The next day at school Rebekah was feeling very sleepy. She and the cricket had fought all night. She still had not found that bug.
"Are you okay?" her best friend Mouse asked. Mouse was not called Mouse because of his size, which was average for a boy of nine, but because he always carried around a mouse in his pocket. He reached down and fed the mouse a piece of cheese.
"Which one is that?" Rebekah asked. Mouse had at least twenty mice for pets. He could tell them all apart, but no one else could.
"Einstein," he replied with a grin. "He likes the sunshine."
It was a very bright and sunny day. Normally Rebekah would be looking forward to soccer practice in the afternoon, but today she was dreaming of a nap.
"Anything new on the flower thief?" Mouse asked, and Einstein squeaked for another piece of cheese.
"No," Rebekah sighed and narrowed her eyes as she looked across the playground. "Why would anyone steal flowers, when they could just pick them?" she wondered.
"Maybe they don't like flowers," Mouse suggested with a shrug.
"Who wouldn't like flowers?" Rebekah laughed.
AAACHOO!
They both jumped at the sound of the huge sneeze behind them.
"Oh how I hate spring," Mrs. McGonal moaned as she trudged past them.
"You hate spring?" Rebekah asked quickly. "Why?"
Mrs. McGonal blew her nose in a tissue and then smiled. "Oh sorry, I shouldn't say hate, I just have such terrible allergies to all of the pollen. It is a beautiful time of year for most people, but for me," she held up the box of tissues she was carrying. "It is allergy season."
"Hm," Rebekah whipped out her small notebook and jotted down a note.
"Do you think Mrs. McGonal stole the flowers?" Mouse whispered.
"No," Rebekah frowned. "She may be grumpy, but she is not usually mean. I don't think she would do it."
"Then who?" Mouse asked as he too looked over the playground.
Rebekah scowled across the basketball court at a young boy who was huddled near the water fountain.
"Ernie," she replied with a growl. "I think Ernie is behind this."
"Ernie?" Mouse asked with surprise. "But he's so quiet, and he never bothers anyone."
Ernie was very shy and tended to stay by himself. Whenever they were on the playground he would stay near the water fountain and pretend to be thirsty if anyone walked up to him.
"Exactly," Rebekah nodded firmly. "It is the quiet ones that you have to watch out for. They are always up to something."
Mouse tilted his head to the side, wondering how Ernie could ever be up to anything, but he knew better than to argue with Rebekah. Once she had a suspect, she would not give up until she had proof.
"First, we have to find some evidence," Rebekah smirked as she stood up from the bench she was sitting on.
"And how are you going to do that?" Mouse asked and tucked Einstein back into his pocket as a teacher walked past.
"I'm going to make friends," Rebekah said with a bright smile and began to stride across the playground.
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