The Secrets of the Stone: A Lottie Lipton Adventure
learned that the trick was to kick off your shoes and run at full speed She could slide the whole length of the room if she wore just her socks Lottie my dear said Uncle Bert Why do you have that large pole I thought you might have been a burglar A burglar The very thought This is one of the most secure buildings in Britain No robber would ever dare to break into this old place Lottie shrugged Shame I’d quite like an adventure The two old men continued to bicker about 6
the polished floor as they all made their way to their rooms to go to bed CRASH The sound of a window smashing and glass shattering on the floor made the three of them stop dead in their tracks Lottie my dear said Uncle Bert I fear we may yet have that adventure you wished for They walked briskly to the source of the noise and found a side window broken Below it were some muddy footprints A clue smiled Lottie Lottie noted it down in her trusty detective’s notebook and the three of them followed the footprints through the museum 7
The thief must have been fast just a few minutes in front of them The footprints led them toward a vast main hall and Lottie knew precisely where they would stop Having grown up in the museum she knew the layout better than anyone and often boasted that she could navigate it blindfolded She tried it once but came very close to knocking over an ancient Roman vase She didn’t try it again The main exhibit in the hall was The Rosetta Stone gasped Uncle Bert In the center of the room was a large black rock on a platform covered in three different types of white writing The rope barrier around it had been knocked over The stone 8
