The Case of the Shipwrecked Tree. John R. Erickson
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Название: The Case of the Shipwrecked Tree
Автор: John R. Erickson
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Учебная литература
Серия: Hank the Cowdog
isbn: 9781591887416
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He’s the famous secret agent, name of Murphy Turkey Spy!
He’s a dangerous fellow, an ace of illusion,
Who seems to delight in creating confusion.
But Drover and I are working the case.
This Turkey Rebellion won’t get to first base.
But it’s really confusing and we can’t decide
If this Murphy’s a human in turkey disguise,
Or an agent who’s pulling the ultimate sham:
A turkey disguised just to be who he am.
There are turkeys lurking in the murky shadows just outside.
We can hear their “gobble, gobble,” as they try to scheme and hide.
They might think that they have tricked us with their foolish follyrot
But we’ve solved this case: we know they’re either turkeys . . . or they’re not.
When I had finished the song (pretty awesome song, huh?) . . . when I had so-forthed the so forth, I noticed that Drover was looking at me with a goofy expression.
“Why are you staring at me like that?”
“Well . . . I guess I’m confused. You think maybe Murphy’s not really a spy and . . . maybe I didn’t really see him?”
I heaved a sigh. “No, no, no. That’s what they want us to think, Drover. As I’ve told you many times before, never fall for the obvious. In this business, the more absurd things appear to be, the closer they are to Reality as It Really Is.”
“Well, this is pretty absurd.”
“Exactly my point. Reason and common sense tell us that there is no Murphy, no ring of turkey spies, no dark conspiracy to overthrow the ranch, but that should be a warning.”
“You mean—”
“Yes, Drover. Murphy is here on the ranch. Now that he knows we’re after him, it’ll be twice as hard to lure him into a trap. This is going to be a very difficult case.”
Drover’s eyes grew wide with fear. “Gosh, what’ll we do?”
I plundered that for a moment. Pondered, I should say. “We’ll carry on as though nothing has happened, as though we don’t suspect a thing. If we’re lucky, he’ll get careless and expose himself through a mistake.”
Drover gave his head a shake. “Well . . . he sure looked like a turkey.”
“He’s clever, no question about it, but don’t forget this: the turkier they look, the spyer they are. You can put that into your pipe and blow bubbles with it.” I noticed that his eyes had crossed. “Please don’t cross your eyes in the middle of my lecture.”
“I think I’m confused. Can I go back to bed?”
“I’m afraid not, son. Until we break this case and expose Murphy the Spy, neither of us will be getting much sleep.”
“Well, can I scratch my ear?”
I gave that some thought. “Okay, go ahead, if it’ll make you feel better. Oh, and Drover, don’t feel too bad about being confused. This guy’s a real pro. Even I might have been thrown off the track of the train.”
At that very moment, my thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a vehicle. An unauthorized vehicle was approaching our ranch headquarters compound. Even though I was in the middle of the Murphy Case, I had to tear myself away and find out who had entered our territory without permission.
“Come on, Drover, we’ve got a trespasser on the ranch! It’s time to launch all dogs!”
He was still scratching his ear. “Yeah, but what about this itch?”
“Bring it along. We might have to use it for evidence later on.”
And with that, we launched ourselves into the morning breeze and went streaking up the hill to find out just what the heck was going on. Little did we suspect . . . well, you’ll see.
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