Thatâs where we learned about the amount of arsenic in a seed. Itâs very little.Youâd have to eat a barrel of seeds all at once to poison yourself. Even then, you would probably only vomit.
Princess was relieved.
Jack was happy to learn that no one was being mean to him. Princess had been protecting him. He went to Princessâs house and thanked her.
Then he got into a conversation with Mr. Monti about the orange trees. And before you knew it, Jack had a job. From now on Jack has to go to Mr. Montiâs house every weekend. Heâll help with the trees. Heâs going to learn how to fertilize them. And when to repot them. How to prune the tips. And how to do root cuttings.
Mr. Monti will pay him in oranges. Thatâs because Mr. Monti loves soccer as much as Jack does. He said heâll teach Jack how to juggle good. Serious practice will use up lots of oranges. But Mr. Monti thinks Jack has promise. He said Jackâs worth the oranges.
Jack is going to give me half a dozen oranges as my payment for this case.
I donât really want bloody-looking oranges. But Iâll find something to do with them.
And Jack is going to give Melody an orange every day. Heâs going to surprise her.An orange in her school cubby. An orange in her backpack. Oranges here and there.Then, when heâs sure she likes them, heâs going to tell her he was the secret giver. And heâs going to invite her to the school Valentineâs party.
He told me because of the hearts on my sleuth sign. He said they mean I know about romance. He wanted my opinion.
I donât know about romance. I know about sleuthing. I told him that.
This case was about seeds. And when Jack showed up this morning covered with snow and mud, he had looked seedy. My seedy case was solved. Ha.
These last three cases were all like that.They were about food.And they had plays on words. The first was about fish, and there was something fishy in it. The second was about food allergies, and there was something cooking in it. And the third was about fruit, and there was something seedy in it.
Playing with words is something poets do.
Somehow all my cases wind up being poetic. I like that. Ha. These cases were food for thought, all right. Ha, ha.
Princess was relieved.
Jack was happy to learn that no one was being mean to him. Princess had been protecting him. He went to Princessâs house and thanked her.
Then he got into a conversation with Mr. Monti about the orange trees. And before you knew it, Jack had a job. From now on Jack has to go to Mr. Montiâs house every weekend. Heâll help with the trees. Heâs going to learn how to fertilize them. And when to repot them. How to prune the tips. And how to do root cuttings.
Mr. Monti will pay him in oranges. Thatâs because Mr. Monti loves soccer as much as Jack does. He said heâll teach Jack how to juggle good. Serious practice will use up lots of oranges. But Mr. Monti thinks Jack has promise. He said Jackâs worth the oranges.
Jack is going to give me half a dozen oranges as my payment for this case.
I donât really want bloody-looking oranges. But Iâll find something to do with them.
And Jack is going to give Melody an orange every day. Heâs going to surprise her.An orange in her school cubby. An orange in her backpack. Oranges here and there.Then, when heâs sure she likes them, heâs going to tell her he was the secret giver. And heâs going to invite her to the school Valentineâs party.
He told me because of the hearts on my sleuth sign. He said they mean I know about romance. He wanted my opinion.
I donât know about romance. I know about sleuthing. I told him that.
This case was about seeds. And when Jack showed up this morning covered with snow and mud, he had looked seedy. My seedy case was solved. Ha.
These last three cases were all like that.They were about food.And they had plays on words. The first was about fish, and there was something fishy in it. The second was about food allergies, and there was something cooking in it. And the third was about fruit, and there was something seedy in it.
Playing with words is something poets do.
Somehow all my cases wind up being poetic. I like that. Ha. These cases were food for thought, all right. Ha, ha.
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