THE NEW MEMBER
NEW MEMBER
A couple weeks ago Cookie and her friends decided to open their
own detective club. Which they named the We Always Catch Our
Crooks Club
And so far since starting the club they’ve solved many cases
today’s meeting was not about a new case but to decide on which
of their friends would become a new club member
For the hundredth time you can’t nominate her she’s a girl
Umm hello Tommy news flash if you haven’t notice but Cookie,
Vicky and I are girls Daisy the penguin frowned
My point exactly Tommy the tiger cub smiled we don’t need
another one I nominate Toby
Toby Snake? Vicky the dragonfly frowned
Yah and if you ask me he’ll fit right in he’s smart and well liked
Not by everyone Vicky interrupted the only reason he’s so popular
is because he’s always buying the other kids in school stuff
So
What she means is that he buys his friends instead of trying to
make them Daisy added
Whatever what do you think Sammy, Tommy asked Sammy the
turtle
He’s not so bad I guess Sammy shrugged
Well we can at least ask him and if he’d like to try out who knows
maybe he’ll say no Cookie added
Umm I already did ask him sort of Tommy mumbled
You what?
Umm I sort of mentioned it to him the other day that we were
looking for another member
Oh terrific Tommy how could you do that without talking to us
first Vicky asked
I’m sorry you guys it just slipped out
Still Tommy that wasn’t cool Cookie replied and what did he say
when you asked him
At first he didn’t seem to be so interested but I guess he
thought about it. Cause he called me that night and said it’d be
cool he even said that if we ever wanted to use talk talkies that
he’d get it for us
You see he’s doing it again Daisy cried
Oh give me a break he’s just trying to be friendly what’s wrong
with that? So what do you guys say is he in? Tommy asked
Okay let’s take a vote all those in favor of letting Toby in raise
your hands? Sammy asked
Only Tommy raised it
Aw you guys!
Real detectives don’t take bides and that’s what Toby’s trying to
do
Hey I got an idea Cookie replied Tommy wants Toby and both
Daisy and Vicky want Susie to try out
But Susie just moved to Rocky Shores a couple weeks ago we
hardly know her for all we know she could be a crazed killer
Tommy interrupted
Well if she’s then I know who her next victim should be Daisy
laughed
Okay, okay fighting with each other isn’t getting us nowhere why
don’t we ask them both to join and the first one who helps us
solves our next case gets in Cookie said
That’s a great idea they all agreed
Then its settled Cookie smiled okay Tommy you and Sammy talk
to Toby and we’ll do the same with Susie about our club rules and
what we decided on doing all we need now is a case to test them
on
The next afternoon Sammy told them that he wanted to have a
club meeting right after school. Every one showed up except for
Susie
I bet she couldn’t figure out what to wear that’s why she didn’t
show up! Tommy laughed
Zip it Tommy before I do it for you Daisy frowned
Cool it you guys okay Sammy what’s up? Cookie asked
We got our next case Miss Cow’s wallet was stolen she had to go
to a staff meeting during lunch and forgot to take her purse and
when she went back her purse was still there but her wallet was
missing. She hopes that the person who took it will turn
themselves in and return her money Sammy explained
Wishful thinking Cookie said
Hey isn’t Susie in her class maybe you can ask her who she thinks
would be the perfect suspect Vicky added
That’s a good idea you and Daisy go talk to her while the rest of
us look for Miss Cow’s wallet Cookie answered
But doesn’t the crook have the wallet? Toby asked
I don’t think so they way I figure they probably stashed it
somewhere we’ll split up and search different parts of the school
and playground and see if we can find anything she added
The next day Toby was washing his hands at the bathroom sink
before the lunch bell rang when Tommy walked in
Hey Toby how’s it going?
Okay how’s the case going do we’ve any lead on it yet?
Nope but don’t worry we always catch our crooks! Tommy laughed
Oh
Toby went into the corner stall while Tommy washed his hands
then leaned against the sink to wait for him. After a few minutes
he heard weird noises coming from inside the stall
Hey Toby are you okay
Yah its just this paper dispenser its jammed up I can’t get much
paper out of it
Hey no problem I’ll get you some Tommy said
No its okay I pulled out enough out thanks
A few minutes later he came out then walked out with Tommy so
they could go to lunch together
After school they met by the monkey bars inside the playground
except for Susie and Daisy who arrived ten minutes later to talk
about the case
Well its about time you two show up Tommy scowled them
We’ve got a very good excuse for showing up late Susie smiled
Oh yah what
We found Miss Cow’s wallet!
That’s great where was it? Cookie asked
Inside the boys bathroom Daisy said Susie was the one who
actually found it
Huh? How you can’t go inside the boy’s bathroom you’re a girl
what were you doing in there
Shut up Tommy and let her finish Vicky snapped
Any way when Daisy told me about the case and what was the plan
I started to think if I were the crook where would be the
perfect place then it came to me. So before going to class I
checked out the girls bathroom and nothing then I checked inside
the boys
And was the wallet in there? Toby mumbled
Yep it was hiding inside the paper dispenser by the corner stall I
was about to walk out when some body came in. I had to hide until
they left which made me late for homeroom and had to stay
after school because of it
Oh wow! Good job Susie! Cookie smiled
So Susie what’s it like inside the boys bathroom Vicky laughed
Gross and smelly! Susie laughed back
So I guess that’s it our case is closed Sammy said where’s the
wallet now?
Susie opened her book bag and handed it to him
Here
Hey wait a minute! The money is missing he frowned
I knew it! It was you! You stole Miss Cow’s wallet Tommy cried
out
No I didn’t! the money was still there when I found it I even
wrote down the serial number when I was waiting to sneak back
out
Tommy how can she be the one who took it when she’s the one
who found it Daisy frowned
Exactly don’t you guys find it a bit weird that she knew exactly
where to look
But that’s not how--
Yah, yah you set the whole thing up so we’d think that she solved
the case. Toby and me were in there this morning and we didn’t
see anything why? I tell you cause she hid in there so we’d all
think it was a boy who stole it Tommy started to explain
No I didn’t and I’m not going to stay around here and be blamed
for something that I didn’t do I’m going home!
Cookie didn’t believe that Susie stole the money but how was she
going to prove it. Suddenly an idea popped into her head she
whispered something into Vicky’s ear
Susie can you come with me I forgot something back inside my
locker you too Daisy, Vicky said we’ll be right back
What was that all about Tommy frowned watching them walk off
Okay you guys good job I guess another case solved
What? Cookie this case isn’t solved we still don’t know what
happened to missing money Sammy interrupted
And before Tommy could answer Cookie cut him off
Doesn’t matter we’ll just turn it just as we found it she shrugged
and Toby since you did such a good job in helping us solve this
case. You’re more then welcome to join our club if you like she
added smiling
Yah sure Toby shrugged
Great! Now maybe we can get those talk talkies that you
promised us
Hey no sweat my dad gave me some money last night we can go
get them now if you like? Toby smiled. He then reached into his
pocket and took out a wad of bills and as soon as Cookie saw it
she suddenly snatched the money and ran to catch up with the
other girls who were waiting for her by the front door of the
school
Hey Susie do you still have those serial number with you?
Susie took out a folded piece of paper from her back jean pocket
Yah here
Cookie checked the number with Toby’s money and cried out
I knew it!
Hey what’s the big deal give me back my money! Toby growled
once he and the others caught up
Don’t you mean Miss Cow’s money we just checked the numbers
with the list that Susie made and it was the perfect match
What are you talking about Cookie? Tommy demanded
I’m talking about what really happened Cookie answered I found
it weird that Toby didn’t find the wallet when he was in the same
stall that Susie went to afterwards it wasn’t because Susie stole
the wallet Toby did
What! No way!
Yes way! You stole the wallet then you hid it inside the dispenser
you thought that no one would ever think of looking for it in
there. But when you heard what we had planned you got nervous
that one of us might find it so when you went to get it Tommy
walked in and you didn’t want to take the chance that he might
see it am I right so far?
Toby just slowly nodded his head yes
But why dude you told me that your dad gives you money all the
time. You didn’t need to do that Tommy asked in debrief
I lied he only gives me a couple of bucks a week and that hardly
covers all the stuff that I buy every day
But you don’t have to buy all that stuff Vicky began
Oh yes I do if I don’t the kids in school will stop liking me
Toby if they were really your friends they wouldn’t care if you
buy them stuff or not she added
Please don’t turn me in if you do they’ll call my dad and he’ll kill
me if he ever found out. I promise never to do it again I swear!
Toby hold on a second guys can I talk to you over here for a
minute? Tommy asked Susie I’m sorry that I didn’t believe you
That’s okay Tommy
But what are we going to do about Toby? Sammy asked I sort of
feel sorry for him
Yah me too he looks so scared if we could think of some way to
give him a second chance Daisy added
That’s it! Cookie cried
That’s what? Vicky asked
You’ll see hey Toby we decided not to turn you in Cookie began
Really wow thanks guys!
Whoa! Don’t thanks us just yet you didn’t let me finish I said that
we weren’t going to turn you in because you’re going to turn
yourself in
Huh?
That’s right you’re going to tell Miss Cow what you did
But if I do then she’s going to tell my dad
Not if we go with you and explain what you just told us how you
promised never to do it again. You’re going to write the whole
thing down and if you don’t get into any more trouble then we’ll
rip it up but if you do something like this again and we find out
then we’ll show the letter to your dad and take it to the cops.
What do you say do we’ve a deal? Cookie explained
Deal but do you think that Miss Cow will agree? Toby asked
I don’t know we’ll just have to wait until tomorrow Cookie
shrugged
The next day they talked to Miss Cow and returned her wallet to
her. At first she was very upset but after hearing the deal that
Cookie came up with she had a charge of heart and agreed to it
Toby kept true to his word he even helped Miss Cow clean up
every day after school for a week. And also helped Susie with her
math homework just to make it up to her. He also learned a very
valuable lesson that stealing doesn’t pay or makes you true
friends in the end
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