Charlotte's first mystery

Chapter 5: It's him!

The next morning Charlotte ate breakfast, and then she new exactly what she needed to do. She put on a lady bug print tank top, shorts, and flip-flops, and slung her Detective kit over her shoulders so she was ready to do her detective work. She marched up to Elizabeth, and said, "Miss Elizabeth, may I please see that message in secret code for a second? I promise to be very careful." "Well, okay, for a minute." Charlotte waited patiently for Elizabeth to get it. When she saw it, she gasped. It was a piece of paper and on it was a explanation point, a picture of a man with spikey hair, and a picture of a dog." "What?" Charlotte cried."This is picture code!" Elizabeth beamed, and asked "How did you know that?" "My detective kit came with a list of secret codes, and one of them explained picture code. Now all we have to do is see what these pictures represent, put them together, and then we'll know what it means." Charlotte told her proudly. She looked at the first picture. Hmmmm... she thought. What is something that needs an explanation point?

Later Charlotte finally decided she needed help figuring out what the exclamation point meant. She went to the couch in the living room, where Paige was reading. "Paige, can you please help me with something? " She asked. Paige looked up, put a marker in her book, and replied, "What do you need help with?" Charlotte explained everything to her, and then Paige frowned. "That sure is tricky, I agree. Well, you know how when you are happy, sad, angry, or excited the first word you say has an explanation point?" "What? I'm confused." Charlotte exclaimed. "You just did it!!!! Charlotte, you were confused, and the first word you said was "What?" Then you paused for a split second before you went on. If I were writing a book and I wrote what you just said, I would add a question mark after the word, "What".

"Oh! I get it now! Charlotte grinned." So now we have to think of words with exclamation points. I think I've some: Yippee! Whoa! Wow! Yay! Huh?! Ahhh!" Paige laughed. "Those are some good ones. How about: Help!" "That's it!!! " Charlotte cried. "Help! I am positive that "Help!" is the one." "Why? It could be any of those." Paige pointed out. "Paige, just help me think of the next one now." "The guy with spikey hair? Maybe that is the person who needs help." "Maybe..." Charlotte said slowly. "But if that were the case, wouldn't the picture of him be at the end of the code to say that it was from him?" Paige gasped. "You're right. And you just gave me an idea. Why don't you try to find out who the person is? That way, you'll get a little information. Just don't tell anyone why you want to know."

"That's exactly what I'll do. Thank you! You have been so much help!" Charlotte yelled. Then she rushed to tell Mama that actually she did want to go on a walk with her and Elizabeth and Flora and aunt Olivia ."Don't forget!" Paige called after her. "Don't tell people why you want to know!!" But Charlotte was already outside.

When Charlotte, aunt Olivia, Elizabeth, Mama, and Flora reached the beach, the grown-ups decided to sit in the sand for a little while before going back. Charlotte immediately said she was going to walk around, and that she promised to stay close to where they were sitting. Then, when they were not looking, she went up to the first family she saw and said, "Hello, sorry to bother you, but have you by any chance seen a man with spikey blond hair walk by, or just seen one?" A lady smiled and said, "Are you lost sweetie?" "Oh, no, I just... need to find this man because I want to compliment his shirt, and I lost track of where he went." Charlotte wasn't sure if this would work, but luckily the lady told her that she had seen a man with spikey blond hair, and that he was the boss of the surfing class a couple blocks down.

Charlotte remembered that Elizabeth and Flora  worked for a surfing class, and she asked if a Flora or a Elizabeth Pearl worked there. "Hmmm... let me think... yes, I believe a Flora and an Elizabeth work there. Does that help you?" the lady asked. "Oh, yes, very much. Thank you, and again, I am very sorry to bother you. Good-bye!" Charlotte jogged over to aunt Olivia, Mama, Elizabeth, and Flora and asked if she could see where Elizabeth and Flora worked. They said yes, and then they took Charlotte there. Charlotte asked to see the boss. Elizabeth and Flora were surprised, but they took her to see the boss anyway. When Charlotte saw him, she had to stop herself from gasping. The man looked almost exactly like the man in the picture code!

"Hello. I'm Charlotte. What's you're name?" Charlotte tried to avoid the surprised faces of her companions and squinted. Did she see a little bit of hesitation in the man's eyes? She wasn't sure, but something about him made her shiver a little bit. "I'm Jack Elkon. Um, nice to meet you. Oh, hi Elizabeth and Flora." said the boss. By now Charlotte was positive that this man was the man in the picture code. "Then, do you know why you are in this sec-" Suddenly, before she could say " secret code" a hand cupped over her mouth.

Doll travel kit

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 Doll suitcase: For a doll suitcase you can either use a small bag or purse, or  a small metal  box/container.

Doll accessories: For doll perfume, use an old, small, plastic, bottle and cover it with a piece of colored paper that has your fake perfume brand name on it. For a doll comb, cut a piece of cardboard with bristles. For a doll toothbrush, cut a little bit of a plastic straw off, and wad a tiny piece of paper up and tape it to the end of the straw.

Doll tickets: Cut pieces of paper in the shape of tickets, and write a fake airplane name on it. Then write  your doll's name and the place you are going to.

Doll postcards: Cut pieces of tiny paper in the shape of a postcard, draw a picture on the front, and once you've written out what your doll wants to say, draw a stamp.

Things to pack for your doll: Put a doll dress, a doll coat, two doll outfits to mix and match, a doll bathing suit, and a couple of doll shoes in your doll's suitcase.

If you're not going on a real vacation, you can have a pretend one with your doll. You can even pretend to go on really adventurous trips, like a safari. For the safari you can arrange stuffed animals in different places in your back or front yard. 

Fun!

Cinderella!

                                                          Rodgers & Hammerstein's 
                                             Cinderella
Watch this movie! It is awesome. Instead of a cartoon Cinderella, this movie has real people in it. I think it's more fun, too, because its a musical so it has lots of dancing and singing and it's hilarious! 

I think my favorite character is Lionel, because he is so funny and clumsy. The movie is just like the famous story, except that it is about Cinderella realizing that all these years she has been wishing to be somewhere else than her mean stepmother and stepsisters' house instead of doing anything about it. 

But then her fairy godmother comes and helps her, since she has no way to get to the ball, and no pretty clothes to wear. It is a great movie, like I said, and I highly recommend it, like I said. 

Starring: Brandy,(Cinderella) Jason Alexander, Bernadette Peters, Whitney Houston, and Whoopi Goldberg.  

Judy Moody book review

         Judy Moody, M.D. The Doctor is in!

I love this book.  I love all the Judy Moody books, but this one is my favorite! (Besides Judy Moody and The Bad Luck Charm) 

In this book Judy is learning about bones at school, and she even gets to go on a field trip to the hospital emergency room! From trying to clone a guinea pig to trying to operate on a toad to operating on a zucchini to getting sick, Judy has a lot of adventures in this great read!  

This a Disney Adventures Magazine book award winner! No lie. The book even includes funny doctor jokes, an Elizabeth Blackwell first women doctor time line, and ideas to help kids in the hospital in the back. 

To learn more, and to play some awesome games, go to www.JudyMoody.com. 

P.S. Today I bought myself a locket that opens up. Like it? =)

Holiday Posts and comment

                                                Happy Thanksgiving! 

I have decided that every holiday I am going to do a post about that holiday. Each one will have a fun craft, a book review, ( well, maybe not all the posts will have a book review ) and a recipe. Sorry I forgot to do a post about Halloween!

My aunt Tegan recently left a comment on my blog saying that she once went to Pompeii. I wrote a post about when I when to the Denver museum of Nature and Science and saw the A Day In Pompeii exhibit. I thought you'd think that would be interesting. Anyway, here is a post about Thanksgiving:




Turkey Presents: Make fun turkey shaped paper envelopes full of mini presents!

For paper Turkey envelopes, you will need:

Orange or yellow paper
a stapler
crayons
fake feathers
glue
Your hand

To make the envelopes, trace your hand on a piece of paper. Cut it out and repeat. Use your crayons to draw a turkey face on your paper thumbs. Glue  a fake feather on each of your other paper fingers. On the bottom of the paper hand, which is now a turkey, draw the feet. Then staple the two paper hands together, but don't staple the fingers together, because that is where you put the mini gifts.

Things to fill your paper turkeys with:

Rings
Bracelets
Stickers
Candies
Nuts
Crackers or pretzels
Mini cards
Tiny Origami Stars
Temporary Tattoos
Etc.

Thanksgiving mashed potatoes: Mashed potatoes is my favorite part of thanksgiving feasts, besides the pumpkin pie and stuffing!

Ingredients:
White potatoes
Butter or Ghee
Cream or coconut milk
Salt

Directions: Cook potatoes in oven. When they come out, mash them. (Of course!) Then add the other ingredients, and stir!

Harry Potter book review

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

I just got this book on my Kindle, and I think it is the best book in the world! It is about this boy named Harry Potter, and he is a wizard, although he does not know it until the good giant Hagrid tells him.

When Harry gets his letter from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry saying he has been accepted, he gets on the train to go. When he gets there he learns about this evil wizard Voldemort, and that when Harry was a baby Voldemort tried to kill him, but for some reason he couldn't. Harry still has the scar on his forehead from when Voldemort tried to kill him. 

Then Harry secretly finds out about a special Sorcerer's stone in Hogwarts that a three-headed dog is protecting. He thinks that this mean teacher Professor Snape is trying to get the Sorcerer's Stone, but he's up for a big surprise. THEN he learns that Voldemort is also trying to get the Sorcerer's stone to try to kill Harry again, and Harry knows he must get the Sorcerer's stone before him. 

To find out how Harry does it, and to read an awesome book, buy or borrow Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone!

To do magic and potions, go to www.pottermore.com