Chapter 3
When the two children woke up they realized that they were back in their beds in Ida's house. Once the two sleepy kids went down stairs for breakfast Ida looked furious. "What is wrong?" Hornet asked her in an innocent tone. "I'll tell you what's wrong!" Ida yells "this morning when I came downstairs I look out the window and what do I find… I find the two of you sleeping by the canal". "What have you got to say for yourself?" Ida says. "Uhhh" says Hornet quickly trying to make an excuse but after a long minute Ida finally gives up and goes off on a stroll around the city.
That day Prosper decides to go to the old warehouse with Hornet and Bo to visit Riccio and Mosco. Once they get to the broken down building they see Riccio coming back from the marketplace with a bag full of food. "Wow!" says Prosper "looks as though you two are getting along with your new life". "Yeah" says Riccio "and we don't even have to steal things now since we have jobs". "You have jobs" Prosper says aloud "the only job I could be able to do here is flip pancakes!"
Once Mosco got back to the warehouse from his job the children had a long talk of how they were getting along in life. By the time the kids had finished off the bread and olives Prosper couldn't help himself but tell the other two about the old woman. Once Prosper told the children the story about the woman Riccio said that the other day when he was walking back to his so called home an unknown lady was pacing around the door muttering things under her breath, but when he walked up to her she just raced off. After Riccio told his story there were two things that Prosper wanted to figure out. Who was this lady, and what did she want?