said.” He pointed as he explained. “Look carefully. Penguins and giraffes are here.” He poked at two photos. “One picture of each. That’s all.” He pushed those pictures to the side. “Then we had lunch.”
Jessie picked up the story from there. “After lunch we saw butterflies.” She pointed to the five beautiful pictures of the butterflies. “Then three pictures of hummingbirds. Four of alligators.”
“You two somehow switched cameras at lunch,” Henry said to Annika and Blake. He pointed at the first two photos. “Those are Blake’s photos from before lunch. He only took one picture of each animal. Then, Annika took pictures after lunch on the same camera. We can tell because there are multiple photos of the same animal.”
“How could we have switched cameras?” Blake asked, looking carefully at each of Annika’s after-lunch photos. “I had one camera in my bag and the other camera in my hand the whole time.”
“Didn’t you put the one in your hand on the table at lunch?” Benny asked.
“Good memory!” Violet congratulated Benny. He beamed a happy smile.
“That’s when the switch must have happened,” Henry said. “When everyone was picking up their cameras.”
Annika wasn’t smiling. She took a sad, ragged breath. “It looks like Blake really did win the contest.” She handed him the zoo pass and the first-place ribbon. “I’m really sorry about the mix-up,” she told Blake. “It’s a good picture and you deserve to win.”
“Thanks.” Blake took the prizes. He smoothed down his red hair with one hand and then went with Mr. Newton to get his photo taken for the zoo newsletter.
“This means we successfully solved another mystery,” Henry said to his siblings.
“Wahoo!” Benny cheered.
Jessie closed her notebook. “We did it.”
Violet was very quiet.
“What’s wrong Violet?” Benny asked.
“Just thinking.” Violet turned to Henry, Jessie, and Benny. “At the beginning of the tour, Blake had two cameras and Annika had one. And we always knew where Blake’s second camera was. He was saving it in his over-the-shoulder bag for the second day. Right?”
The other Aldens nodded in agreement.
“Then one of Blake’s cameras went missing. So he had only one, and Annika still had one. Right?”
Again, her siblings nodded.
“So one camera is still missing. Annika accidentally took one of Blake’s two cameras. But where did Annika’s original camera go?”
Chapter 10
Another Mystery to Solve
“T hat is a good question,” Henry told Violet. He went running over to Mr. Newton. “Hey, Mr. Newton, can we see all the pictures from everyone’s cameras?”
“I thought the mystery was solved,” Mr. Newton said.
“We need to figure out what happened to Annika’s camera,” Henry explained.
“Ahh,” Mr. Newton said, pushing his glasses up with one finger. “I’ll go get them. The party’s nearly over, anyway. I was going to give the pictures to the students to take home.”
Mr. Newton went to get the photographs. When he came back, all the children gathered around as Mr. Newton passed the photos out to each of them.
“I can’t wait to see the shots I took,” Griffin told Matthew.
“I took better ones,” Matthew said to his brother.
Mr. Newton handed the twins two envelopes filled with the pictures from the cameras they shared. The envelopes were both marked Cho on the outside.
As the twins went through them, Henry stood over their shoulder looking. “That’s another great one of Simio,” he told Griffin, pointing at the photo of the escaped monkey. Henry watched as the boys flipped through all the other pictures. They were able to easily identify which ones each twin took.
“I think it’ll make things easier if we go around the room and look for Annika’s pictures,” Jessie said to Henry.
“Good idea,” Henry said.
“Let’s split up,” Benny suggested. “I’ll go over there.” He pointed at Nico, who was standing alone,
Jessie picked up the story from there. “After lunch we saw butterflies.” She pointed to the five beautiful pictures of the butterflies. “Then three pictures of hummingbirds. Four of alligators.”
“You two somehow switched cameras at lunch,” Henry said to Annika and Blake. He pointed at the first two photos. “Those are Blake’s photos from before lunch. He only took one picture of each animal. Then, Annika took pictures after lunch on the same camera. We can tell because there are multiple photos of the same animal.”
“How could we have switched cameras?” Blake asked, looking carefully at each of Annika’s after-lunch photos. “I had one camera in my bag and the other camera in my hand the whole time.”
“Didn’t you put the one in your hand on the table at lunch?” Benny asked.
“Good memory!” Violet congratulated Benny. He beamed a happy smile.
“That’s when the switch must have happened,” Henry said. “When everyone was picking up their cameras.”
Annika wasn’t smiling. She took a sad, ragged breath. “It looks like Blake really did win the contest.” She handed him the zoo pass and the first-place ribbon. “I’m really sorry about the mix-up,” she told Blake. “It’s a good picture and you deserve to win.”
“Thanks.” Blake took the prizes. He smoothed down his red hair with one hand and then went with Mr. Newton to get his photo taken for the zoo newsletter.
“This means we successfully solved another mystery,” Henry said to his siblings.
“Wahoo!” Benny cheered.
Jessie closed her notebook. “We did it.”
Violet was very quiet.
“What’s wrong Violet?” Benny asked.
“Just thinking.” Violet turned to Henry, Jessie, and Benny. “At the beginning of the tour, Blake had two cameras and Annika had one. And we always knew where Blake’s second camera was. He was saving it in his over-the-shoulder bag for the second day. Right?”
The other Aldens nodded in agreement.
“Then one of Blake’s cameras went missing. So he had only one, and Annika still had one. Right?”
Again, her siblings nodded.
“So one camera is still missing. Annika accidentally took one of Blake’s two cameras. But where did Annika’s original camera go?”
Chapter 10
Another Mystery to Solve
“T hat is a good question,” Henry told Violet. He went running over to Mr. Newton. “Hey, Mr. Newton, can we see all the pictures from everyone’s cameras?”
“I thought the mystery was solved,” Mr. Newton said.
“We need to figure out what happened to Annika’s camera,” Henry explained.
“Ahh,” Mr. Newton said, pushing his glasses up with one finger. “I’ll go get them. The party’s nearly over, anyway. I was going to give the pictures to the students to take home.”
Mr. Newton went to get the photographs. When he came back, all the children gathered around as Mr. Newton passed the photos out to each of them.
“I can’t wait to see the shots I took,” Griffin told Matthew.
“I took better ones,” Matthew said to his brother.
Mr. Newton handed the twins two envelopes filled with the pictures from the cameras they shared. The envelopes were both marked Cho on the outside.
As the twins went through them, Henry stood over their shoulder looking. “That’s another great one of Simio,” he told Griffin, pointing at the photo of the escaped monkey. Henry watched as the boys flipped through all the other pictures. They were able to easily identify which ones each twin took.
“I think it’ll make things easier if we go around the room and look for Annika’s pictures,” Jessie said to Henry.
“Good idea,” Henry said.
“Let’s split up,” Benny suggested. “I’ll go over there.” He pointed at Nico, who was standing alone,
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