Gabe Deboer
Mrs Roskamp
8A LA
12 February 2016
Fred was walking home one day after school with his best friend Bill. They walk home from school everyday in the summer because they like to talk to each other and others that they walk past on the 2 mile walk home. They both live in the neighborhood raindrop, there houses are right next to each other. On Their walk home they walked past Johnny. He had some blood on the right side of his face and was wearing a blue pair of shorts and a white sweatshirt and a pink backpack. The sweatshirt had blood on it from his face. They asked him what happened to his face. He said, “ my mom slapped my face because I gave my brother a swirly and her long fingernails cut my face.” Bill and Fred asked him if he wanted some paper towels or ice for his cut but he said no. So they just moved on and a little ways down the road they saw Joe. They stopped to talk to him but he just walked on by not saying a word. He was wearing a blue pair of shorts and a white sweatshirt and a pink backpack. Bill and Fred looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders and moved on. They were about a mile from their houses when George walking, he was wearing a blue pair of shorts and a white sweatshirt and a pink backpack. They stopped to talk to him about where he was going because George wanders the streets a lot.
George said, “to school because it’s warm there.”
They told him, “ school is locked now because everyone left early today, why don’t you come home with us and join our sleepover.”
George said, “Ok.”
So they all headed for Fred’s house because that’s where they were having the sleepover. When they got home they went inside to go pet his dog and play the xbox. They went up to Fred’s room with the dog and were getting ready to play the xbox, but it was gone. Fred freaked out and screamed, “ WHERE IS MY XBOX?” His parents were not home yet so they looked through the house to make sure no one was there, it was all clear. They went to Fred’s neighbor Bob’s house because he stays home all day and works on his garden and asked him if he saw anything weird happen that day. He said, “I saw a boy with a blue pair of shorts and a white sweatshirt and a pink backpack on walk out of your house a 12:30 P.M with a box type thing in his hands. I thought that maybe you forgot something and came home quick to get it. But I don’t know because it’s the day that everyone wears a blue pair of shorts and a white sweatshirt.”
Fred replied, “ I was at school all day I never came home, that thing you thought was a box type thing was my xbox, and that person who walked out stole it.
Bob said, “ I am very sorry but there is nothing else that I can do to help you. I have no clue where the person went.
Fred replied, “ Ok thank you for the information.”
Bob said, “ of course hope you find the person who stole it.”
They went back home and talked about who they thought stole the xbox. They looked on the floor of his bedroom and saw a little red spot. They talked and decided that it was blood.
So they looked in George’s backpack when he went to the bathroom but all it had was some food and a pair of clothes. They figured that it wasn’t him because it wasn’t in his backpack and he didn’t have a home. So they went over to Joe’s house and asked him why he didn’t talk to him on his way home. He said, I needed to get home because I had to go to the doctor and had no time to talk, sorry for not replying.”
Fred said, “It’s ok, we were just confused.”
Joe said, “ do you guys want some dinner?”
They said, “sure we would love some dinner.”
Joe told them to come on in. When they were done with dinner they went to Joe’s room and then Joe’s mom told him he had to do the dishes before they play. He went down and did the dishes. While he was doing the dishes Fred, Bill, and George looked in his backpack and his room for the xbox but it wasn’t there. They told him they had to go. He said, “ok bye”
They went to Johnny’s house and knocked on the door. There was no answer they went around back and saw that the door was unlocked. They looked inside and saw Johnny playing an xbox. Johnny’s family was very poor and could not afford an xbox. So they knocked on the door and Johnny turned around when he saw who it was he quickly shut the xbox off. The Fred said, “hello.”
Johnny replied, “Hey we meet again.”
Fred said, would you like to tell me what actually happened to your face?
Johnny said, “ I went into your house and stole your xbox because you are the only person I know that has one and I really wanted one. When I went into your room the dog came running in and tried to attack me he got me with his claw once. But then I got it unplugged and ran.”
Fred replied, “ I want my xbox back, and next time if you really want to play it just ask me.”
“Ok i’m sorry,” Johnny replied
Solution- Fred and Bill walked past 3 people on there way home. All 3 people were walking away from there house. Johnny had blood on his face which he said came from his mom hitting him but they figured out that was a lie. George, one of the people they saw on there way home, joined there sleepover and they checked his backpack while he was in the bathroom. Then they went to Joe’s houses and ate dinner with him and then looked in his room to see if he had it but he didn’t. Then they went to the first person they saw, Johnny who had the blood on his face.They knocked on the door and know one answered. So they went to the back of his house and saw him playing the xbox in his basement. They knocked on the door and he quickly shut it off because he knew he had been caught. So Fred and Bill found the xbox back by following the clues.