Anne's Investigation

Anne went straight across the hall to Alan's bedroom.

Anne quickly knocked on her twin brother's door.

"Alan, are you in there sleeping," Anne called out. "it is late, Buddy!"

Anne continued to knock on Alan's bedroom door, though, all of her knocking did awaken Tom who slept in the bedroom next door to Alan's.

"What is going on here, Anne? We have school tomorrow!" Tom said.

Anne could tell that Tom was grouchy, he was a light sleeper.

"Sorry to wake you, Tom," Anne explained. "and we don't have school until after Christmas vacation is over!"

"That's right, now, if you don't mind," Tom said to Anne irritably. "I need my rest if I am ever going to find the perfect Christmas present for Pop & Rosa! So, please pester someone else!"

Tom slammed his bedroom door hard in Anne's face.

"Fine," Anne mumbled to Tom under her breath. "have it your way, Grouchpuss!"

Anne quickly knocked on Suzie's bedroom door, she slept next door to Anne.

Suzie came out of her bedroom, "What is going on here, Anne?" she asked.

"Alan is not in his room, Suzie," Anne explained. "he is absolutely nowhere to be found, please will you help me look for him?"

"But of course." Suzie said to her frantic sister.

When the two girls found Alan in the garage, they found him fast asleep with a flat head screwdriver in his right hand.

Alan's heavy sighs were really worrying Suzie & Anne.

James Louis, Anne's boyfriend and Mrs. Chan's employee who slept in the small bedroom just off the garage, came out when he heard Anne & Suzie's worried conversation.

"Whatever is the matter, Sheila?" James asked a very worried Anne.

"It is Alan, James," Anne said frantically. "he must have fallen asleep while tinkering!"

"I see he fell asleep with a screwdriver in his hand, very dangerous!" James said.

James then & there took the screwdriver from Alan who was still sleeping deeply.

"James?" Suzie requested.

"Yes, Suzie?" James answered.

"Could you please wake Henry and bring him down here," Suzie requested to James. "he is the only one who is physically strong enough to carry Alan on his back."

"That much I can do, wait here with him," James said to Suzie & Anne. "I'll be right back."

James then made a mad dash up the stairs to the eldest Chan child's bedroom.