"Oh look! look!, some gems just up the path, LOOK!"
said
.
All his friends came running up the path.
Everybody crowded around . "We could use these for easter eggs" said
"I don't think so, these are pretty valuable!"
said .
picked up one of
the
!! "Don't let go of it, said
it will break." Soon everybody
had a
in their hand even
.
The four friends decided that they would find out who's gems these belonged to. They walked down the path
and came upon a beautiful field of sunflowers. They knew the lady that worked in
the sunflower garden.
said, "Wait here and I will fly
over the sunflower garden and see if I can find the Lady Fay.
The
flew over the
garden and found Lady Fay. Lady Fay came walking out of
the garden and saw her friends. Lady Fay said, "hi friends, what is the matter?" The four friends held out their hands and
showed Lady Fay the
. They said "Do these belong to you?" Lady Fay said "no, I'm sorry
they don't belong to me." "Ok, said the four, we are going to keep looking for who they belong to!" And off they went, waving
to Lady Fay as they continued down the path.
The said, "Let's go to the
maybe Ms. Sondra knows who these belong to."
So the four friends entered the General Store of the Old West. Behind the counter was Ms. Sondra. She said, "Howdy friends, did you come to buy some
?"
The four friends laughed! "Ms. Sondra, they said, have you ever seen a bunny, a chick, a bird, or a duckling wear boots?" Ms. Sondra replied as she giggled
"Well you know there is always a first time! Hey!, How about a cowboy
!" The
looked at the pretty cowboy
and thought he
would look good in it. (hehehe picture it, the red feather even matches his red bow).
spoke up, "Ms. Sondra, do you know who these
belong to?" Ms. Sondra looked at the gems each of them
had in their hands. "hmmmmm, she said, I don't know who those gems belong to, I have never seen them before." "Ok thank you, said the four friends, we are going to have to go and see who
these belong to." The four friends walked out of the
and down the path, waving to Ms. Sondra as she stood at the door.
said, "Hey, let's go visit my friend
Alexandra. She is probably practicing her
ballet."
The
and
walked on down the path to visit with Alexandra. When they got to Alexandra's she wasn't practicing her
, she was
writing another story about
. Alexandra looked up from her
and smiled. "Hi everyone!" she said. They all smiled back at her and said "Hiya Alexandra, we are trying to solve a mystery! We found these
and we don't know who they belong to. Do you know who they belong to Alexandra?" Alexandra looked at all the
carefully. "I have never seen these before," she replied.
"Ok, thank you Alexandra, we need to keep searching for the owner of these
. Off they went down the path searching for the owner of the gems.
As they were walking down the path they came to a . This was the orphanage where all of the baby mice lived. Ms. VikiMouse was the owner of the orphanage and a friend of
. They walked up on the porch and knocked on the door.
opened the door and was surprised to see
standing on her doorstep with a cowboy
on!?!
invited
them into the
. They all stepped into the parlor and a lot of baby mice were playing with blocks
.
sat down on her
and listened to her friends tell her all about
the
. After they were all done with their story,
said, "Well it looks like you have a real mystery on your hands kids, because I have no idea who those
belong to."
gave them all some
and they were on their way again.
The four friends walked and walked down the path. said, "I'm getting kind of tired, I wonder if we will ever find out who these
belong to?"
All of a sudden out popped a drawf
! He said, "HEY! I see what you have in your hands. Those are my
!!! Where did you get those??" "We found them on the path and we have
been searching for the owner all day." said
. "Hmmmmm this IS a mystery," said
.
Who can the thief bee, can anybody guess??? No, yes, just guess!
Find out on the next page.......