Strathmore was still rubbing his chin when Nanny X scooped up a spoonful of baby food and flicked it at Big Adamâs assistant. Somewhere during its flight, the baby food turned into something resembling concrete. Or maybe beef-and-gravy baby food is always that way. It hit Big Adamâs assistant in the neck, and he went down.
Which left Francis and Big Adam.
And thatâs when Boris opened
Moo, Sweet Cow
.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
.
That cow was even louder in the airplane hangar.The chimps covered their ears. Yeti tried to cover his, but couldnât. His yelps filled the air along with the moo.
Eliza covered her ears, and so did Francis. Stinky, apparently, had heard the moo enough times in his life that it didnât bother him anymore. He just held his nose and ran toward us.
I was so busy holding my ears that I didnât notice Eliza crawling away from me. When I looked up she was headed straight for the airplane, which was the most dangerous place to be.
â
Eliza, no!
â I yelled. She stopped.
âCome back here, Eliza.
Eliza!
What are you doing?â
But I knew what she was doing, because it was the same thing she did every time my mother had someone important over: She was taking off her diaper. Thatâs why we try to dress her in as many clothes as possible. But apparently Nanny X hadnât used her investigating skills to figure that out. She had put Eliza in a cute little dress. Now here she was, half-naked in a room full of dangerous criminals.
âGah!â said Eliza. She held the diaper in front of her like a rubber chicken. Then she threw it. She looked very pleased with herself. Yeti whimpered again.
I ran to my sister and snatched her up, hoping she wouldnât pee on me. Then I ran back across the room, away from the plane, and just in time.
There was a thunderous boom as the other diaperâNanny Xâs diaperâexploded.
The planeâs window was coated with a white, jelly-like substance, like a weird mixture of ant eggs and Vaseline.
âHe wonât be going anywhere for a while,â Nanny X said.
But Big Adam didnât seem to know that. He headed for the front of the plane, making his way through thehard-boiled-egg smoke, covering his ears against the moo, which was getting quieter now.
Thenâ
shweeeeee
âthere was a whizzing sound. Big Adam skidded across the floor, flapping his arms for balance. For a second, it looked like he was trying to fly. But he didnât. Almost as if he was in slow motion, Big Adam started to fall, lower and lower, until he crashed onto the concrete floor of the airplane hangar.
The stink bombs hadnât stopped Big Adam.
Moo, Sweet Cow
hadnât stopped him.
But Elizaâs diaperâher real diaperâhad.
âEliza!â I said, squeezing her. âYouâre a hero!â
The chimps stood up on their coconut pile and clapped some more.
My brother walked over to the one wearing the red bandana and shook his hand. âThanks, Howard,â he said.
20. Jake
Nanny X Lets Go of Her Hat
By the time the police arrived, we had tied up Big Adam and his friends. Ali used some of her complicated knots, including one that circled around their legs, so they looked like those people in movies who are tied up on train tracks. I helped with the regular kind. She said sheâd teach me some of the fancy ones later, when we got home.
Chief Grummel came in. Stinky stood there giving him looks that were a little mean and a little worried, while Nanny X and Boris showed him the blueprints for a factory that would have made Lovett the Smuggling Capital of the Mid-Atlantic. I donât think the mayor or Mr. Strathmore would have liked that slogan very much. They also showed the chief the diamonds. Iâd wanted to open some of the other coconuts to see if we could find even more diamonds, like the ones that had been stolen from Mrs. Bell, but Nanny X didnât want us
Which left Francis and Big Adam.
And thatâs when Boris opened
Moo, Sweet Cow
.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
.
That cow was even louder in the airplane hangar.The chimps covered their ears. Yeti tried to cover his, but couldnât. His yelps filled the air along with the moo.
Eliza covered her ears, and so did Francis. Stinky, apparently, had heard the moo enough times in his life that it didnât bother him anymore. He just held his nose and ran toward us.
I was so busy holding my ears that I didnât notice Eliza crawling away from me. When I looked up she was headed straight for the airplane, which was the most dangerous place to be.
â
Eliza, no!
â I yelled. She stopped.
âCome back here, Eliza.
Eliza!
What are you doing?â
But I knew what she was doing, because it was the same thing she did every time my mother had someone important over: She was taking off her diaper. Thatâs why we try to dress her in as many clothes as possible. But apparently Nanny X hadnât used her investigating skills to figure that out. She had put Eliza in a cute little dress. Now here she was, half-naked in a room full of dangerous criminals.
âGah!â said Eliza. She held the diaper in front of her like a rubber chicken. Then she threw it. She looked very pleased with herself. Yeti whimpered again.
I ran to my sister and snatched her up, hoping she wouldnât pee on me. Then I ran back across the room, away from the plane, and just in time.
There was a thunderous boom as the other diaperâNanny Xâs diaperâexploded.
The planeâs window was coated with a white, jelly-like substance, like a weird mixture of ant eggs and Vaseline.
âHe wonât be going anywhere for a while,â Nanny X said.
But Big Adam didnât seem to know that. He headed for the front of the plane, making his way through thehard-boiled-egg smoke, covering his ears against the moo, which was getting quieter now.
Thenâ
shweeeeee
âthere was a whizzing sound. Big Adam skidded across the floor, flapping his arms for balance. For a second, it looked like he was trying to fly. But he didnât. Almost as if he was in slow motion, Big Adam started to fall, lower and lower, until he crashed onto the concrete floor of the airplane hangar.
The stink bombs hadnât stopped Big Adam.
Moo, Sweet Cow
hadnât stopped him.
But Elizaâs diaperâher real diaperâhad.
âEliza!â I said, squeezing her. âYouâre a hero!â
The chimps stood up on their coconut pile and clapped some more.
My brother walked over to the one wearing the red bandana and shook his hand. âThanks, Howard,â he said.
20. Jake
Nanny X Lets Go of Her Hat
By the time the police arrived, we had tied up Big Adam and his friends. Ali used some of her complicated knots, including one that circled around their legs, so they looked like those people in movies who are tied up on train tracks. I helped with the regular kind. She said sheâd teach me some of the fancy ones later, when we got home.
Chief Grummel came in. Stinky stood there giving him looks that were a little mean and a little worried, while Nanny X and Boris showed him the blueprints for a factory that would have made Lovett the Smuggling Capital of the Mid-Atlantic. I donât think the mayor or Mr. Strathmore would have liked that slogan very much. They also showed the chief the diamonds. Iâd wanted to open some of the other coconuts to see if we could find even more diamonds, like the ones that had been stolen from Mrs. Bell, but Nanny X didnât want us
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