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“Our grandchildren are a handful,” said<br />
Mimi, looking sadly at her good shoes.<br />
“He has to be housebroken,” said Papa. “And<br />
fed. And bathed. And all those doggone things.”<br />
“We will! We will!” promised Grant and<br />
Christina together.<br />
“Gruuuuff!” said Clue.<br />
When Papa suggested that the kids take Clue<br />
outside for a walk, they were very eager. Now that<br />
he was their very own bloodhound clue-hunting<br />
mystery dog, they were ready to get to work. As<br />
quickly as they could, they hurried back to the<br />
tobacco patch.<br />
“Ok,” said Grant, “what are we supposed to<br />
be sniffing out here?”<br />
“The clue doesn’t tell us that,” said Courtney.<br />
For a few minutes, they walked up and down<br />
the rows of green-eared tobacco leaves.<br />
“It’s hard to believe something this pretty<br />
ends up as stinky old cigarettes,” said Christina.<br />
“Or snuff!” said Courtney.<br />
“Let’s look for bones, please,” pleaded Alex.<br />
For awhile, they saw nothing suspicious, until<br />
they reached the last plant on the final row. There,<br />
attached to a stalk with gardening twine, was<br />
another white note.<br />
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