The Milo & Jazz Mysteries: The Case of the July 4th Jinx
Looks real doesn’t it The teenage boy by the table grinned down at Milo His official fair badge said WINSTON It isn’t real Milo asked Nope just for show the boy said All the rest is real though I promise Milo glanced at his friend Jazz She was looking at the pies with his brother Ethan Lucky she hadn’t caught him being
Jazz and Milo were detectives in fooled by a fake cake After all detectives were supposed to be careful observers training They got lessons by mail from world-famous private eye Dash Marlowe With a little help from Dash they had already cracked a few real-life cases Can I have this Milo Ethan called across the table
He pointed to a slice of chocolate pie Winston beamed Made that one myself Chocolate-cookie cream pie My new recipe It did look good Milo paid for Ethan’s slice and bought another for himself Jazz chose blueberry crumb cake As Milo took his slice a ride called the Scream Machine started up noisily behind him Startled he spun around The pie slid off its paper plate and splattered on the ground Oh no he moaned Winston shook his head in sympathy Looks like the jinx has struck again The jinx Milo asked 8
I’m going to stay up and watch the Weird stuff Jazz said Like what Oh like all the entries for the People are saying that the fair is jinxed this year Winston explained Because of all the weird stuff that’s been happening Hottest Chili Pepper contest disappeared Then they turned up later in a box marked Fireworks fireworks this year Ethan told Winston And I’m not going to be scared Milo rolled his eyes His little brother had said the same thing last year But as always at the first big BOOM Ethan had burst into tears and the whole family had had to go home asked Winston What else has gone wrong Jazz 9
