THE CASE OF THE STOLEN BIKE

THE CASE OF THE STOLEN BIKE

Two weeks ago Cookie’s grandmother brought her a bike for her birthday. A day later it was stolen now Cookie and her friends at the we always catch our crooks club are on the case to find out who stole her bike

I can’t believe it’s been a week and the cops still haven’t found my bike Cookie sighed as she put her books inside her bag
I guess they don’t get what a bummer its for a kid to lose their bike Sammy the turtle answered
Yah especially one you didn’t even get to ride Cookie mumbled
What did the cops say? Daisy the rabbit asked
They told my mom that I’d probably never see it again. They think there’s a gang of bike thieves in the area mines was the sixth bike that was reported stolen in the last two weeks
Oh wow!
But I was thinking if the cops couldn’t find my bike we will!
Cook are you nuts what makes you think we can find your bike Tommy the little cub frowned
My point exactly they don’t have time to really look for it. But we do I don’t think any kid’s bike will be safe if we don’t do anything about it
But still we wouldn’t know where to start maybe we should hire a private detective or something
Oh yah like we could afford one of those Tommy smirked

I know of one who we can hire Cookie smiled
Oh yah who?
You
Me? Tommy asked
Yep but not only you all of us! She laughed
Umm Cookie have you been sniffing catnip or something?
No but we can start our own club we can help the cops with the cases that they’re too busy to do themselves. We can call ourselves THE WE ALWAYS CATCH OUR CROOKS CLUB
What do you guys think?
And after thinking it over for a couple of minutes and asking Cookie a few more questions. The rest of the gang thought it was a great idea

The next day right after breakfast they started working on their first case finding Cookie’s bike
Okay me, Daisy and Vicky will take one side of the neighborhood and you guys search the other Cookie instructed and remember to keep your eyes open. We’ll meet back here around lunchtime to compare notes

A couple hours later they all met back at Cookie’s house
So how did it go did you guys find anything? She asked
Nope the only thing that happened was that Tommy got kicked in the head when he tried to break up a fight between his little brother and his friend Sammy laughed
Its not funny Sammy
What were they fighting about? Vicky asked trying not to laugh
Don’t know but I told him that if he didn’t stop that I’d punch his head in
Daisy just rolled her eyes in disgust
Hey it worked okay how did you guys do? He shrugged
We came up--. A knock on Cookie’s front door interrupted her it was Daisy’s younger sister Tracy

I saw them! She cried out rushing inside of Cookie’s house
Saw who? Daisy asked
The guys who stole Cookie’s bike!
Okay Trac calm down and tell us what you saw
There was this black van that kept stopping in front of yards that only had bikes in them. That’s when I saw one of the guys get out of the van and write something in a note book then get in and drive off. So they’ve to be the ones who stole Cookie’s bike
Did you get the license number? Tommy asked
The what?
Never mind they’re probably still around here somewhere Vicky answered
Let’s hope so come on Sammy and me will check out the right side of the streets and you girl’s check out the left

They took off before the girls did a few minutes later they spotted the van that Tracy describe half way down the next block
There it is! Tommy cried grabbing Sammy by the arm. The van was going slow enough so they had no problem catching up with it. And when it parked half way down the block Tommy whispered in Sammy’s ear
Quick write down the license number I’m going to sneak closer and try to see if I can get a better look at them
He crept along some parked cars until he was right across the street from the van. He could see two foxes inside the van one of them was pointing to some bikes that were laying on some yard a couple feet away. As the other wrote the address down then they both laughed and drove away

The boys tried to catch up but it was going to fast
Aw they’re getting away! Sammy panting
Its okay we got the license plate number we’ll just report to the cops and let them deal with it Tommy answered
Yah but what if the van is stolen
Yah you got a point I guess we’ll just have to keep following them until we find their hide out Tommy shrugged before he ran down the street
Huh? Hey Tommy wait up!
Hurry up Sammy! I don’t want to lose them again. They then jumped inside the back of a cab the was parked by the curve
Quick follow that black van the one that’s waiting for the red light to change!
The cabbie turned and just gave them a blank stare
You kids are kidding me right?
No! Please hurry we don’t want to lose them! We’ve the money to pay you if that’s what you’re worried about Sammy cried taking out a wad of bills
Okay kid its your money but never in my ten years of driving this cab have I ever heard anyone tell me to follow that car the cabbie shrugged as he pulled out and drove off

Umm can you please drive a little faster this is official business
Official business huh? The cabbie frowned
Yah we’re on a stolen bike case and we think the foxes inside that van are the bike robbers!
Oh I see
A few minutes the cab followed the van until it turned into a driveway and parked a block away
Okay Sammy give the money
Is this enough to have you wait for us this will only take a couple of minutes Sammy said as he handed him the money
Yah sure kid but I don’t like the idea of you kids messing around with these crooks
Oh don’t worry we can take care of ourselves. After all we’re detectives Tommy proudly answered
Besides we ain’t going to do anything dumb we’re just going to look in the window to make sure we got the right guys Sammy added
Whatever kid just be careful and no more then a peek like you said I don’t want you kids getting hurt

They thanked the cabbie and got out then crept along the side of the house. Inside they saw the two foxes making maps and talking. They walked away from the window
I think we should call the cops now
No we need to find where they keep the bikes first Tommy said. He looked around to the side of the house and saw some steps that lead down to a basement. And before Sammy could stop him he crept back and in a low tone of voice he said
I’m going in yell if you see them coming out
I don’t think that this is such a good idea. But it was to late Tommy had already stepped through the door and into the darkness of the basement

And after what seemed like hours Sammy couldn’t take it anymore. He went down the stairs to look for Tommy
Hurry up Tommy you’re taking to long
Shh! Oh wow! I think I just—
A loud crash interrupted him
Tommy you okay what happened?
The basement lights suddenly snapped on and Sammy could see Tommy lying on the ground surrounded by a heap of stolen bikes. The sound of footsteps came down the stairs. Sammy ran to where Tommy was and tried to pull him up but it was to late
Hey what’s going on down here? One of the foxes demanded
I found it! Tommy cried not fully aware of what was going on
Found what? You kids shouldn’t be in here! The fox growled
Umm you’re right sorry we’ll be going now Tommy mumbled. The foxes just looked at each other
Not so fast you kids stay right there while me and my partner have a little chat

Now what? Sammy whispered over to Tommy
Its okay I’ve a plan you keep them talking while I run out the door and call the cops. Sammy was about to answer him but one of the foxes interrupted him
My friend and me owe you kids an apology we didn’t mean to scare you. You kids can go now
We’re not leaving without my friend’s bike Tommy cried
Your friend’s bike? One of the foxes asked trying to look confused
Yah its right over there by the window
Oh I see you think that we stole your friend’s bike don’t you?
Yah!
Oh hey you kids got it all wrong this isn’t even our place it belongs to a friend of ours. We had no idea go ahead take it and don’t worry we’ll make sure to call the cops as soon as you leave okay? The other fox answered

They both knew that they were lying but they decided to go along with it
Sounds fair to us Tommy shrugged
Great okay Carl help the kid take out the bike. And as Carl slowly started to walk in their direction. Tommy looked over to Sammy and winked but he didn’t wink back he wasn’t even looking at him. He was slowly inching his way towards the door
Sammy don’t!
But it was to late Sammy was already out the door
Hey stop that kid!
Stop where you’re you two are under arrest! Tommy suddenly cried out catching the foxes off guard
We’re what?
Under arrest and—
Oh yah right we’re so scared!

Suddenly there were sounds of Sammy screaming could be heard from upstairs
Ha! Looks like your little pal didn’t get very far. I told you that this was our friend’s house looks like your dumb partner just ran into him! Carl laughed
Okay everyone just stay right where they’re! A deep voice from the door way yelled. They all turned around a cop was standing on top of the stairs. Then Sammy and the cabbie came running down the stairs
Hey you kid okay? I got a little worried about you kids so I placed a call to the cops on my radio. Thankfully there was a patrol car down the block and they got here before these creeps could hurt you
Thanks Tommy smiled he then pointed to Cookie’s bike and explained to the cops
They stole my friend’s bike its right over there

Later that day they repeated their stories to the news reporter and had their picture taken with the cabbie. But what they were most prove of isn’t what was writing about them in the paper. It was what the headlines read

ATTENTION ALL WOULD BE CROOKS!
THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN AND THEY ALWAYS CATCH THEIR CROOKS!

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