the Bands Featuring Hearts Not Farts Tonight only Past the sign I saw a large crowd Wait not crowd it was a mob They were waiting by the entrance wild with excitement But I was headed for the Dumpster I expertly avoided the crowd through the side entrance We skidded to a stop by the Dumpster without anyone seeing us Next we had to climb into the Dumpster and wait MacGuffin my partner and best pal was going to give the all clear Now a Dumpster isn’t my idea of a great place to spend some time But it was all part of the plan the plan to deliver Edwin East’s shooting star 11
Chapter 2 Through the Mob Let’s back up to the beginning Yesterday I arrived at Edwin East Elementary School to find a group of students surrounding Principal Ant He was trying to calm them down Principal Ant you can’t be serious a girl shouted Another student mumbled Edwin East will feel like a prison with a detective here Listen guys Principal Ant said gesturing to the students He pointed at the girl who shouted especially you Olivia He’s a detective 12
but he won’t be watching your every move You understand He seemed like a good guy Hopefully we won’t have to butt heads with each other I thought That usually made the cases go a little more smoothly If I was going to make a good impression with my teachers then I could not be late to class If I didn’t want to be late I’d have to walk through a sea of people That sea was filled with people who wanted to see me hanging from a flagpole by my underpants I raised my hand to cover my face and started walking Yeah this Gumshoes guy sounds like a real bozo I said trying to walk past the group A real bozo Olivia Pumpernickel agreed She didn’t even notice me as I walked by Olivia reminded me of certain students back at Edwin West I had only seen her a few times but I had a pretty good read on her She was the typical overachieving type if you know what I 13
