Outside the Mystery Incorporated Headquarters, Scooby dozed in the afternoon sun, dreaming of chasing sandwiches. His legs windmilled through the air as he stalked a wild turkey club through dreamland. The Great Dane licked his lips as the turkey club drew closer and closer. Scooby sniffed, inhaling the sweet smell of…car exhaust?
Scooby awoke with a start, sighing unhappily at the loss of the dream sandwich. Nearby, the mail truck idled as the letter carrier pulled a stack of mail from her bag and dismounted from the truck. "Hey, Scooby-Doo," she grinned, giving him a friendly pat. "You're such a good boy. Here's the mail."
Gently, Scooby took the stack of letters in his mouth and bounded off through the doggie door. "Rail's rere!" Scooby yipped around his mouthful of paper.
"Thanks, Scooby," Velma said, entering the room and giving the faithful hound a scratch behind the ears. She took the mail from his teeth and deposited it onto the table to sort. Avoiding the drool spots, she slit open the first envelope. "Hmmm…bills, more bills...Fred's Traps Illustrated..." she mumbled, tossing aside a few envelopes and picking up a pink postcard emblazoned with a cartoon stork. "It's A Girl," she read. "Madison Rae Squall…six pounds, twenty-six inches…how exciting!"
Scooby nosed Velma's hand. "Ranything ror re?" he barked. Absently, Velma passed down a Scooby Snack from the nearby snack jar. While Scooby munched happily, Velma slit open the last envelope.
"Professor Demetrius?" she murmured, pulling out a folded sheet of notebook paper from the envelope. " 'My dear Velma,' " she read aloud. " 'Thank you for all of your help in Greece. It was a pleasure seeing you again and I appreciate you helping out. However, I'm afraid I must ask for your help again. I have been in Egypt, excavating the 'cursed' tomb of the pharaoh Xa-Oh. Now that it is finished, I will be travelling the world with a museum exhibit about the pharaoh's curse. We will make our first stop at the Coolsville History Museum. I would really appreciate if you could come by and keep an eye out for anything strange. The exhibit will be in Coolsville on…' Jinkies, that's next week! I've got to tell the rest of the gang!"
Velma dropped the letter and vanished into the other room. Scooby took advantage of her absence to snitch another snack from the jar.