The Milo & Jazz Mysteries: The Case of the July 4th Jinx
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
Well some kiddie-farm animals got loose Winston made a face Do you have any clue how hard it is to catch a pig Milo glanced at Jazz He was thinking of her pet pig Bitsy Actually And Uncle Sam keeps losing air but nobody can find a leak Winston pointed
I just hope nothing goes wrong at the toward a giant inflated Uncle Sam bobbing gently in the breeze Milo took a look around Sun sparkled off the game-booth roofs He could smell the kettle corn and hear the shrieks of terror from the Scream Machine Everything seemed perfectly normal Could the fair really be jinxed prize judging tomorrow Winston said Or the parade He handed Milo a new slice of pie and waved away his money It’s on me Milo took a bite Mmmm Creamy crunchy chocolatey Suddenly something slammed into his elbow The pie flew from his hand SPLAT 11
