marigold (part 5)

I will tell you a story now of the club members exploring the place where the pencil was found. Well, not Stan, he is snoring.

The ground was covered in leaves and the wind had been blowing. If there had been footprints there was no way of knowing.

The club members searched for clues each in their own way. None of them knew what to do, that’s for sure, but it was still a very exciting day!

Mildred and Mattie scurried low to the ground plenty of effort but nothing was found.

Bernice flew to the top of a very tall tree she scanned from above, but there was nothing to see.

Reginald he stalked from around the edges, rooting in holes and under some hedges.

Marigold and Cody stayed close to each other. Cody was like a little squirrel brother. But they found nothing that looked like a clue. Marigold wasn’t sure what really to do.

She plopped down on the big stump, put her chin on her hands, wondered aloud and started to slump.

“Cody, what are we doing to do. Without any clues I can’t see how we can solve this little mystery! Where did this pencil come from. This is a really big conundrum.”

Cody looked at Marigold with his almond shaped eyes and said, “I know, this is a real surprise. I thought we were the best detectives around. But there is no clue to be found!”

As they were sitting there Marigold noticed something. Something she hadn’t seen before. The view down the valley from on top of the stump, it was a view someone might come here for. But that little fact, it passed through her mind…for nothing interesting about it did she find.

And so … our detectives are feeling quite low and the rest of the day moves on quite slow. Let’s leave them now to go their own way but tomorrow will be a quite surprising day!