| 일 | 월 | 화 | 수 | 목 | 금 | 토 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
||||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
현충일
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
|||
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
||||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
||||
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
The Lucky Lottery
|
||||
-
- 17.06.02
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- "Pretty good artwork, Josh," Officer Fallon said, studying the drawing."
"You know, this face looks familiar."
"Do you think we can find him before tomorrow?" Dink asked.
Officer Fallon raised one eyebrow.
"I can't trace him without knowing his last name," he said.
"Why the rush?"
"Because tomorrow he can cash in Lucky's lottery ticket," Ruth Rose said.
"And the lottery lady said the guy is heading for California!" Josh added.
Officer Fallon stood up.
"I'll do my best. Josh, can I keep this sketch?"
"Well, I was planning to finish drawing Ruth Rose," he said.
"I started a picture on the back."
-
- 17.06.05
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- Officer Fallon flipped the paper over.
He grinned at Ruth Rose.
"Is that a bird on your head?"
"It's a parakeet," Ruth Rose said, then explained about Blue Boy.
Dink told Officer Fallon about Zelde zoot.
"Hector said she steals cookies," he added.
"We'll check her out," Officer Fallon said, heading for the copying machine.
He placed Josh's drawing on the machine, made a copy, and handed the original back to Josh.
"I'll circulate the sketch and see what turns up," he said.
"What happens if you don't find the crook in time?" Dink asked.
"Well, that's a problem," Officer Fallon said.
-
- 17.06.06
-
- 현충일
-
- 17.06.07
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- "As far as I know, whoever presents a winning lottery ticket gets the money, no questions asked."
"Even if they stole it? "Josh said.
"That 's not fair!"
"I know it is n't fair," Officer Fallon said.
"But the lottery people have to award the money to the ticket holder."
Officer Fallon thought for a minute.
"I suppose if they had proof that the ticket was stolen, they would hold back the money."
He looked at the kids.
"But you have no real proof.
Your friend ca n't prove his grandfather bought the tickets or sent them."
Dink stood up. "Then we 'll get proof!" he said.
-
- 17.06.09
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- The kids thanked Officer Fallon and left.
"Let 's go to my house and talk,"
Dink said as they stepped outside into the falling snow.
"Talk, schmalk,"Josh sputtered.
"I 've gotta eat lunch! That half a cookie made me hungry!"
Dink laughed.
"Okay, we 'll eat while we figure out what to do next."
By the time they reached Dink 's front door,they looked like three kid-sized snowmen.
They left their jackets, boots, hats, and mittens in the hall and headed for the kitchen.
Pal trotted in and immediately flopped down next to the radiator.
Dink found a note from his mom on the table.
-
- 17.06.12
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- Dink, I had to take the car in for snow tires.
Heat up the soup in the microwave and make peanut butter sandwiches.
I 'll be home soon.
Love, Mom
"I'll make the sandwiches,"
Josh said, pawing through the cupboard.
Dink heated some tomato soup, and the kids carried their lunches into the den.
"Anyone want to watch a video?" Dink asked.
"Video!" Ruth Rose said suddenly.
-
- 17.06.14
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- "That 's it!"
"what 's it? "Josh asked.
"There was a video camera at the lottery counter," Ruth Rose said.
"If Joe 's bowling team is on the back of his shirt, maybe it'll show up on the tape!"
"Good idea!" Dink said.
"I 'd better tell Officer Fallon."
He picked up the phone and called the police station.
After Dink told Officer Fallon about the video camera, he dialed information and asked for the phone number of the supermarket.
Dink dialed again and asked to be transferred to Dot Calm at the lottery counter.
Dink asked Dot if the camera was turned on the day Hector bought the seven tickets.
-
- 17.06.16
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- He listened, said thank you, and then hung up.
"She 's gonna ask her boss to check the tape," Dink said.
"If the name of Joe 's bowling team shows up, Dot's boss will call Officer Fallon."
"I wonder if this Joe guy bowls at the fitness center,"Josh said
"Good thinking, Josh," Dink said.
"We can check it out after we eat."
"What 's this?"
Ruth Rose suddenly cried.
Something had fallen out of her hair and landed in her soup.
-
- 17.06.19
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- Josh giggled.
"Maybe it 's a cootie."
"No, Joshua, it 's not a cootie!" Ruth Rose said.
She lifted something shiny onto her soup spoon.
"It 's another tinfoil bow tie!"
Josh dug the other bow tie out of his pocket.
Except that one was wet fro tomato soup, the two tinfoil bow ties were the same.
Ruth Rose looked at Dink and Josh.
"How did that thing get in my hair?" she asked.
The kids stared at each other.
"Blue Boy!" they shouted at the same time.
"He must've had it in his beak when he landed on your head," Dink said.
"He buried it in your hair!"
-
- 17.06.21
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- "Yeah, but where did he get it?" Josh asked.
"The bow tie had to be in the atrium," Dink said.
"Those parakeets never go outside."
"Then the crook must have been in the atrium, too!" Ruth Rose said.
"Maybe it is Zelda Zoot!"
"It could still be Joe," Josh said.
"He might've gone to the atrium to ask someone where Hector 's grandkids live."
Just then Dink's mother burst into the house.
"The roads are awful, and it's still snowing!" she said.
-
- 17.06.23
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- She slipped off her coat, scarf, and boots.
"This will be a good night to curl up with a big bowl of popcorn."
"That 's what we do after skiing," Ruth Rose said.
"You know how to ski?" Josh asked.
"Sure. My family learned to cross- country-ski a couple years ago," Ruth Rose said.
"Hey, why do n't I teach you guys?
We can get around town a lot easier that way."
"That 's a nice idea," Dink 's mother said.
"Just keep out of the streets.
The snowplows are out in full force."
-
- 17.06.26
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- The kids cleaned up their lunch things, got into their jackets, and walked next door to Ruth Rose's house.
She took three sets of cross-country skis and poles from the garage.
Then she showed Dink and Josh how to strap them onto their boots.
"Okay, now just glide," she said.
"Slide your skis along the snow and use the poles to keep your balance."
"Piece of cake," Josh said, taking a step.
He fell into a snowbank.
Soon Dink and Josh could follow Ruth Rose across her backyard without falling.
"You guys learned fast," she said.
"Why don't we ski to the fitness center?
-
- 17.06.28
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- We can show Josh 's picture around in the bowling alley."
The kids skied around the school Pal bounded after them, leaping high in the snow.
When they reached Main Street, they waited for a snowplow to pass, then skied across to the other side.
They stopped near the corner of Bridge Lane and Main.
A man carrying a heavy-looking satchel and a pair of snowshoes came out of the fitness center.
The man smiled at the kids.
"Nice day to be out in the snow," he said.
"We just learned how to ski," Josh said.
The man flopped his snowshoes onto the snowy sidewalk and tried to strap them onto his boots with one hand.
-
- 17.06.30
-
- The Lucky Lottery
- "Can I hold your bag for you?" Dink asked.
"Thanks," the man said.
"Do n't drop it on your toe, it's my bowling ball."
"Do you belong to a bowling team?" Josh asked.
"Yep. I bowl with the Green Lawn Giants," he said.
"Why, you thinking of Joining a kids' league?"
"No, but we were wondering if you know this guy."
Josh pulled out his drawing of Joe and showed it to the man.
"Hmmm,"the man said, studying the picture.
"He's not on our team, but he looks familiar."