, and a Minnesota Wild jacket came over. He asked”, Yes Mrs. Truby?” Mrs. Truby answered”, Alec, this is Detective…?””Canopine,” the detective answered. She went back to talking”, He wants to talk to you.” The detective almost immediately asked," Alec, What did you see happen?” Alec answered," I didn’t see much, all I saw was Janet Noman. She’s very nice, she’s my sister’s babysitter, talking to a muscular man, a strong woman, and a parrot,” He added,” I looked away for a few seconds to look at some cool toys, and when I looked back, all of them were nowhere in sight!”” Thanks kid,” replied Wayne. He stopped to dig something out of his pocket. It was a pen with his signature on it.” Here’s a detective pen,” he paused then added,” it’s yours.”” Wow, thanks!” the child replied.

He ran back to all his friends and, for a while, the detective could hear murmurs of Wow! Cool! Awesome! The detective couldn’t do anything but smile. He snapped his mind back to the case. He went to the place where the child had indicated. He looked inside, but he couldn’t see anything that were good clues. The dog came in and sniffed close to the carpet that was installed. He started barking softly. He went over to the place where the dog was. The dog had just found two good clues! It was a guitar pick and a pocket knife case.” Thanks, Ike!” said the detective. The dog went away after that. The detective got his scanner out and pressed the button. It wouldn’t turn on. He realized the batteries were dead. He had to look for a screwdriver and a battery D. The battery was easy to find, it was on the shelf next to the cashier place. Although, he had to go all the way across the store to get the screwdriver. When he was back, he had repaired the scanner.

He first scanned for fingerprints, and there were some. It matched the fingerprints of a lady named Alia Fisher. He then X-raed the pocket knife case. There was nothing inside. He then realized, on the bottom left corner of the screen, a parrot floating around three people. One of them was attached to a chair, the others seemed to be questioning her. It was Janet Noman!

She was attached to the chair. They had to be underground. He lifted the carpet and……… there! A small trapdoor with a lock on it was right under the carpet! Although it was locked tightly, he would have to have something small and thin to go through it…….. Aha! An idea popped into his mind. He took his tape measure to measure if it was just the right size. Then, he took out the guitar pick and put it through and……Yes! It unlocked the lock! He then slid down the stairs and got hit in the head by something big.

When his eyes adjusted, he could see Goody Nelson, a man who was released by the police two weeks ago, standing in front of him with what looked like a large stick in his left hand. A woman sat next to him with a parrot on the left shoulder. The parrot exclaimed”, I’m Kaw Fisher, and you’re trapped!” Wayne said”, Not so fast.” Before any of them could react, he pulled out his sleeping dart gun and shot them. They fell asleep instantly.

He found Janet and brought her upstairs. He then called the police, and they carried the criminals to the court room. Apparently, they just wanted money from Target. They got sentenced to jail for 20 years, so did the parrot. This is yet another mystery solved by Detective Wayne Canopine!