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At the moment all of the husbands and wives are showing up at the hardy house getting ready for the holidays. Nancy and Frank are up to something for the kids. What could it be?
Disclaimer: I don't own them. I believe Stratmeyer Syndicate and Simon and Shuster do. I just have fun writing them.
Chapter 2
Everyone else arrived in the next morning either just before or just after.
Elayne was sitting down with the kids working with them on making paper chains to put around the living room.
Joe entered the room very confused. "What's wrong Joe?" Elayne asked.
"You know those presents that we brought over for everybody?" He inquired.
"Yes." She responded to his question.
"I can't find them." Joe stated.
The children gasped. "We don't get our presents?!" One of them exclaimed while the others held a look of disbelief.
"You'll get them. We'll just have to find them." Elayne chuckled at the horror on their faces.
"Goody!" the cheer came from around the room.
"How do we find them?" Alyssa asked always the voice of reason among the children.
"Well I guess we'll have to find some clues." Elayne commented.
Joe caught onto what she was up to with them. "Would you like to look in our room?" Joe questioned.
"Is that alright?" The two year old looked at the floor.
"We'll be watching you. It's alright." Elayne reassured Nancy's son.
They led the way to Joe's old room. "Where do we start?" Sam looked around the room confused.
"Look around the room and tell us what you see." Joe started them out.
"Well I see.." They began.
"Mama! Mama!" Two little voices called out through the hall.
"In here." Nancy and George led the children to the living room.
"Mama!" The children threw their little arms around the two women's legs. After they were untangled from their mothers they both started talking at once.
Nancy winked at George. "You know you're hard to understand when you're talking so fast."
Aunt Nancy we were in Uncle Joe's room. We found this." She held a piece of rough torn cloth to them.
"Well what does this cloth mean?" George inquired.
"Aunt Elayne says that it is a clue." Alyssa answered.
"Do you know what to do with this clue?" Nancy asked.
"What clue?" Frank was in the doorway. He had only caught some of what had been said.
"It appears that the children have a mystery to solve." Nancy chuckled.
"Oh really? What started it?" Frank continued as he walked into the room.
"What's a mitery?" Noel wondered out loud.
Frank explained, "Well a mystery is a like a puzzle that you put together to solve. Once all the pieces are in place you see the whole picture." He paused after telling them this. "So you want to tell me what happened?"
"Uncle Joe said that we weren't getting a=our Christmas presents this year." Alyssa reiterated what had happened.
"He did huh?" Frank nodded at Alyssa.
"Aunt Elayne told us that we would have to find them."
"I like mitery's Daddy." Noel looked at his father in such a way that Frank was laughing.
"So let me see what you have found so far." Noel held out the piece of cloth.
"So let's see where this clue takes us." Frank led the kids out of the room. "We're going to be out for a little while Nan."
"Okay take the other kids with you as well." Nancy called out.
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I'd actually make the chapter longer but I have a lot to do to get ready for a Christmas party that I'm having. I don't have all the time that I would like to have. I hope that you guys like this.
Thank you to:
Lord Dreadnault thank you for allowing me to use your characters in my stories.
Katie-Thank you for your support.
Out of sight out of mind-I know that the story is a little sappy but it's not an official mystery. I'm just playing with the children. It's actually a lot of fun.
Ragna Ice-Thank you for your support.
At the moment all of the husbands and wives are showing up at the hardy house getting ready for the holidays. Nancy and Frank are up to something for the kids. What could it be?
Disclaimer: I don't own them. I believe Stratmeyer Syndicate and Simon and Shuster do. I just have fun writing them.
Chapter 2
Everyone else arrived in the next morning either just before or just after.
Elayne was sitting down with the kids working with them on making paper chains to put around the living room.
Joe entered the room very confused. "What's wrong Joe?" Elayne asked.
"You know those presents that we brought over for everybody?" He inquired.
"Yes." She responded to his question.
"I can't find them." Joe stated.
The children gasped. "We don't get our presents?!" One of them exclaimed while the others held a look of disbelief.
"You'll get them. We'll just have to find them." Elayne chuckled at the horror on their faces.
"Goody!" the cheer came from around the room.
"How do we find them?" Alyssa asked always the voice of reason among the children.
"Well I guess we'll have to find some clues." Elayne commented.
Joe caught onto what she was up to with them. "Would you like to look in our room?" Joe questioned.
"Is that alright?" The two year old looked at the floor.
"We'll be watching you. It's alright." Elayne reassured Nancy's son.
They led the way to Joe's old room. "Where do we start?" Sam looked around the room confused.
"Look around the room and tell us what you see." Joe started them out.
"Well I see.." They began.
"Mama! Mama!" Two little voices called out through the hall.
"In here." Nancy and George led the children to the living room.
"Mama!" The children threw their little arms around the two women's legs. After they were untangled from their mothers they both started talking at once.
Nancy winked at George. "You know you're hard to understand when you're talking so fast."
Aunt Nancy we were in Uncle Joe's room. We found this." She held a piece of rough torn cloth to them.
"Well what does this cloth mean?" George inquired.
"Aunt Elayne says that it is a clue." Alyssa answered.
"Do you know what to do with this clue?" Nancy asked.
"What clue?" Frank was in the doorway. He had only caught some of what had been said.
"It appears that the children have a mystery to solve." Nancy chuckled.
"Oh really? What started it?" Frank continued as he walked into the room.
"What's a mitery?" Noel wondered out loud.
Frank explained, "Well a mystery is a like a puzzle that you put together to solve. Once all the pieces are in place you see the whole picture." He paused after telling them this. "So you want to tell me what happened?"
"Uncle Joe said that we weren't getting a=our Christmas presents this year." Alyssa reiterated what had happened.
"He did huh?" Frank nodded at Alyssa.
"Aunt Elayne told us that we would have to find them."
"I like mitery's Daddy." Noel looked at his father in such a way that Frank was laughing.
"So let me see what you have found so far." Noel held out the piece of cloth.
"So let's see where this clue takes us." Frank led the kids out of the room. "We're going to be out for a little while Nan."
"Okay take the other kids with you as well." Nancy called out.
- - - -
I'd actually make the chapter longer but I have a lot to do to get ready for a Christmas party that I'm having. I don't have all the time that I would like to have. I hope that you guys like this.
Thank you to:
Lord Dreadnault thank you for allowing me to use your characters in my stories.
Katie-Thank you for your support.
Out of sight out of mind-I know that the story is a little sappy but it's not an official mystery. I'm just playing with the children. It's actually a lot of fun.
Ragna Ice-Thank you for your support.