Jesse Steam Mysteries: The Riddle of the Spinning Sycamore Seed
I Spring Has Sprung The Grass Has Rize Wonder Where My New kite is
Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Do you know what I absolutely love about Do you know what I absolutely love about springtime Mr Stubbs Jesse Steam asked her snoozing cat as she squinted up at the cloudless sky It’s not too windy and not too still Not too hot and not too cool It’s just right She smiled Take this breeze for instance she continued It’s gentle enough to not mess up your hair but just strong enough to keep these kites aloft she said as she lay back in the afternoon sun Mr Stubbs didn’t seem to care He was stretched out in the soft grass toes up in the air as usual He twitched his whiskers to shoo away the butterfl y that was trying to land on his nose I could lay here all day just watching these kites drift back and forth Back and 9
forth Back and forth Jesse yawned Just as Jesse spoke a large acorn fell from the top of the big oak tree they were beneath and bopped Mr Stubbs right on the top of his furry head Yowl Stubbs hissed as the nut bounced off of his noggin and on to the ground As Stubbs regained his composure a feather drifted down ever so gently and landed upon his pink nose You’re a mess Stubbs Jesse joked The regular neighborhood gang was there They had seen Jesse and Stubbs heading to the park with her homemade diamond shaped kite and decided that this was a great day for some aerial entertainment Kimmy Kat Black brought her beautiful delta-shaped kite that was decorated in all of the colors of the rainbow Liam LePoole had an interesting-looking box kite How does that crazy-looking thing even stay up in the air Jesse had asked him earlier in the day 10