The Berenstain Bears in Maniac Mansion by Stan & Jan Berenstain

election” because it wasn’t election time. They couldn’t interview three important government officials because Beartown didn’t have three important officials. It had only two: Mayor Horace J. Honeypot and Chief of Police Bruno.
    â€œI guess studying the workings of government is all that’s left,” said Scout Sister. “But how are we going to do that?”
    â€œYou will do that by going to an important meeting at Town Hall this evening,” said Jane. She took a piece of Bear Scout letter paper and began writing.
    â€œSay, wait a minute,” said Scout Fred. “I know about that meeting. My parents are going to it. But they couldn’t find a sitter because everybody else is going to that meeting, too.”
    â€œOur parents were having the same problem,” said Scout Brother.
    â€œMine too,” said Scout Lizzy.
    â€œWell,” said Jane, “they won’t need sitters, because you’ll be going, too. They don’t usually allow cubs at town meetings. So here’s a letter telling Gus the doorkeeper to let you in. He was in my class when he was a cub. He knows better than to not do what I say.”
    â€œLeader Jane?” said Sister.
    â€œYes, Scout Sister.”
    â€œWhat’s this big important meeting about?”
    â€œYou’ll find that out soon enough,” said Jane.

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    T HE BERENSTAIN BEAR IN MANIAC MANSION . Copyright © 1996 by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Berenstain Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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    Originally published in 1996 by Scholastic Inc.

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