Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Missing Kiddush Cup
I made a note next to Mr. Wong's name Caution May be armed and dangerous Anyone else work in the restaurant My dad just hired a new waiter because the old one got spooked and quit His name is Joe Before I had a chance to ask Lucy any more questions my mom and Avi walked into the kitchen Avi pointed to Lucy It's too early for company he whined Why is she here He was right about it being too early But if it weren't for him I'd still be asleep I glared at my brother Avi you set my alarm clock wrong last night and don't say you didn't It wasn't me he protested Mom tell her Settle down you two said Mom And good morning Lucy Can I get you anything She eyed the open box of cookies in front of me Sorry to surprise you like this Mrs. Bloom said Lucy Avi's not wrong about it being pretty early to have visitors That's all right Mom assured her In fact speaking of visitors I have some good news Grandma Phyllis called last night to say she's coming to stay with us for a couple of days 6
bed and put This didn't totally qualify as good news in my opinion I love Grandma Phyllis but she's a neat freak The last time she was here she made me take my dirty clothes out from under my them in the hamper Why's she coming I asked grabbing another cookie before Mom could put the box away There's an exhibit at the Jewish Museum that she wants to see My class had gone to the museum on a field trip earlier this year My favorite favorite part was the store where they sold mezuzahs made from Legos What's the exhibit I asked It's a collection of ancient Jewish artifacts including a gold Kiddush cup from Rome An old Kiddush cup didn't sound all that exciting to me We use Great Grandma Bloom's Kiddush cup on Shabbat and Jewish holidays She brought it with her from the old country Maybe she didn't know you could buy a new one right here in Brooklyn Suddenly I had a worrying thought Where's Grandma Phyllis sleeping She can sleep in Avi's room Mom said And he'll move into your room 7
Sharing my room with Avi is worse than eating brussels sprouts I groaned My day had started out bad and had just gotten worse If I was going to concentrate on solving Lucy's case I would need to find a way to keep my brother from distracting me 8
Lotus BLOSSOM KOSHER RESTAURANT Chapter Three Every Sunday night we eat dinner out Today I picked the Lotus Blossom Kosher Chinese Restaurant Restaurant so I could see for myself what was going on Ah Bloom family Party of four Mrs. Wong said when we arrived at the restaurant Welcome to everyone Just a few mi ates please I looked around the entryway On the walls were pictures of China and Israel I've never been to Israel but my dad's cousin Elia lives there and Dad says one day we'll Along one wall was a table with a computer go visit her 9
