The man took remote Dr Filbert and this is one of my newest inventions a small control device out of his coat pocket He pushed a button and waited He pushed the button again and again Then he banged the remote control against his hand a couple of times Oh dear Please excuse me Dr Filbert climbed up into the back of the truck He closed the doors behind him That was rather odd Velma said Like let’s not waste any more time Shaggy said You have presents to buy He gently pushed the others up the sidewalk and into the store 5
Chapter 2 The gang walked inside Howard’s depart ment store and looked around The place I forgot how big this place is Daphne was enormous said Not only is it the biggest department store in the whole state Velma reminded her it’s also the oldest Okay Shaggy Daphne said If your present is going to be a surprise you can’t walk around with us Like that’s okay Shaggy said Me and Scoob will check out the cooking depart 6
Reah ree ramples Scooby barked You can ask that stock clerk over there Hey are you all right Shaggy asked ment You never know when they’re gonna give out free samples right Scoob for directions Fred said Shaggy and Scooby walked over to a stock clerk standing on a ladder He was try ing to hang a SALE sign from the ceiling Like excuse us Shaggy said The clerk suddenly lost his balance and CRASH He fell right off the ladder and into a box of socks and sweaters reaching out to help the clerk The clerk sat up and shook his head I think so he said Good thing I wasn’t next to the pins and needles display He carefully climbed out of the box Fred Daphne and Velma ran over Shaggy what did you do Velma asked Like nothing Shaggy said It wasn’t his fault the clerk said My 7
foot must have slipped or something What’s going on over there someone yelled A tall man in a security uniform ran over to them Everything’s okay Josh the clerk said What happened Artie the man said I was hanging the sign and I lost my bal ance is all the clerk replied I’m okay These nice folks came over to help me Josh Lester store security the man told 8
