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Great Map Mysteries 18 Stories and Maps to Build Geography and Map Skills BY SUSAN JULIO NEW YORK • TORONTO • LONDON • AUCKLAND • SYDNEY S C H O L A S T I C B P ROFESSIONAL OOKS Great Map Mysteries © Susan Julio, Scholastic Teaching Resources
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Mysteries18 Stories and Maps to Build Geography and Map Skills
B Y S U S A N J U L I O
N E W Y O R K • T O R O N T O • L O N D O N • A U C K L A N D • S Y D N E Y
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To Grandma and Grandpa Julio, with love
Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from this book for classroom use. No other part of thispublication may be reproduced in whole or part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, elec-tronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For permission, write toScholastic Professional Books, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012-3999.
Cover design by Vincent Ceci and Jaime LuceroInterior design by Solutions by Design, Inc.
Cover and Interior illustration by James Graham Hale
ISBN 0-590-89641-5Copyright ©1997 by Susan Julio
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To the Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1. The Case of the Puzzling Producer Or Identifying Geographic Shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2. The Case of the Borderline Fanatic Or Interpreting Map Borderlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3. The Case of the Pinched Pooches Or Identifying Continents and Capital Cities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4. The Case of the Abbreviated Artist Or Identifying Map Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5. The Case of the Absent Archeologist Or Using a Compass Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6. The Case of the Vanishing Sisters Or Using a Grid Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7. The Case of the Missing Millionaires Or Determining Latitude and Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8. The Case of the Elvis Impersonator Or Using a Map Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9. The Case of the Smiling Señorita Or Comparing Time Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
10. The Case of the Missing Monster Or Reading a Contour Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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11. The Case of the Ransomed Rocker Or Using a Street Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
12. The Case of the Missing Microchip Or Reading a Road Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
13. The Case of the Snatched Scientist Or Reading a Resource Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
14. The Case of the Bagged Bertha Or Using a Zoo Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
15. The Case of the Missing Mummy Or Interpreting a Museum Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
16. The Case of the Purloined Pitcher Or Reading a Weather Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
17. The Case of the Dishonest Abe Or Using an Area Code Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
18. The Case of the Disappearing Diplomat Or Using a Marine Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Great Map Mysteries is designed to help students learn thebasic skills of map reading. People have been relying onmaps of all kinds for thousands of years. Initially, they beganas crude drawings scratched into the dirt by travelers hopingto share a simple knowledge of places and things withothers. Later, maps helped people find food and water,places to live, and trade routes. Today, maps offer precisedrawings of every place on earth. They can also provideimportant information such as weather conditions, timevariations, and population densities.
Map reading can often be a confusing and mysteriousprocess to children. I hope this book will help eliminatesome of the mystery from maps and open new worlds ofinformation in an interesting and fun way. Great MapMysteries will help your students to find locations, and betterunderstand several different kinds of maps. In time yourclass will come to appreciate how essential and enjoyablemap reading skills can be for anyone interested in the worldaround them.
How to Use This BookGreat Map Mysteries can be used to introduce or reinforcedifferent map skills. Lessons can be used in a traditionalclassroom setting or in a cooperative learning environment.Each map mystery includes the following: the case (a storythat is built around a map skill), the Use the Clues section (a review of the clues given in the story and directions onhow to use the clues to solve the mystery), reproduciblemaps and activity sheets, and The Solution (the answer tothe mystery).
One way to present each lesson might be to begin byreading the mystery aloud to your class. Have students beginto think about the plot of the mystery and the clues. Then,
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distribute copies of the mystery along with thecorresponding reproducible sheets. Discuss the Use theClues section of the mystery. Ask these questions: What is themystery? What clues can help you solve the mystery? Whatmap skills do you need to know? Go over the map skills withthe class to ensure understanding. Then, have your “mapdetectives” work alone or in groups to solve the mystery.When students are finished have them share their answersand demonstrate how they resolved the case. Finally, readThe Solution to find out how Dectectives Hyde and Seeksolved the mystery.
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The Mystery
A sharp knock on the office dooralerted Detectives Hyde and Seek tothe possibility of a new client. Thingshad been a little slow lately. In walkeda fashionably dressed young manwearing sunglasses. “Flick Gloss!” heannounced reaching out andshaking the hand of each detective.“Got trouble. Big trouble!”
Hyde and Seek exchangedglances. “What kind of trouble?”Detective Seek asked.
Gloss stretched out in a chair andremoved his sunglasses. “Ever hearof J.D. Smithereens?” he asked,chewing a piece of gum.
Hyde raised an eyebrow. “J.D.Smithereens, the big movieproducer?”
Gloss nodded. “That’s the guy.He’s my uncle. I believe he’s beenkidnapped. You see, we weresupposed to meet for dinner last
night. I got a call from Uncle tellingme he had to cancel. He soundednervous and he didn’t give me areason. When I went to his housetoday, it was empty, except for thisnote.”
Flick Gloss handed a folded noteto the detectives. “If you want to seethe big guy again, have $500,000ready in a brown box. Wait for ournext instructions. Do not contactthe police or it’s the end of J.D.,”Hyde read aloud.
“Certainly seems like a ransomnote,” Seek remarked. “You reallyshould contact the police.”
Gloss blew a bubble. “Nothingdoing, baby,” he snapped. “We’retalking family here. Someonenabbed him. Right in his own home.And I’ll tell you something else,”Gloss added, jabbing his finger atHyde. “This was an inside job!”
“Why do you think that?” Hydeasked.
Gloss smiled. “Because onlysomeone familiar with my uncle andhis habits would know he alwaysspends Wednesday nights with me.And there are no signs of struggle
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or forced entry!”“I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to take
a look at the scene of the crime,”Detective Seek sighed.
A t the large home of J.D.Smithereens, Gloss lost no time
in taking the detectives to J.D.’sstudy. “This is where I found thenote,” he explained, pointing to ahuge desk. “I didn’t touch a thing.”
Hyde and Seek glanced aroundthe large and expensively furnishedroom. On the desk sat a computerand an incomplete puzzle of theUnited States. A half-eaten peanutbutter sandwich rested on a plate,along with an empty can of soda.Gloss looked sadly at the unfinishedpuzzle. “Puzzles—they were hishobby. Kind of dull, but go figure.”
Hyde noticed that there were noloose puzzle pieces on the desk.“Seems as if he’s missing five pieces,”he murmured, scanning the floor.“Are you certain no one’s been inthis room since yesterday?”
Gloss nodded. “Positive. I’ve gotthe key.”
Detective Seek folded her armsand leaned against the desk. “Didyour uncle have any enemies thatyou know of?” she asked.
Gloss smirked. “Plenty! That oldguy had more enemies thanDracula!” he said, narrowing his eyes.“Especially Strom von Drang, the
script writer. He and Uncle almostcame to blows the other night whenUncle refused to produce his newmovie Mud Suckers from Mars. Anddon’t forget that actor, Reels O’Film.He never forgave J.D. for not castinghim in last year’s blockbuster, TheSinging Coconuts.”
Gloss put his arm aroundDetective Hyde’s shoulder. “Anyway,I want you to be the go-betweens. I’llget the money from Uncle’s bankand you make the drop.”
Detective Hyde looked up fromthe puzzle on the desk. “That won’tbe necessary,” he said. “I alreadyknow who the kidnapper is.”
“How?” Gloss shouted.Hyde smiled. “Your uncle told me
with this,” he said, as he tapped thepuzzle gently.
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Hyde said the United States puzzleon J.D.’s desk helped him to figureout the name of the kidnapper. Thedetective noticed that the puzzlewas almost complete, except for fivemissing pieces. Now look at thepuzzle. Use an atlas to find outwhich states are missing. Then writedown the names of the missingstates. Together the first letter ofeach state spell out the name of thekidnapper. (Hint: You’ll have torearrange the letters!)
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The Mystery
“I can’t believe that a group ofkidnappers might be operating inour neighborhood!” moanedDetective Seek, glancing at the latestedition of the Brown Times. “It’s nowonder that Captain Schwab wantsto see us!”
Detective Hyde nodded his headas the two went into the Brown CityPolice Department. Captain Schwabpaced back and forth. “I’mthrough!” he moaned.
“Captain,” Detective Seek saidgently, “I’m sure we can be of somehelp. What do you know about thiskidnapping business?”
Captain Schwab sank heavily intohis desk chair. “I can easily tell youall I know—because I hardly knowanything!” He pointed to theheadlines in the newspaper. “Threemembers of the board of directorsof the city’s largest corporation have
been kidnapped in the past threemonths. Each time, the victim isabducted, held for ransom, andreleased in a deserted area once theransom money is paid.” CaptainSchwab looked bleakly out of thewindow. “There are three directorswho’ve not been kidnapped yet—Chi Woo, J. Hilary Cox, and JudyColeman. We’ve assigned detectivesto protect them, but that hasn’thelped with the others. One of thethree could be kidnapped atanytime! No one can tell us who thekidnappers are, what they look like,or even where they take theircaptives. All we’ve got is one slimclue. The kidnappers seem to speakto each other by whistling—youknow—like birds. And, as far as I’mconcerned, this whole case is for thebirds.”
Detective Hyde rubbed his chinthoughtfully. “For the birds, hmmm?Perhaps a visit to our friend JayFinch might be in order,” heannounced.
“Who’s Jay Finch?” CaptainSchwab snapped.
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acquaintance of ours who owns the‘For the Birds’ pet store downtown.If anyone knows what’s going on,it’s Jay.”
Later that afternoon thedetectives walked into Finch’s store.Jay Finch was busily shovelingvarious brands of seed into plasticbags. “Hyde, Seek!” he grinned,looking up from his work.“Something I can help you withtoday? Suet cups, bird bath?”
Detective Seek shook her headand examined a parrot in a cage.“Know anything about the recentkidnappings?” she asked quietly.Jay’s eyebrows shot up. “Why wouldI? I’m just a guy who loves birds!”
Detective Hyde patted his pocket.“Perhaps a reward might changeyour mind,” he said.
Jay looked around nervously.“You think I’m a stool pigeon?”
“Better than being a jailbird!”Seek commented. “Come on, Finch,if you know something, talk.”
“Well,” Jay began quietly, “wordon the street has it someone’s goingto be snatched tonight.”
“Who!?” Hyde asked excitedly.Jay put his finger to his lips.
“Shhh! Quiet down! Thiskidnapping group has earseverywhere! Everyone in theneighborhood is being watched. Butrumor has it that—”
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opened and several men in darksuits and low-slung hats walked in.Finch turned pale instantly. “Ahh. . .as I was saying Mr. Piper, the birdsyou want to see, well they follow aspecial migration route. Here, letme show you.” Finch took an atlasdown from a shelf and turned to amap showing the states of Idahoand Washington. He winkedconspiratorially at Hyde andgrabbed a pen. “The birds start herein Moscow, Idaho, and cross theborder to Spokane, Washington.From there they cross the border toNewport in the county of PendOreille. Then they take the bigplunge across the border to the cityof Trail in British Columbia. That’sin Canada, see?”
Detective Hyde was in too muchpain to see. Each time Finch hadsaid the word “border” he had givenHyde a sharp kick in the shin.Anxiously glancing at the men indark suits, Finch pushed the mapinto Hyde’s hands. “Study that routeand you’ll find your man, ah, Imean bird. And here,” Finch said, ashe quickly put a small book intoSeek’s pocket. “This bird guide willidentify what you’re looking for.Happy watching!” With a slam ofthe door, he shoved Hyde and Seekinto the street.
“Well!” Detective Seek exclaimed,straightening her skirt. “Finch was
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trying to tell us something. Butwhat?”
Hyde thoughtfully studied themap. “And why did he keep kickingme whenever he said the wordborder?”
Detective Seek shrugged andfished the small book Finch gaveher from her pocket. “How strange!This isn’t a bird guide. It’s a Morsecode book,” she said. SuddenlyHyde slapped the map. “Of course!”he shouted. “Migration routes,borders, Morse code!—the nextvictim’s name is right on this map.”
“Where?” exclaimed Seek.Do you know?
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Hyde said that the map Finch gavehim revealed the name of the nextkidnapping victim. By looking at themigration route that Finch describedhe noticed the different borders thebirds would cross to get to theirhomes. Borderlines are lines thatseparate pieces of land. Politicalborderlines divide counties, states,and countries. Look at the birdmigration route that Finch traced.Then use the map key and Morsecode to figure out the name of thenext victim. Remember that Morsecode is a system of dots and dashesthat are used to send messages.
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The Mystery
William Pregoria, the official fromthe United Nations, greetedDetectives Hyde and Seek warmly.“Please, be seated,” he said,pointing to two chairs. “I hope youcan help. You’ve come highlyrecommended!”
Detective Seek smiled and satdown. “How can we help?” she asked.
Mr. Pregoria tugged at his beard.“Dognapping,” he said.
Detective Hyde raised aneyebrow. “Dognapping?”
Pregoria pulled a manila filefrom his desk drawer. Inside werephotographs of five dogs. “Not justany dogs,” he began, handing thephotographs to the detectives.“Special dogs. Dogs that belong tosome of the most respected and wellknown people in the world.”
Seek shuffled through thephotographs and read the notations
under each one aloud: “Teddy,American cocker spaniel, takenfrom the grounds of the WhiteHouse in Washington, D.C.;Buttons, Welsh corgi, removed fromthe grounds of Buckingham Palacein London; Tue, Rhodesianridgeback, removed from CapeManuel in Dakar; Chu Nyo, chowchow, removed from ChangdokPalace in Seoul; Nininha, poodle,removed from the Palace of theDawn in Brasilia.”
Detective Hyde glanced at thephotos. “I see what you mean. Haveall these dogs been stolen?” he asked.
Mr. Pregoria nodded. “Theowners have received notesdemanding money for the dogs’safe return. No ransom has beenpaid yet, but the dogs’ owners arevery upset. Each dog was taken verycarefully. A new dog is stolen everytwo weeks!” He picked up a pictureof Nininha, the poodle. “She wasthe last one taken. That was almosttwo weeks ago!”
Seek’s eyes widened. “Then wedon’t have much time!” shegroaned.
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Hyde rubbed his chinthoughtfully. “You said that thedognappers must have a pattern,”he said, looking down at thephotos. “Let’s get a world mapand see if we can find out whatthat pattern is.”
Mr. Pregoria provided thedetectives with a map and a smallbox of pins. Carefully, Hyde andSeek marked each city where adog had been stolen. All of asudden, Hyde snapped his fingers.“That’s it!” he shouted. “I knowwhere the dognappers will strikenext!”
Mr. Pregoria looked surprised.“That quickly?” he asked.“Where!?”
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By using a world map and some markingpins, Detective Hyde figured out the dog-napper’s pattern. How? Look at the worldmap. You’ll notice that the earth is madeup of bodies of water and large landmasses, called continents. The seven conti-nents are North America, South America,Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, and Aus-tralia. Continents can be made up of onlyone country, such as Australia, or madeup of many different countries, such asAfrica. And one continent, Antarctica, hasno countries at all!
Now, use an atlas to pinpoint the loca-tion of each of the stolen dogs. Can yousee the pattern? Do you know where thethieves will strike next? Once you haveverified your solution, draw a picture ofthe pooch that almost got pinched on theMissing Dog’s Report (p. 16).
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“I am a desperate man!” JuanPalazzo shouted, tossing his hat andovercoat on an empty chair. “Youmust help me or I’ll be ruined!Finished!”
Detectives Hyde and Seek hastilyexchanged glances. “Of course we’llhelp you, if we can,” Seek said,offering the man a glass of water.“Drink this, sit down, and tell usabout your problem.”
Señor Palazzo gratefully took theglass and sat down. “I am an artdealer. Last month I sold a brilliantwork of art—Paletto’s Birds of aFeather—to a Mr. and Mrs. Ochre.Now they are accusing me of sellingthem a forgery! I handle all ofPaletto’s work! Why would I sellthem a forgery of one of my ownartists?”
Detective Hyde raised an eyebrow.“There seems to be a simple solution
to all of this. Have Paletto look atthe painting and assure everyonethat it’s an original.”
Señor Palazzo threw back his headand bitterly laughed. “That’s what Ithought too! Unfortunately, no onehas seen Pablo Paletto in threeweeks! I’ve checked everywhere—noPablo. But in his studio I found thisnote.” Palazzo handed a small whiteenvelope to Detective Seek. “Hewrote it in English! I thought I knewEnglish pretty well but there areseveral words he uses that I’ve neverseen before. I think it’s a code ofsome kind. I was hoping you couldfigure it out and find Paletto beforethe Ochres have me arrested!”
Seek read the note aloud. “ToWhom it May Concern: I need timealone to finish my latest masterpiece,Bird’s Eye View. I prefer not to bedisturbed except in case of anemergency. You’ll find me at a cabinin Eagle Mt., N.C. There is notelephone so you’ll have to comeand contact me in person. Here arethe directions from Eagle Mt., N.C.,to the cabin: Head north on Hwy.68. Turn right onto Songbird Pkwy.
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Take your first left onto Cardinal St.You’ll cross Sparrow R. Then turnright onto Oriole Rd. Go to the endof the road and turn left ontoHummingbird Ln. Take the firstright onto Wren Cv. Follow signs toBlue Jay Pt. At Swan Lk., rent a boatand row out to Robin Isl. My cabinis right up from the dock.”
Detective Seek smiled. “It’s not incode,” she said. “Paletto has usedabbreviations. All we need is a mapand we can pinpoint Paletto’s exactlocation.”
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Often people use abbreviations, orshortened forms of words, todescribe map terms. Look at Paletto’s directions and the map.Can you figure out the abbreviationsand trace your way to the artist?Then, read each abbreviation belowand fill in the blank with the word itrepresents.
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Directions to cabin inEagle Mt., N.C.: Headnorth on Hwy. 68. Turnright onto SongbirdPkwy. Take first leftonto Cardinal St. You’llcross Sparrow R. andthen turn right ontoOriole Rd. Go to theend of the road andturn left ontoHummingbird Ln. Takethe first right onto WrenCv. Follow signs to BlueJay Pt. At Swan Lk.,rent a boat and rowout to Robin Isl. Mycabin is right up fromthe dock.
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Professor Carbon Dating nervouslyfingered the lock on his briefcase.“In here is the last recordedcommunication from Dr. RosettaStone,” he said in a solemn voice.“As you know,” he continued, “it hasbeen over one month since Dr.Stone was last seen!”
Detective Hyde cleared his throat.“We understand your concernProfessor Dating. Why don’t youshow us the note she left?”
Dating quickly unlocked the caseand pulled out a piece of yellowlined paper. “As you can see,” hebegan, “this paper has been used tomake a pencil rubbing from anancient tablet. Dr. Stone made thisrubbing the day before shedisappeared!”
Detective Hyde tapped the paper.
“Now let me get this straight. Youand Dr. Stone were at anarcheological dig in SouthAmerica—the City in the Mist. Alittle over one month ago, Dr. Stonefound this tablet and made arubbing. Then what?”
“Well,” confided ProfessorDating, “Dr. Stone said the tabletgave directions to an ancient site—the famous City of the Sun! Legendhas it that the City of the Sun wasbuilt with precious gems—rubies,diamonds, and sapphires! The nextday, Stone and her backpack weregone!”
“Do you think she went in searchof the city, Professor?” Seek asked.
“Most definitely!” the professorshouted. “And that’s what worriesme! You see, when I decoded thetablet, it gave directions in the formof a riddle. And I can’t figure it out!How will I know if she’s safe? Whatif she needs help?” he groaned.
“A riddle?” Hyde and Seekexclaimed together. “Say, Professor,”said Hyde, “can you decode this
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thing for us? Maybe we can figure itout.”
“Certainly,” said the professor.“I’ll write it out for you.”
In a few minutes he handed thepaper to the detectives. Hyde andSeek studied the riddle. “Hmmm,”murmured Seek. “Have you got amap showing where you were?”Professor Dating produced one andHyde and Seek got busy.
“Oh Dear! What if she’swandering in the wilderness?”Professor Dating moaned.
“Calm down, Dating!” Hyde saidimpatiently. “If she used her mapthe right way she knew just where togo!”
“Where?” shouted ProfessorDating excitedly.
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By looking at both the riddle andProfessor Dating’s map, Hyde knewwhere to find Dr. Rosetta Stone.How? One of the most importantquestions a map can answer is“which way?” Directions can tell uswhere places are and how to get tothem. Ordinal directions are north,south, east, and west. The points inbetween are called cardinal direc-tions and include northeast (NE),northwest (NW), southeast (SE), andsouthwest (SW). Most maps markdirections with a compass rose. Acompass rose is a drawing on amap that shows directions. Look atProfessor Dating’s map and studythe compass rose. Then, follow theclues in the riddle. Hint: use a pencilto trace your path!
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Go south by southwest to the mouth of the snake.
Then west by northwest past the falls to a lake.
Next go north by northeast to the nose of a beast.
Then last (not least) travel east by southeast.
You’ll see (if you can) that’s where you began!
The path you have made is that which you seek.
Why not draw some lines and then take a peek?
In this city you’ll find gems big and little.
Where is this city? Why it’s right in the middle!
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“I realize this isa little out of your line,” beganCaptain Schwab of the Brown CityPolice Department, as he drove theunmarked police car down 32ndStreet. “But here’s the deal. TheMuseum of Art in Marconi, Italy, ismissing the Five Sisters!”
Detective Hyde raised aneyebrow. “So, they made off withsome sisters, eh? Anyone else in thefamily missing?” he asked.
Detective Seek hid a smile. “Ibelieve the Five Sisters are fivefamous statues. Am I right,Captain?”
“Correct!” Schwab answered.“These statues were all carved bythe famous sculptor AngeloMichelini hundreds of years ago.They’re priceless! Our sources saythat the Sisters were secretlyshipped to Brown City last week.And they’re somewhere in the
neighborhood. The policedepartment has only one lead, andwe can’t figure it out. That’s why weneed your help.”
“What’s the lead?” Hyde asked.Schwab pulled out his notebook.
“We got a tip this morning that thebingo hall on East 32nd Streetwould lead us in the right direction.The tip said to be there for thejackpot game at 8:00 P.M. So that’swhere we’re heading.”
A few minutes later they pulledinto a crowded parking lot. Hyde,Seek, and Detective Schwab filedinto a large hall. “Better buy somebingo cards to keep from drawingany attention to ourselves,” Hydewhispered. “Let’s get in line.”
At the front of the line, a small,nervous man was seated at a deskselling bingo cards from a big stack.The line moved quickly and Hyde,Seek, and Schwab were soon seatedat a table with their cards.
“I’m puzzled,” Detective Seekwhispered. “We were all given bingocards from the pile. But the man infront of me was given a card from asmall drawer in the desk.”
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“Hmmm...I smell a rat!” CaptainSchwab growled. “Do you still seethe guy?”
Seek pointed to a man sittingnear the door. “He’s the one!” shesaid. “Let’s keep an eye on him!”
The game began. The man whosold the cards now turned a largeplastic ball containing small chips.He stopped the ball and pulled outa chip. “N2,” he called. Playersmarked their cards. The ball turned.“O7,” he continued.
“Looks like our friend is prettylucky,” Hyde commented.
Indeed, the man by the door hadyet to miss a call. The ballcontinued to turn. “I8...B3...G5.”
“Bingo!” the man shouted. Theother players groaned while hepicked up his winning card andheaded for the exit.
“Quick!” shouted Seek. “Stop thatman. Once we get that bingo cardand a map of the city we’ll knowwhere to find those missing statues!”
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Detective Seek said that the bingocard and a map of the city wouldhelp locate the stolen statues. Howcan a map help you find the exactplace you’re looking for? Easily!Maps often are laid out in a gridpattern to help pinpoint a certainlocation. The grid lines that runnorth to south are given numbers,while the lines that run west to eastare given letters. Locations aregiven a coordinate—such as D14.By running your finger along the Dline and the 14 line, you can findthe location by noting where thelines intersect. Look at the copy ofthe winning bingo card and themap of Brown City. Can you findthe locations of the Five Sisters?
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“Are you sure we’re off the boat?”Detective Hyde asked Detective Seekas she guided him unsteadily downthe ramp of the S.S. Sardine. “I stillfeel like I’m going up and down...upand down...”
Detective Seek smiled. “Yes, we’reoff. I had no idea you got seasick!”
Suddenly Hyde stopped. “Hey!Isn’t that Officer Blotter going upand down over there?” He pointedto several men gathered by twoshiny black automobiles at the endof an empty boat pier.
“That’s Officer Blotter all right!”answered Seek. “And he’s not goingup and down. It looks as if he’sangry. Maybe we can help.”
Officer Blotter greeted the twodetectives with a shake of his head.“Where were you two when Ineeded you?” he sighed.
“We’ve been on a three-hour tour
aboard the S.S. Sardine,” DetectiveSeek explained. “What’s happened?”
Officer Blotter made himselfcomfortable on the hood of one ofthe black cars. “Been tracing ahusband and wife team ofcounterfeiters,” he began. “Williamand Penelope Lottabuck—aliasBogus Bill and Bad Penny. Finallythought we had them caught at afancy address in Currency Hills,where they’ve been posing asmillionaires.” Officer Blotter pausedand nodded to a gentlemanstanding nearby. “When we paid thecouple a visit this morning thebutler, Mr. Greenbacks, said theyhad left town several days ago.”
Greenbacks cleared his throat.“That’s quite right, Officer. Theyclaimed to be taking their boat outfor a quick sail.”
Detective Seek glanced atDetective Hyde. “Someone musthave tipped them off,” she said. “Isthis the pier where they usually docktheir boat?”
“Yes, madam,” repliedGreenbacks.
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eyebrow. “Any idea where theymight have sailed?”
Greenbacks thought hard. “Well,the Lottabucks often spoke of anisland hideaway. Rather private, youknow?”
Officer Blotter looked grim. “ThePacific Ocean’s mighty big,” he said.
“Do these cars belong to theLottabucks?” asked Detective Seek,pointing to the two shinyautomobiles.
Greenbacks patted the bumper ofone car fondly. “Yes, his and herCadillacs,” he answered. “Notice thelicense plates—HIS178E and HERS18S! Because the cars are identical,it was the only way they could tellthem apart. Rather handy!”
Detective Seek smiled. “I’ll say it’shandy!” she said, turning to OfficerBlotter. “And if you’ve got a worldatlas, those license plates will showus where the Lottabucks areheaded!”
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Fortunately, Officer Blotter had aworld atlas in the glove compart-ment of his car. By using the mapand the license plates, DetectiveSeek was able to pinpoint the Lot-tabucks’ destination. How? First, sheknew that every place on earth hasa fixed location—a global address.Maps and globes have imaginarylines that form a grid pattern. Linesof latitude run north and south of theequator, while lines of longitude runeast and west of the prime meridian.Each line is labeled with a degreesymbol (°) and a direction. From thelicense plates on the Lottabucks’cars, Detective Seek guessed that18S stood for a latitude reading of18° (18 degrees) south and that178E stood for a longitude readingof 178° (178 degrees) east. Usingthese coordinates, she was able tofind out where the Lottabucks wereheaded. Can you? Use the licenseplates and the map to find the coun-terfeiters!
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“I’m in a bind and I hope you twocan help,” Lucky Barnes said toHyde and Seek, as he put down hislemonade. Detective Seek looked ather cousin with concern. Luckycontinued. “As you know, I’m incharge of the 8th Annual ElvisPresley Look-Alike Contest this year.Two judges called in sick thismorning. The contest is tonight.Can you two take their places?”
Seek smiled fondly at her cousin.“We’re happy to help. Just tell uswhat to do.”
Later that evening, the detectivesfollowed Lucky into a largeauditorium. Suddenly there was acommotion backstage in thedressing rooms. Police officers wererounding up all the Elvis contestantsand checking car registrations.Lucky and the detectives ranbackstage. “What’s the trouble,
officers?” Lucky asked.One of the officers stepped
forward. “I’m Officer Candy Barr.We just got a report in from CapeGirardeau, Missouri. A gasolinestation along route 55 was robbedby someone dressed as Elvis anddriving an old Pontiac! We’vespotted a car fitting that descriptionin your parking lot.”
Backstage, the owner of the carwas asked to be seated in a smalldressing room. Ron “Elvis” Roncocolooked baffled. “What’s this allabout?” he asked.
“You’re from St. Louis, aren’tyou?” Officer Barr asked. Roncoconodded. “Where were you earlier, atabout 2:00 this afternoon?”
Roncoco curled his upper lip.“On my way here. So?”
Officer Barr folded her arms.“Make any stops along the way?” shecontinued. “Like at a gasoline stationnear Cape Girardeau? One wasrobbed earlier today and you matchthe description of the robber.”
Roncoco shook his head withsurprise. “Couldn’t have been me. Ileft St. Louis early this morning and
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Detective Seek smiled andglanced out of the windowthat faced the parking lot.“You’ve got a real classicautomobile, Mr. Roncoco. Isit a ‘57 Pontiac or a ‘58?”
Roncoco beamed proudly.“1957! A genuine 1957Pontiac. She’s old but stillgets about 10 miles to thegallon.”
Seek looked surprised.“Really! With what, a 30-gallon fuel tank?”
Roncoco scoffed. “Heckno! it’s only a 20-gallon one.”Suddenly his eyes narrowed.“Say, what are you gettingat?” he asked.
Without answering,Detective Seek took a travel-sized atlas from her purse.Using a ruler, she made somecalculations on a scrap ofpaper. Tapping her pencil onthe map she looked atOfficer Barr. “I believe you’vefound your man,” Seekremarked. “Mr. Roncoco islying. There’s no way hecould have driven from St.Louis to Memphis withoutrunning out of gas.”
How does she know?
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Detective Seek used a ruler and a travel atlasto prove that Ron Roncoco was lying. How? Atravel atlas contains road maps of differentplaces to help people find the best way to getwhere they are going. Every map includes amap scale that helps travelers determine howfar one place is from another.
By using a strip of paper with a straightedge, you can figure out the distances betweenany two places. Here’s how: First, find the mapscale. This will tell you how many inches on amap represent the actual number of miles orkilometers on the earth. Use the piece of paperto trace the scale. (You may want to mark thehalfway point as well as the beginning and theend.) Then, lay the piece of paper along theroad you wish to measure. Mark and count thenumber of inches between the two cities. Multi-ply that number by the number of miles on thescale. This will give you an approximation ofthe actual distance between the two cities.
Next, you’ll need to determine the vehiclerange, the distance a car can travel before run-ning out of gas. To do this, find out the vehi-cle’s tank size. Next, determine how manymiles the car can travel per gallon. Multiply thetwo numbers to find out how far the car can gowithout running out of gas.
Detective Seek heard Roncoco say that hefilled his car with gas in St. Louis before he leftfor Memphis. Because she knew that his carcould only hold 20 gallons of gasoline andcould travel 10 miles per gallon, Seek figuredthat Roncoco had to be lying. How? Use theroad map of Missouri and Tennessee to findout. (Hint: First compute the distance betweenthe two cities, then find the vehicle range ofRoncoco’s car.)
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“So, how do you like our city?”Captain Phineas Schwab of the NewYork City Police Department askedDetectives Hyde and Seek as theysettled down in his office.
“Police departments seem thesame wherever you go,” laughedDetective Hyde, removing his hat.“Your twin brother Elias sends hisgreetings. It was very nice of him tosuggest we pay you a visit on ourtrip to New York for the PrivateDetective Convention.”
Captain Schwab smiled. “Goodold Elias,” he beamed.
Suddenly the captain’s intercombuzzed. “Michael Fey’s here. ShouldI bring him in?” a voice asked.
Captain Schwab frowned. “Giveme a minute,” he said. Hyde andSeek got up.
“We see you’re busy,” Seek said.“We can come back later.”
Captain Schwab gave her a wink.“Go ahead and sit down. This case isa real mystery. This guy, MichaelFey—alias Michael the Fox—is herefor questioning in connection withan art theft in England two weeksago. A valuable painting called theSmiling Señorita was stolen fromthe Duke of Worcestershire’s houseduring the noon-time royalwedding. London Police think Feydid it.
“Why?” questioned DetectiveSeek.
Captain Schwab explained. “Fey,at one time, was Europe’s mostinfamous cat burglar. Ten years agohe was caught and spent four yearsin prison. Since then, he has movedto New York and started his owntravel agency. Very successful too.We’ve got nothing to pin on himbut London says he left histrademark—a red rose—at thescene of the crime.” Captain Schwabfrowned. “Only problem is, he sayshe was here in New York City at thetime. I’ve questioned him over andover and his testimony neverchanges. Listen to what he says.
T H E C A S E O F T H E
SMIL ING SENORITAOr Comparing Time Zones̃
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Maybe you two can figuresomething out.”
Detectives Hyde and Seek satback down as a tall, thin man wasled into the room. Captain Schwaboffered him a chair. “Okay Michael,let’s try it again,” he began. “Wherewere you on the day in question?”
Fey smiled at the group in theoffice. “On the day in question I wasin my apartment in New York City. Iwoke up at 6:00 A.M. and had anearly morning jog in Central Park. Ireturned to my apartment at about6:45. No one saw me leave or returnto the building.” Michael pausedand looked over at Hyde and Seek.“You see, I prefer to use the fireescape. Old habits are hard tobreak, I guess! Anyway, when Ireturned I worked on my book, MyLife in Crime, for several hours. At12:00 noon I fixed myself a lightlunch and settled down in front ofthe T.V. to watch the broadcast ofthe royal wedding—live fromLondon. I saw the entire weddingand, after supper, went to bed atabout 9:00 P.M.”
Captain Schwab shook his head.“All right, Michael, please waitoutside while I discuss a few thingswith my colleagues.” When MichaelFey closed the door Captain Schwabglanced at Hyde and Seek. “See?Always the same testimony. It can’tbe proved or disproved.”
“Oh, I don’t know about that,”Detective Seek said. “The Fox islying and any time zone map canprove it!”
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Detective Seek said that a time zonemap could prove that Michael theFox had lied in his testimony. Whatis a time zone map? What does itshow? Because of the earth’s rota-tion, the sun shines on differentplaces on the globe at differenttimes. Since it takes one day, or 24hours, for the earth to make a com-plete turn, or rotation, the world hasbeen divided into 24 time zones—one for each hour of the day. Eachtime zone is laid out along every 15degrees of longitude, starting at theprime meridian at Greenwich, Eng-land. Now to solve the mystery, lookat Michael Fey’s testimony and thetime zone map. Can you prove thatFey is lying?
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“Now see here, Detective Hyde,”Lady Edwina Rake beganimpatiently. “I’m prepared to payyou and your partner all sorts ofmoney. But I need you to find thatcreature as quickly as possible!”
Detective Hyde rubbed his eyeswearily. “Yes, Lady Rake. So you’vetold us. However, finding a missingabominable snowman isn’t reallyour line of business.”
Lady Edwina sniffed. “Let meexplain it again. My husband, LordHugo Rake, is a world famousmountain climber. During his lasttrip up Mount Monstrosity, he had afrightening encounter with anabominable snowman. However, noone believes him. His career is inruins! You’ve got to find thatcreature and prove to the world thatHugo is not a liar. I’ve got myhusband’s papers with me,” she said,
shuffling through a leather briefcase. Pulling a sheet out, she smiledtriumphantly at the detectives.“Here is his description of whathappened. Read it yourself!”
Detective Seek read the paperaloud: “On the morning of August19th, I, Lord Rake, awoke from asound sleep when someone orsomething disturbed my climbinggear. It was shortly before sunrise.As I quietly looked out of my tent, Isaw the dim outline of a massivecreature going through myequipment bags. I took my rifle andcrept up behind the beast. As thesun continued to rise, I could makeout a horrible hairy figure. It wasabout 7 feet tall, ape-like inappearance, and covered withcoarse orange hair. When it saw me,it dropped my bag and took offdown a sloping hill. I shall neverforget the sight of the creaturerunning straight toward the risingsun! It continued down the side ofthe mountain for some time, withme in hot pursuit. I finally lost thebeast in the thick woods. Signed,Lord Hugo Rake.”
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Detective Seek closed hereyes for several seconds. “LadyRake,” she asked, “do youhappen to have a map of themountain that Hugo was on atthe time?”
Lady Edwina began diggingin the brief case again.“Certainly,” she said, handingthe detectives a neatly foldedcontour map. “Will this help?My husband’s camp site ismarked by the X.”
Hyde and Seek spread themap out on the desk. “Yes itdoes,” Hyde answered. “ButI’m afraid you don’t need usafter all. According to thismap, your husband isn’t tellingthe truth!”
How does he know?
Lord Hugo Rake’s Sworn Testimony:On the morning of August 19th, I, Lord Rake awoke from asound sleep when someone or something disturbed myclimbing gear. It was shortly before sunrise. As I quietly lookedout of my tent, I saw the dim outline of a massive creaturegoing through my equipment bags. I took my rifle and creptup behind the beast. As the sun continued to rise, I couldmake out a horrible hairy figure. It was about 7 feet tall, ape-like in appearance, and covered with coarse orange hair.When it saw me, it dropped my bag and took off down thesloping hill. I shall never forget the sight of the creaturerunning straight toward the rising sun! It continued down theside of the mountain for some time, with me in hot pursuit. Ifinally lost the beast in the thick woods.
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Lady Edwina provided the detectives withLord Hugo’s testimony as well as with acontour map of Mount Monstrosity. Contourmaps show landforms and use lines or colorto show different elevations. Elevation is theheight of land above sea level.
A contour line on a map connects areasthat have the same elevation. Most contourlines are drawn in irregular circles. Contourintervals are the spaces between the circles.They show variation in elevation. Widelyspaced contour lines mean that the land isflat or gently sloping. A steep slope, ormountainside, is shown by lines drawn closetogether. Now look at both Lord Hugo’stestimony and the map of MountMonstrosity. How does Detective Hyde knowthat Lord Hugo is lying? (Hint: use thecompass rose and think of where the sunrises and sets!)
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“Have you seen all the headlines?”Detective Seek asked DetectiveHyde, as they drove to the BrownCity Police Department. “Pic’sdisappearance is big news!”
“Pic?” Detective Hyde lookedpuzzled. “Who’s that?” he asked.
“I can’t believe you’ve neverheard of Pic and the Amplifiers,”Seek said in a surprised tone. “Why,they’re one of the biggest rock ‘n’roll groups around. Pic isconsidered the world’s best left-handed bass player. He’s beenmissing since Saturday.”
“Who’d name a kid Pic?”Detective Hyde muttered.
Later, at the police station,Captain Schwab got down tobusiness. “Listen,” he began. “Everyteenager in the state is on my backfor not finding this Pic guy. We’veinvestigated every lead and have
gotten nowhere. I need your help.”Schwab turned to a young womandressed completely in black. “This isPinky Ring. She’s the last personwho saw Pic before he disappeared.”
Pinky Ring looked at thedetectives, her eyes overflowing withtears. “I’m in mourning!” she cried.“Something bad has happened toPic! I just feel it...here!” She presseda hand against her heart.
“Why don’t you tell us what youknow,” Detective Hyde suggested.
Pinky closed her eyes tightly. “Ican see it all as if it were yesterday,”she whispered. “You see, I’m Pic’sabsolute biggest fan! I practicallylive outside his town house! I knowhis every move! On Saturday Iwaited outside Pic’s place until hecame out at about 10:00 A.M. Ifollowed him as he turned east ontoLaser Light Lane, and then southonto 4th Street where he went intoCD’s Record World. He came outwith Buzz Bomber’s latest CD atabout 10:30. He then headed weston Hot Licks Boulevard and southon 3rd Street to Tune’s Guitars.Through the window, I saw him
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trying out some new left-handed bassguitars. At about 11:00 he left thestore and someone asked him for anautograph. He took off his left gloveand signed his name. Then he gavethe girl his nail-studded glove! I justdied with envy!” Pinky paused, hereyes shining at the memory. “Well,then he walked down to the cornerof 3rd Street and Heavy MetalAvenue. He turned east on HeavyMetal and walked to Metallica’sFashion World where he bought apair of gold pants. At 11:30 hecontinued east on Heavy MetalAvenue and went into the TwistedScissors Hair Salon for his weeklytrim. At 12:00 noon he came downthe steps and was asked for hisautograph again. When he took offhis other glove to sign his name, Iasked if I could have it. He thenturned north on 6th Street andheaded to Java Joe’s Café. That’swhen something happened! He wentinto the café but never came out!”
Hyde glanced at Seek. “Are yousure Pinky?” he asked. “Maybe hewent out a back door.”
Pinky sobbed “Java Joe’s doesn’thave a back door. Or windowseither! The only person who cameout was a woman with a largeshopping bag. After a couple ofhours I went in to look for him andhe wasn’t there! That’s when Icalled his agent and the police.”
Captain Schwab shrugged. “We’vebeen all over Java Joe’s—clean as awhistle.”
Seek looked puzzled. “Pinky, doyou have the glove Pic gave you?”she asked.
“Of course!” Pinky cried, pullingthe nail-studded black leather glovefrom her pocket.
“Pinky! You said he took thisglove off to sign an autograph,right?” Seek questioned.
“Yeah, so?” Pinky sniffed.Seek slapped the glove against
Captain Schwab’s desk. “This is aright-handed glove! The Pic whogave you this was an impostor! Let’slook at the map of the city. ForgetJava Joe’s. I’ll show you where Picwas really last seen!” Can you?
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A city map can be a very helpful tool inlocating a specific place or address.How about a missing rock musician?Remember that Pic was a famous left-handed guitar player. Chances are thatif he played guitar with his left hand hewrote with his left hand as well. SinceDetective Seek knew that the real Picwould never sign his name with his righthand she figured that somewhere alongthe route the real Pic vanished and animpostor appeared. Look at the map ofPic’s neighborhood. Then, use the com-pass rose and follow Pinky’s directions topinpoint Pic’s last-known whereabouts.
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1. Pic leaves town house. Heads east on Laser Light Lane.
2. He turns south on 4th Street and enters CD’s Record World.
3. From CD’s Record World, Pic heads west on Hot Licks Boulevard.
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“This is a matter of the utmostimportance,” Dexter Seek whisperedto his sister. “I know I can trust youand your partner to keep quiet.”
Detective Seek shook her head.“For heaven’s sake, Dex,” she began,“cut the melodrama and tell us howwe can help.”
“Well,” he began cautiously, “mycontact is missing!”
Detective Hyde scanned the floorof Dexter’s apartment. “Gosh, theycan be murder to find, especially ina shag rug!”
“Not a contact lens,” snappedDexter. “My contact—someone whohas important information to tellme! Her code name is ‘Hata Mari’and she’s missing!”
Detective Hyde’s mouth hungopen. “You mean you’re a spy?” Heglanced at Detective Seek. “You nevertold me your brother was a spy!”
Dexter continued: “Hata arrivedhere by airplane several nights agoand was staying in a hotel in FlightCity. When I got to her roomyesterday morning she was gone.The place had been ransacked. All Icould find were these.” Dexterproduced a pair of shattered eyeglasses. “I am desperate to get herback. Can you help?”
Suddenly they all heard a quietknock on the door. Dexter leapt tohis feet. “Who is it?” he demanded.
“Ducks fly south for the winter!” avoice answered. Dexter hurriedlyopened the door and pulled in adisheveled woman.
“Hata!” he gasped. An odor ofmoth balls filled the room as Hatamoved to the couch and lookedsuspiciously at Detectives Hyde andSeek.
“They’re okay,” Dexter assuredher. “What happened?”
Hata rested her head against theback of the couch. “It was horrible.Thugs from XTREM grabbed meand took me to a hideout. Theykept me in a closet! You see, theythought I had the microchip with
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“How did you escape?” Hydeasked.
“The smell of moth balls from thecloset got to be too much for me.And I started to coughuncontrollably. They took meoutside to get some air and Imanaged to slip away into thewoods. I stumbled around for hoursuntil I found a small cabin. Fromthere I called a taxi and here I am.By the way, can you pay the taxi? It’swaiting outside.”
Dexter quickly paid the taxidriver and opened several windows.“That smell is pretty bad,” headmitted. “And I suppose themicrochip is still in the closet. Canyou lead us to it?”
Hata shook her head. “I’m afraidit may be difficult. You see, I brokemy glasses in the struggle in thehotel room so I couldn’t read theroad signs. But I was wearing mycombination wristwatch andcompass. And I can tell you whatsounds I heard, like traffic andconstruction noises. I did see othercars—that could tell us whether Iwas on a major highway or a single-lane road.”
Detective Seek took out a penand wrote down all that Hata couldremember. Dexter glanced at the
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“Nonsense!” Detective Hyde said.“Get out a road map and we canpinpoint that hideout in a hurry!”
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Elias Goldbug, federal investigator,stared intently at the two detectivesseated before him. “It’s extremelyimportant that we get ProfessorFermenti back,” he said gravely.“The future of the world dependson it!” Detective Hyde removed hishat and glanced at Detective Seek.The investigator continued.“Professor Carla Fermenti has justcompleted a formula that could endworld hunger forever!”
“Wonderful!” exclaimed DetectiveHyde. “But how?”
Investigator Goldbug smiled.“The formula turns any type of dirtor sand into fertile soil. Anythingcan grow in it. Early this morning,Professor Carlo Fermenti waskidnapped! They broke the lock tohis apartment with this.” Goldbugpicked up a small knife and handedit to Detective Seek.
“Looks like an oyster knife,” shesaid.
Investigator Goldbug nodded.“Apparently, the kidnappers want touse the formula for profit. Sell it tothe highest bidder!”
“That’s terrible!” Detective Hydemuttered. “But I’m confused. Is theprofessor’s name Carla or Carlo?”
Investigator Goldbug nervouslyadjusted his tie. “Both,” he stated.“Unfortunately the kidnappersmade off with the wrong ProfessorFermenti. They snatched CarloFermenti—Carla’s father. ButCarla’s the scientist who created theformula. Once the kidnappersrealized their mistake, they sentCarla this ransom note.” Goldbughanded a scrap of wrinkled brownpaper to the detectives.
Hyde read the note aloud: “Dearprofessor Fermenti: We have yourfather. If you want to see him again,hand over the formula. You’ll behearing from us.”
“Something smells fishy to me,”Hyde commented.
Investigator Goldbug sighed. “Thewhole thing’s fishy, if you ask me!”
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Hyde shook his head and sniffedthe ransom note. “I mean the notesmells fishy. Looks like the kind ofpaper you wrap fish in.”
Investigator Goldbug took thepaper back. “Anyway, the kidnapperscalled Carla Fermenti at her house acouple of hours ago, but she wasn’tat home. We got this message offher answering machine.”
The investigator inserted a smallcassette into a tape player andpushed “play.” A low voice could beheard: “Listen, Fermenti, your oldman’s going to play ball with us. Hesays he knows most of the formula.Help him out and maybe you’ll seehim again.”
And then, another voice: “Carla,honey, listen, it’s Dad. I’ve figuredout the barium, potassium, erbium,and cobalt. What’s the rest? We’llcall again later. I . . .” Theprofessor’s last words were lost inthe sound of a loud factory whistleblowing in the background. Themessage ended.
“Now here’s the mystery,” theinvestigator began, tapping hispencil on the tape player. “Carlasays the elements her father listedhave nothing to do with theformula—or anything else for thatmatter. We’re stumped. That’s whywe called you.”
Detective Seek furrowed herbrow. “Barium, potassium, erbium,
and cobalt...the chemical symbolsfor those elements are Ba, K, Er,and Co. Do you suppose theprofessor was trying to tell hisdaughter where he was?”
“Of course!” shouted Hyde.“Baker County! That’s north ofhere. And with the other clues thekidnappers gave us, we should beable to find Professor Fermenti!”
Investigator Goldbug lookedconfused. “What other clues?” heasked.
Detective Seek smiled. “Theoyster knife, the ransom note, andthe factory whistle. All we need nowis a resource map of Baker Countyand this mystery is solved!”
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The commotion in the normallyquiet Insect/Spider House was toomuch to ignore. Detectives Hydeand Seek, admiring the zoo’sstinkbug exhibit, looked up to see adistraught woman rummagingthrough a display case. “She’s got tobe here somewhere!” the womanmoaned, digging through moundsof sand and dirt.
“Is something wrong?” DetectiveSeek asked.
The woman buried her head inher hands. “I’ll say! I’m Bea Hive—the spider keeper. I’m afraid BigBertha’s been stolen!”
Detective Hyde peered into theempty case. “Dugesiella hentzi.Hmmm, is Big Bertha a tarantula?”
Bea nodded. “I know I put Berthaback after that last demonstration.”
Detective Seek lifted the heavy lidcovering the cage. “This isn’t
locked. Could Bertha have crawledout?” she asked.
Bea shook her head. “I’m afraidnot. I was giving a specialdemonstration to members of theSpider Club and I broke the latch ofthe display case by accident. Onlythe Spider Club would know that.I’ll bet one of the club memberstook Bertha! They are all wearingmatching yellow tee shirts with theclub logo on them. I’m havingsecurity round them up and bringthem to the zoo office forquestioning!”
“Mind if we sit in?” askedDetective Hyde. “We’re detectives.Perhaps we can help.”
Later, all the club members wereseated in the security guard’s office.Security Officer Mumford crossed hisarms and looked at the teenagers.“All right kids,” he began, “let’s startat the beginning. What time did youget here?”
The tallest of the teens spoke upfirst. “I’m the club president, SpiderJones. We arrived at the zoo when itopened at 9:00 A.M. We took ourlunches and drinks to the picnic
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area and then went straight to theInsect/Spider House. Ms. Hive gavethe demonstration, which ended atabout 10:00. I took Harry to the firstaid station because he felt dizzy. Theother guys went their own separateways. We were supposed to meetback at the picnic area at 11:00.Hugo was the first one there, andthe rest of us came at about 11:15—except for Milton. He was late.”
Milton looked nervous. “Hey!” hesputtered. “It took longer to feedthe lions than I thought it would.”
One by one, Officer Mumfordasked each member to tell his story.Chuck and Bart said they walkedstraight to the Aviary for the birdsof paradise show, claiming theymissed the first few minutes. Miltonand Hugo boarded the zoo tram atstop #2. Milton said he got off atstop #4 and watched the lionfeeding at the Big Cats’ House.Hugo said he rode the tram to stop#5 where he watched the monkeyshow. No one admitted to havingtaken the tarantula.
Security Officer Mumford rubbedhis chin thoughtfully. “I guess we’lljust have to search you boys,” he said.
Detective Hyde cleared his throat.“That won’t be necessary, Officer,”he said, tossing a zoo brochure infront of Mumford. According tothis, one of the boys is lying!”
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The tram leaves stop #1 on the hour and makes stops everyten minutes.
Today’s Zoo Schedule
Polar ice show:9:00–9:30
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Big cats’ feeding time:10:35–10:55
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Detective Hyde was fascinated withancient Egypt. “Just wait until yousee the Museum of History’s newEgyptian exhibit!” he said toDetective Seek, as they made theirway up the museum steps. “Theyhave a scale model of the GreatPyramid that’s over 30 feet tall! Theactual pyramid in Egypt isconsidered the largest stonebuilding ever constructed.”
Detective Seek smiled. “Soundsexciting. Are you sure that Dr.Rogliphic won’t mind taking us on atour?” she asked. Dr. Hy Rogliphicwas the museum curator and a closefriend of Detective Hyde’s.
“Not at all,” Hyde replied as theyentered the museum. “His office isover here.”
From behind a closed door camethe sound of shouting. Hyde timidlyknocked on the door.
“Come in!” a voice demanded.Inside the room Dr. Rogliphic wasseated behind his desk, with hishead in hands. Next to the desk, awoman and a man stood glaring ateach other.
“Hmmm, perhaps we shouldcome back later,” Seek said quietly.
Dr. Rogliphic looked up.“Detectives! Just what we need!Perhaps you two can help us solvethis mystery,” he said.
“What mystery?” Hyde asked,eyeing the two angry people.
Dr. Rogliphic stood up. “Let meintroduce you. Detectives Hyde andSeek, this is our security guard TomManx, and my assistant, Ming Vaz. Itseems that sometime last night oneof our Egyptian mummiesdisappeared. Mr. Manx feels thatMs. Vaz took it.”
“I did not!” Ms. Vaz shouted,pounding the desk. “Manx took it!I’m sure of it. He’s been hangingaround that mummy ever since theexhibit opened. He collects catthings—statues, books, portraits,everything. He told me himself! Themummy was of a cat. One of the
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pharaoh’s own, we think!”Mr. Manx grew red in the face. “I
tell you, I didn’t take it!” he shoutedback. “Sure I liked the cat mummy.Cats fascinate me. That’s no secret.But I didn’t take it. I saw Vaz take itlast night. I thought she was doingresearch on it so I didn’t sayanything. Now she claims she didn’tdo it. Ha!” Vaz and Manx glared ateach other.
“That mummified cat was theonly one of its kind. I must get itback,” Dr. Rogliphic said worriedly,glancing at Hyde and Seek andfumbling in his desk drawer. “Here’sa map of the second floor—that’swhere the Egyptian Room is. I’llmark an X where the cat mummystood in its display case.” He handedthe map to Detective Seek.
“Okay,” Hyde began, taking out anotepad and pencil. “Let’s start atthe beginning. Ms. Vaz, did you seeMr. Manx take the mummy?”
Vaz looked down at the floor.“Well, no. I can’t say I did. But it washere when I left last night. I doknow that!”
Hyde turned to Tom Manx.“When did you see Ms. Vaz take thecat?” he asked.
Manx smirked. “Just after closingtime—about 9:10 P.M. I was lookingat the ancient mural. It is quiteimpressive you know. I heard a noisebehind me and that’s when I saw
Vaz put the cat in a bag and takeoff.”
“Are you certain, Mr. Manx?”Seek asked, studying the map. “Isthat exactly the way it happened?”
“Exactly!” Manx replied. “Nodoubt about it.”
“Then I’m afraid you’ve let thecat out of the bag,” she continued.“Manx is lying and I can prove it!”
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Museums often have maps that showthe layout of each floor as well asthe location of new exhibits. Dr.Rogliphic handed Detective Seek amap of the museum’s second floor.By listening to Manx’s story andstudying the map, she knew that hewas lying. Read Detective Hyde’snotes, and then look at the map ofthe Egyptian Room. Can you catchManx’s lie?
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Manx says that after closing time (about 9:10 P.M.) he was looking at theancient mural in the museum’s Egyptian Room, which is located on thesecond floor, when he heard a noise. He claims he turned around and sawVaz remove the cat mummy from its exhibit case, place the piece in a bag,and then quickly leave the room.
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Butch Buttinski eyed CaptainSchwab of the Brown City PoliceDepartment. “I was home, I toldyou. Watching the game. I didn’thave anything to do with JohnnyBenchwarmer’s disappearance! Idemand to see my lawyer!”
“I am your lawyer, Mr. Buttinski,”a timid voice piped in from thecorner.
Butch threw a disgusted look atMarvin Gardens, attorney at law.“You’re kind of easy to forget. Knowwhat I mean?”
Marvin cleared his throat. “Thatmay well be, Mr. Buttinski. However,on your behalf, I’ve hired twoprivate detectives—specialists in thefield of missing persons. I’m hopingthey’ll be able to locate Mr.Benchwarmer,” he said, glancing atCaptain Schwab. “May I bring themin? They have some questions they’d
like to ask Mr. Buttinski.”Captain Schwab nodded as
Detectives Hyde and Seek were ledinto the office.
“Now let’s get this straight,” Hydebegan. “Johnny Benchwarmer, starpitcher of the Brown City baseballteam, has been kidnapped,correct?”
“Correct,” answered CaptainSchwab. “And just before the play-offs with the Palmetto Pests!Benchwarmer’s been receivingthreatening notes telling him toleave town. He didn’t show up fortraining this morning. We suspectfoul play.”
Marvin Gardens cleared histhroat again. “And, ah, it seems thatmy client, Mr. Buttinski here, madeseveral comments of a threateningnature to Mr. Benchwarmer duringan autograph session last week.”
Butch laughed loudly. “So what!”he said. “He’s a bum and so’s thewhole team! The Pests can beatthem whether Benchwarmer’s thereor not. Besides, I have a right to myopinion!”
Marvin turned back to Hyde and
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Seek. “And, unfortunately, Mr.Buttinski’s handwriting matches thatof the threatening notes. And he isknown to be a fanatic Palmetto fan.We need to find Mr. Benchwarmer.That’s why we’ve hired you.”
Detective Seek glanced at themissing person’s report. “It sayshere that Benchwarmer was lastseen leaving batting practice Sundayat 6:00 P.M. Apparently he nevereven made it to his car in theparking lot. That was yesterday.Where were you at 6:00 thatevening?” she asked Butch.
Butch curled his lip. “Watching abaseball game on television at myhouse. Who’s there to say that Iwasn’t?”
“There was a game on at thattime, I can assure you,” Marvin said.“Here’s a copy of yesterday’stelevision listings.” He handed asection of newspaper to DetectiveHyde. “See there? Right below theweather report.”
Detective Hyde glanced at thepaper. “Hmmm, Providence playedLittle Rock. Who won the game, Mr.Buttinski?”
Butch looked nervous for amoment. “Can’t tell you. I fellasleep during the first inning. WhenI woke up the game was over.”
Hyde smiled. “I have a friend who’sa sports reporter,” he said. “Let mecall him and find out who won.”
“Who cares who won?!” CaptainSchwab exploded as Hyde dialed anumber and spoke quietly into thephone. “How is that going to helpus find Benchwarmer?”
“Quite easily, Captain,” Hyde said,as he hung up the phone. “I suggestyou arrest Butch Buttinski for thekidnapping of Johnny Benchwarmer.There was no baseball game lastnight. Butch is lying!”
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A weather map can tell you at aglance what weather to expect in aparticular place. The key showswhat the symbols used on the maprepresent; for example, rain, snow,sunshine, even hurricanes. MarvinGardens handed Detective Hyde anewspaper clipping with televisionlistings and a weather report forSunday evening. Look at the listingsand use the weather map and keyto prove that Butch was lying.
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Lydia Fort-Apache was known forher hospitality. “Please, have somemore cherry pie and stay a littlelonger!” she begged, reaching forDetective Hyde’s plate. “After all, it’snot every day that I get to see myfavorite nephew!”
Detective Hyde blushed. “I’m youronly nephew, Aunt Lydia,” he said.
Lydia laughed. “So you are. Whocan keep track of that sort ofthing?” She turned toward DetectiveSeek. “More pie, my dear? I’m soglad you were able to come, as well!”
Detective Seek smiled. “Thankyou for inviting me,” she said.
Lydia beamed. “I love parties.They’re such fun.”
A snort came from the corner ofthe room. “Bah! She’d have a partyevery day if she could!” UncleBronx added sourly.
Aunt Lydia wrinkled her nose
impishly. “Oh, Bronxy—don’t besuch a sour puss! What will ourguests think? After all, it isPresident’s Day . . . . I think! Doesanyone have a calendar?”
Detective Hyde smiled andglanced out the window. “It’sstarting to snow, Aunt Lydia. I thinkwe’d better leave before the roadsget slippery. Besides,” Hyde added,“all your other guests left hours ago.”
“Too true, too true,” sighed AuntLydia.
Suddenly, a piercing screamfollowed by a dull thud echoedthrough the night. “What was that?”Detective Seek gasped.
Uncle Bronx threw on his coat. “Idon’t know,” he said, flipping onthe outdoor light. “But it came fromoutside.”
The group hurried through thedoor. There, heaped on the ground,was a figure dressed like AbrahamLincoln.
“Oh, no!” shouted Aunt Lydia.“He must have fallen off our roof. Ishe dead?”
Seek crouched down next to thestill body. “No,” she answered. “But
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he might have some broken bones!Let’s get him in the house!”Carefully Hyde, Seek, and UncleBronx carried the man inside andput him on the sofa.
Lydia looked pale. “It can’t bethe President. It can’t be. Can it?”she mumbled to herself.
Uncle Bronx reached for thetelephone. “Of course it isn’t,Lydia!” he snapped. “Pull yourselftogether! I’m calling an ambulance!”
“Better call the police as well!”Hyde said. “This stovepipe hat hewas carrying is filled with jewels!This guy’s a thief!”
“Jewels!” Aunt Lydia squealed,dumping the contents of the hat onthe floor. “Maybe he was bringingthem!”
Uncle Bronx picked up severalpieces. “Lydia! This is your jewelry!”
“Oh, no!” she pouted. “I thoughtit looked familiar!”
Minutes later, the police and anambulance arrived. Officer Blotterof Precinct 43 removed the thief’sfake beard. “Looks like you folkshave been paid a visit by DocHoliday!” he said. “We’ve beenlooking for this guy for a long time.Every holiday he and his ring ofthieves commit a crime. We thinkthey robbed a jewelry store a coupleof weeks ago dressed as cupids.”
Aunt Lydia cleared her throat.“You said ‘ring.’ Might there be
others still around?” she askednervously, looking about.
Officer Blotter shook his head.“We got a tip that the rest of thecrew fled out of state! I wish wecould find them, though!”
Detective Seek handed OfficerBlotter a scrap of paper. “Perhaps thiswill help. We found it in his pocket.It looks like some kind of a list.”
Blotter glanced at the paper.“Let’s see. . .Bennie (702 Elm Lane),Lennie (602 Ash Bend), Butchie(503 Oak Cove), and Sam (801 FirRoad). Sounds like them, all right!Let me get back to headquarters.We’ll get a statement from you folkslater!”
Several hours went by beforeOfficer Blotter returned. “How’s thepresident?” Aunt Lydia askedworriedly.
“A broken arm, but he’ll beokay,” Blotter answered. “If only wecould get him to talk about wherethe rest of the thieves.”
Uncle Bronx raised an eyebrow.“But I thought you chaps had thataddress list.”
Officer Blotter scratched his head.“We checked those addresses—allfake! We showed it to Doc but heclaims that it’s his birthday card list!”
Detective Hyde glanced atDetective Seek. “May we look at thatlist again, Officer?” he asked as heheaded for the phone. “Aunt Lydia,
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can you find the telephonebook?”
Officer Blotter lookedpuzzled. “Here’s the list,” hesaid, handing Seek the paper.“What are you two getting at?We’ve already checked thoseaddresses!”
Detective Hyde smiled.“Those aren’t addresses.They’re telephone numbers,”he explained. “Give us a fewminutes and I’ll tell you whatstates the thieves are in andtheir phone numbers. They’rejust a phone call away!”
Officer Blotter lookedpuzzled. “I don’t understand!”
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Detective Hyde asked for Doc Holiday’s listand a telephone book and then he went to thephone. Why? A telephone number is made upof 10 digits—a three-digit area code (whichtells you what state or what part of the state anumber is in), followed by three digits (knownas the exchange), a hyphen, and then fourmore digits. An area code map, located in thefront of most telephone books, can help youfind the area code for a particular place. Theletters of the alphabet (except Q and Z) areprinted on a telephone dial or touch pad.Each letter corresponds to a number (except 0and 1). Use Doc Holiday’s list, the telephonetouch pad, and the area code map to find thelocation and telephone number of each thief.
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Detective Hyde enjoyed visiting hisuncle at the shore for the weekend.Captain Andy Hyde lived in a tinyhouse next to the gorgeous lawnsand huge beach-front home ofAmbassador Terrain of Gwanelia.Seated with his nephew andDetective Seek in a small skiff, theMay B. Knott, he called theirattention to the ambassador’shouse. “The ambassador is giving afancy party for all his wealthyfriends tonight!” he chuckled.“Neighborhood’s really changed.Used to be just a small fishingvillage.”
The Captain turned to DetectiveSeek. “I used to be an oyster man inthese parts,” he explained, as hetook them around MontapeakePoint. “Today most of the oysteringis done commercially. See that?” heasked, pointing to the top of a mast
sticking out of the water near thebeach. “It’s the wreck of the Will B.Able—one of the best oyster boatsaround. I remember when we losther in the storm of ‘62.” The boatheaded around the peninsula andpast an old lighthouse. CaptainAndy smiled. “There’s MontapeakePoint lighthouse! My best friendAbe Tarr was the keeper. But thosedays are long gone.” Suddenly heshouted to his nephew, “Sonny, lookout for Blackperch Rock!”
Hyde expertly took the boat awayfrom a large, dark shape under thesurface of the water. “That rockscares the life out of me!” he sighed.
As the sun began to set the trioreturned to Captain Andy’s housefor a hearty Friday night dinner ofoyster chowder. Sounds of musicand gay laughter from the theambassador’s mansion filled theevening air. The noise continuedlong after Captain Andy, Hyde, andSeek snuggled into three hammocksstrung up in the small living room.
Early Saturday morning, theywere awakened by a new sound—apanicked knocking at the front
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door. “Who could that be at thishour?” Captain Andy said, as they allstruggled out of their hammocks.
They opened the door to findAmbassador Terrain nervouslywringing his hands. “Sorry to wakeyou,” he began hurriedly, “but this isan emergency. Have you seen theCarmelitian Ambassador, ErradaCubota?” The trio at the door shooktheir heads. The ambassador turnedpale. “I’m afraid he’s missing! Hewent out for a walk on the beachlast night and never returned.”
Captain Andy grew alarmed.“Better call the police,” he saidwisely. “And maybe two of us couldsearch the beach . . . .” His wordswere interrupted by the sight of abedraggled man stumbling up theroad.
“Ambassador Cubota!” shoutedAmbassador Terrain. The grouphelped Cubota into Captain Andy’shouse and into a chair.
“What happened?” Detective Seekasked.
Ambassador Cubota wiped hisface with a handkerchief. “I waskidnapped!” he gasped. “I waswalking along the beach near theold shipwreck at about 2:00 in themorning. Suddenly two menblindfolded me and put me in asmall boat. They tied me up and leftme on a rock all night!” Noticing alarge marine chart on the captain’s
wall he pointed to it. “There’s theshipwreck I was looking at. Andthere’s the rock they left me on—Blackperch Rock! They planned oncoming back for me at daybreakwith a larger vessel. Fortunately, Imanaged to break the ropes tyingme up and wade back to shore!” Heindicated the bottoms of his pantswhich were soaked with water.
Ambassador Terrain lookedconcerned. “Poor man! Do you haveany idea who did this?” he asked.
Cubota narrowed his eyes. “I haveno doubt. The men had Cocoanaccents!”
Ambassador Terrain gasped.Everyone knew that the countries ofCarmelita and Cocoa did not getalong. “This may mean war!”shouted Cubota.
Detective Hyde studied themarine chart carefully. “Did you sayyou were on Blackperch Rock allnight?” he asked.
Cubota looked annoyed. “Ofcourse!” he shouted angrily. “Areyou doubting my word?”
Hyde glanced at the tideschedule posted near the chart.“I’m sorry Ambassador, butaccording to the tide schedule andthe marine chart, you’re not tellingthe truth!”
How does he know?
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After looking at both the marine chart and thetide schedule, Detective Hyde said he could tellthat Ambassador Cubota was lying. How? Amarine chart is a special type of map. It helpsboaters navigate, or travel, a body of water insafety. A marine chart usually shows coastlines,harbors, lighthouses, and buoys as well as thedepth of the water in different places. (That’swhat the numbers scattered on the map refer to.)Knowing the water depth can help alert boatersto possible hazards such as rocks or old shipwrecks. Most marine charts show how deep thewater is at low tide. A certain spot that is 2 feetdeep at low tide might be 4 feet deep at hightide. Why? A tide is the movement of water thatcomes over the shore (high tide) and then goesout again (low tide). A tide schedule tells whetherthe tide is high or low. Now look at the marinechart of Montapeake Point and Montapeake Bayand find Blackperch Rock. Then look at theschedule of tides for Friday and Saturday. Canyou prove that Ambassador Cubota was lying?
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TIDE SCHEDULE FOR MONTAPEAKE BAYEastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Day HH:MM Feet HH:MM Feet HH:MM Feet HH:MM Feet
Friday 00:39 A.M. 3.6 06:52 A.M. -1.1 01:09 P.M. 3.5 07:48 P.M. 0.2
Saturday 02:03 A.M. 4.0 08:30 A.M. -1.0 02:58 P.M. 3.0 09:10 P.M. 1.1
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THE CASE OF THEPUZZLING PRODUCEROr Identifying Geographic Shapes
Uncle J.D. did know his kidnapper! Heremoved those puzzle pieces that wouldspell out his kidnapper’s name. Themissing pieces of the puzzle are the statesof Idaho, California, Louisiana, Kentucky,and Florida. By rearranging the first letterof each state, Hyde came up with thename Flick. When he knew that he wastrapped, Flick admitted to havingkidnapped his uncle for the ransommoney. J.D. was found unharmed, lockedup in Flick’s mountain cabin. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEBORDERLINE FANATICOr Interpreting Map Borderlines
Hyde noticed that the birds crossed fromstate to state, from county to county, andfinally from country to country. Bychecking the map key, he identified thefollowing boundary line symbols:– . – . state, – – – county, and
– . . – international (between differentcountries). By looking up the Morse codeletter for each set of symbols, Hyde wasable to figure out that Cox, J. Hilary Cox,was going to be the next victim. With closesurveillance, the police were able to catchthe kidnappers red-handed. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEPINCHED POOCHESOr Identifying Continents andCapita l Cities
After pinpointing the place where eachdog was stolen, Detective Hyde noticed apattern. Each animal was taken from thecapital city of one of the countries locatedon five of the seven continents. Twocontinents remained—Antarctica andAustralia. Because Antarctica has nocapital city, Hyde figured that the nextdog would have to be taken fromCanberra, the capital of Australia. Byposting undercover police officers aroundBob, the silky terrier belonging to theprime minister of Australia, Mr. Pregoriawas able to catch the kidnappers red-handed. The other dogs were foundunharmed and returned to their gratefulowners. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEABBREVIATED ARTISTOr Identify ing Map Abbreviations
After deciphering the abbreviations, JuanPalazzo was able to reach Pablo Palettoand confirm that his painting wasauthentic. Case solved!
1. Mountain2. North Carolina3. Highway4. Parkway5. Street6. River
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10. Point11. Lake12. Island
THE CASE OF THEABSENT ARCHEOLOGISTOr Using a Compass Rose
Starting at the City in the Mist, DetectiveHyde traced a line south by southwest toSnake River, west by northwest to MurkyLake high in the mountains, north bynortheast to Beasty Mountain, and east bysoutheast back to the City in the Mist. Byconnecting each point and drawingintersecting lines, Hyde saw just where togo. Three days later Dr. Stone was foundin the Valley of Darkness, happilyuncovering shimmering objects made ofrubies, diamonds, and sapphires. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEVANISHING SISTERSOr Using a Grid Map
The bingo hall was really controlled by agang of busy international art thieves.Information on where stolen artifacts werehidden was given out on specially-markedbingo cards. The bingo caller wouldidentify the location of stolen art by usingthe coordinates of the city map. By usingthe winning bingo numbers as coordinates,Detective Seek helped locate the statues atthe following locations:
B3 Jon’s Sports Store;I8 Harry’s Restaurant;
N2 Mitzi’s Pizzeria;G5 The Amazing Video Store; andO7 The Cloak and Dagger
Book Store.The statues were returned to the museumin Italy.Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEMISSING MILLIONAIRESOr Determining Latitude andLongitude
Armed with the map, Detective Seek usedher finger to trace the 18° S latitude lineuntil it touched the 178° E longitude line.The island of Fiji is located at the pointwhere the two lines cross. The Lottabuckswere picked up the next day pulling intothe Port of Suva on Fiji. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THE ELVISIMPERSONATOROr Using a Map Sca le
Roncoco said he filled up his gas tank inSt. Louis. You remember that his car has a20-gallon tank and gets about 10 miles pergallon. That means Roncoco could go 200miles without stopping for more gasoline(20 X 10). By using the map scale,Detective Seek figured that the distancefrom St. Louis to Memphis was about 260miles. Roncoco could never have made itfrom St. Louis to Memphis on just onetank of gasoline. When faced with thefacts, Roncoco confessed to stopping inCape Girardeau and robbing the gasstation there. Case solved!
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THE CASE OF THESMILING SENORITAOr Comparing Time Zones
Fey claimed that he was in New York Citywatching the live broadcast of the royalwedding. However, the royal wedding wasat 12:00 noon in London. By looking at thetime zone map, Detective Seek showedthat when it is 12:00 noon in London, it is7 A.M. in New York City. So, the weddingwas long over in New York at the time Feyinsisted that he was watching. Whenconfronted with this fact, Fey admittedthat he had been in London for the royalwedding and had indeed stolen thepainting of the Smiling Señorita from theDuke of Worcestershire’s home. Thepainting was soon recovered. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEMISSING MONSTEROr Reading a Contour Map
By looking at the contour map, Hyde andSeek saw that Lord Hugo was camped atthe top of Mount Monstrosity. In hisdescription, he states that he heard anoise as the sun was rising. When heconfronted the hairy creature, Hugoclaims it took off, running downhillstraight into the rising sun. Nowremember that the sun rises in the east.By looking at the map, Hyde and Seek sawthat the east side of Mount Monstrosity isdrawn with contour lines extremely closetogether—indicating a very steep cliff.Anyone running directly east would havefallen off the mountain. When faced withthese facts, Hugo admitted to havingmade up the story about the abominable
snowman in order to get publicity for hisnext mountain climbing trip. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THERANSOMED ROCKEROr Using a Street Map
Seek carefully traced Pic’s route on thestreet map. She marked where he firstsigned his autograph with his left handoutside of Tune’s Guitars. She nextmarked where the phony Pic signed hisname with his right hand—outside ofTwisted Scissors. Since Pic was in sight theentire time from Tune’s Guitars to TwistedScissors, he must have disappeared at thehair salon. When questioned by thepolice, Tisa Shears, the owner of thesalon, admitted to kidnapping Pic anddressing in his clothes to throw anyonesuspicious off the trail. When the fake Picwent into Java Joe’s, she changed backinto her own clothes and left therestaurant. Pic was later found unharmed,locked up in the basement of the salon.Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEMISSING MICROCHIPOr Reading a Road Map
The hideout was located just north ofRiverdale on an unpaved road. Thethieves were still outside when Dexter andHata arrived to retrieve the valuablemicrochip from the closet where it hadbeen hidden. Case solved!
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THE CASE OF THESNATCHED SCIENTISTOr Reading a Resource Map
Detective Hyde knew from the clues thatthe kidnappers had called from an areathat caught and sold seafood (an oysterknife for shelling oysters and paper usedto wrap fish). He also knew that Fermentiwas being held in a factory. By using theresource map, he and Detective Seekfound a factory located in an area richwith fish and oysters. Investigators soonfound Professor Fermenti and hiskidnappers at the Half-Shell SeafoodFactory in Bunsville. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEBAGGED BERTHAOr Using a Zoo Map
Each of the boys had an alibi, or claimthat he was somewhere else when thetarantula was stolen. Spider took Harry tothe first aid station—a call to the nurse-on-duty proved that. Chuck and Bartclaimed to have walked to the Aviary forthe 10:00 show. Since everyone left theInsect/Spider House at 10:00, it’sbelievable that they would have missed thefirst ten minutes of the show. The otherboys claimed to have taken the tram whenit arrived at stop #2 that would have beenat 10:10. Milton said he got off at stop #4for the feeding of the big cats. The tramwould have arrived at stop #4 at 10:30.Since the lions weren’t being fed until10:35, Milton would have had time to seethe feeding. Hugo claims he got off atstop #5 for the monkey show. However,the show started at 10:00 and ended at
10:30. Hugo’s tram wouldn’t have arrivedat stop #5 until 10:40. Hugo would havemissed the show! When confronted, Hugoadmitted to taking Big Bertha out of hercage and hiding her in his pocket. Heactually rode the tram to stop #7 andwalked to the picnic area, where he putBig Bertha in his lunch bag. Aside frombeing covered with peanut-buttersandwich crumbs, Bertha was returned toher cage unharmed. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEMISSING MUMMYOr Interpreting a Museum Map
An X marks the spot where themummified cat stood. Tom Manx says hesaw Ming Vaz take the cat when he waslooking at the ancient mural. But hecouldn’t have seen anyone take the catbecause the 30-foot model of the GreatPyramid would have blocked his sight.When confronted with this fact, Manxadmitted to have taken the mummifiedcat to add to his collection. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEPURLOINED PITCHEROr Reading a Weather Map
By looking at the television listings,Detective Hyde saw that Little Rock wassupposed to play Providence at home. Bylooking at the weather map, he also sawthat heavy rain was expected in LittleRock. Baseball games are usually canceledwhen the weather is bad. When Hydecalled his friend, the sports reporter, hewas able to prove that the game had beenrained out that night. Caught in a lie,
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Butch admitted to having locked JohnnyBenchwarmer in his storage shed. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEDISHONEST ABEOr Using an Area Code Map
By finding the number on the telephonetouch pad that corresponds to each letterof the address, Detectives Hyde and Seekwere quickly able to come up with a listfor Officer Blotter. Remember, the streetnumber represents the area code.
Bennie: (702) 356-5263 (Nevada)Lennie: (602) 274-2363 (Arizona)Butchie: (503) 625-2683 (Oregon)Sam: (801) 347-7623 (Utah)
The telephone numbers were traced andthe thieves were all rounded up. Case solved!
THE CASE OF THEDISAPPEARINGDIPLOMATOr Using a Marine Chart
By looking at the tide schedule, DetectiveHyde saw that high tide came in at 2:03 A.M. and went out at 8:30 A.M.According to the marine chart, not only isBlackperch Rock under water, it’s under 4 1/2 feet of water at high tide! If theambassador had been on Blackperch Rockall night more than just the bottom of hispants would have been wet! Whenconfronted with the truth, AmbassadorCubota admitted to trying to start troublewith the ambassador from Cocoa. Case solved!
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