woman threw a few fish to the rock for the baby seal.
When her bucket was empty, the woman left the seal pool. Many of the people who had come to watch walked away.
“Let’s go to the reptile house. I want to see the alligators,” Billy said. “My father is a dentist, and whenever he sees an alligator he says, ‘Just look at those teeth.’ ”
As Cam, Eric, and Billy walked toward the reptile house, they passed a gift shop. They went inside. Billy bought a poster of a smiling alligator. Cam bought a banner. Eric found a book about monkeys.
Eric gave the book to the man behind the counter. The man put the book into a bag. Eric reached into his pocket for his wallet. Then he reached into his other pants pocket.
“Come on, pay the man,” Billy said.
“I can’t! My wallet is gone!”
Chapter Three
“A re you sure you had your wallet with you?” Billy asked.
“I had it when I paid for the bus ride. And I had it when I paid the entrance fee to the zoo,” Eric said.
Cam closed her eyes and said, “Click.”
“At the zoo entrance you put the wallet in your left pants pocket,” Cam said. Then she opened her eyes.
Eric reached into his pockets again. Both pockets were empty.
Cam closed her eyes. She said, “Click” a few times. Then she opened her eyes and said to Eric, “Come with me. I think I know where to find .your wallet.”
Eric and Billy followed Cam out of the gift shop. They had to run to keep up with her.
“Where are we going?” Billy asked.
“To the monkey house,” Eric said, and pointed to the large brick building ahead. “I’ll bet Cam thinks my wallet fell out when I was walking on my hands.”
Honk! Honk!
Cam, Eric, and Billy stopped to let a gardener’s truck filled with dirt pass. Then they went into the monkey house.
Cam, Eric, and Billy looked on the floor of the monkey house. Cam looked up. She looked into one of the monkey cages. Then she ran outside.
“I found it. I found my wallet,” Eric said. He opened it. “And the money is still here.”
Billy walked over to Eric. He looked at the wallet. Then Billy and Eric looked at each other, and they both said, “Where’s Cam?”
Eric and Billy ran toward the monkey house door just as Cam was coming in.
“I found my wallet,” Eric told Cam.
“They’re gone,” Cam said.
“Who’s gone?” Eric asked.
“The monkeys! The cage was full of monkeys, and now it’s almost empty!”
Cam led Eric and Billy to the first monkey cage. Eric’s monkey and a few of the other monkeys were missing.
“I think someone stole them,” Cam said.
Billy shook his head and told Cam, “No one would steal monkeys. The zoo keeper is probably feeding them somewhere. Or maybe the monkeys are being moved to another cage.”
“No,” Cam said and shook her head. “The monkeys are fed in their cage. Look. There are even some banana peels in there from the last feeding. And if they were moving the monkeys, they would have taken them all.”
Then Eric asked, “Where would they move monkeys? This is the monkey house.”
“Let’s tell one of the guards,” Cam said.
Cam and Eric ran out of the monkey house. Billy walked slowly after them. Cam stood on a bench and looked around. Then she jumped down and ran toward the lion cage. Eric and Billy followed her.
A tall, fat guard with a big moustache was standing there. His arms were folded.
“He looks like a walrus,” Billy whispered to Eric.
“Someone stole a bunch of monkeys,” Cam told the guard.
The guard looked down at Cam and smiled. “No one stole any monkeys,” he said.
He turned and pointed to a padlock on the door of the lion’s cage and said, “No one can open a cage. without a key.”
The guard folded his arms again. Cam, Eric, and Billy walked away.
Cam and Eric were quiet as they walked back to the monkey house. But Billy wasn’t. “I knew the monkeys weren’t stolen,” he said. “How could anyone steal a bunch of monkeys? I knew
When her bucket was empty, the woman left the seal pool. Many of the people who had come to watch walked away.
“Let’s go to the reptile house. I want to see the alligators,” Billy said. “My father is a dentist, and whenever he sees an alligator he says, ‘Just look at those teeth.’ ”
As Cam, Eric, and Billy walked toward the reptile house, they passed a gift shop. They went inside. Billy bought a poster of a smiling alligator. Cam bought a banner. Eric found a book about monkeys.
Eric gave the book to the man behind the counter. The man put the book into a bag. Eric reached into his pocket for his wallet. Then he reached into his other pants pocket.
“Come on, pay the man,” Billy said.
“I can’t! My wallet is gone!”
Chapter Three
“A re you sure you had your wallet with you?” Billy asked.
“I had it when I paid for the bus ride. And I had it when I paid the entrance fee to the zoo,” Eric said.
Cam closed her eyes and said, “Click.”
“At the zoo entrance you put the wallet in your left pants pocket,” Cam said. Then she opened her eyes.
Eric reached into his pockets again. Both pockets were empty.
Cam closed her eyes. She said, “Click” a few times. Then she opened her eyes and said to Eric, “Come with me. I think I know where to find .your wallet.”
Eric and Billy followed Cam out of the gift shop. They had to run to keep up with her.
“Where are we going?” Billy asked.
“To the monkey house,” Eric said, and pointed to the large brick building ahead. “I’ll bet Cam thinks my wallet fell out when I was walking on my hands.”
Honk! Honk!
Cam, Eric, and Billy stopped to let a gardener’s truck filled with dirt pass. Then they went into the monkey house.
Cam, Eric, and Billy looked on the floor of the monkey house. Cam looked up. She looked into one of the monkey cages. Then she ran outside.
“I found it. I found my wallet,” Eric said. He opened it. “And the money is still here.”
Billy walked over to Eric. He looked at the wallet. Then Billy and Eric looked at each other, and they both said, “Where’s Cam?”
Eric and Billy ran toward the monkey house door just as Cam was coming in.
“I found my wallet,” Eric told Cam.
“They’re gone,” Cam said.
“Who’s gone?” Eric asked.
“The monkeys! The cage was full of monkeys, and now it’s almost empty!”
Cam led Eric and Billy to the first monkey cage. Eric’s monkey and a few of the other monkeys were missing.
“I think someone stole them,” Cam said.
Billy shook his head and told Cam, “No one would steal monkeys. The zoo keeper is probably feeding them somewhere. Or maybe the monkeys are being moved to another cage.”
“No,” Cam said and shook her head. “The monkeys are fed in their cage. Look. There are even some banana peels in there from the last feeding. And if they were moving the monkeys, they would have taken them all.”
Then Eric asked, “Where would they move monkeys? This is the monkey house.”
“Let’s tell one of the guards,” Cam said.
Cam and Eric ran out of the monkey house. Billy walked slowly after them. Cam stood on a bench and looked around. Then she jumped down and ran toward the lion cage. Eric and Billy followed her.
A tall, fat guard with a big moustache was standing there. His arms were folded.
“He looks like a walrus,” Billy whispered to Eric.
“Someone stole a bunch of monkeys,” Cam told the guard.
The guard looked down at Cam and smiled. “No one stole any monkeys,” he said.
He turned and pointed to a padlock on the door of the lion’s cage and said, “No one can open a cage. without a key.”
The guard folded his arms again. Cam, Eric, and Billy walked away.
Cam and Eric were quiet as they walked back to the monkey house. But Billy wasn’t. “I knew the monkeys weren’t stolen,” he said. “How could anyone steal a bunch of monkeys? I knew
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