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    I rushed into my older brother's room and said, “Charlie we need to talk. Lately, there 

had been a number of small toys, rubber balls, pens, and other small objects suddenly 

missing from the our house.”

   Charlie looked confused and said to me, “Johnny, why is this a big deal? We are missing 

things all of the time.” 

    I told him that we needed to figure out what was going on before something really 

important were to disappear.

   Charlie had a unique talent for finding clues and solving mysteries. Several months ago 

he was able to find Mom's lost wedding band, and just last week Charlie's keen detective 

skills were able to identify the person who had been stealing our neighbor's newspaper each 

morning. Like most younger brothers, I looked up to Charlie and often played the role of 

his assistant in solving the mystery at hand.

   Just as I was giving Charlie the update on missing items, we heard a scream down the 

hall coming from my sister Janet's room. We quickly rushed to her room to see what was 

wrong. She told us that her favorite teddy bear was missing. She had it with her last night, 

put it down on the bed, left the room for breakfast, and when she came back, it was gone. 

   Charlie told Janet to calm down and stop crying. He promised her that he would find out 

what had happened to her teddy, and if possible, bring it back to her. He then asked her to 

tell us everything about where the bear was before she left the room, and what she found 

when she returned from breakfast. 

    First Charlie went over and examined everything on the bed. During 

his search he found a small clump of yellow hair on top of the sheets and 

under the bed. He also spotted what appeared to be three very tiny drops 

of blood that stained the sheets. I quickly pointed out to Charlie that 

person who took the bear must of had a cut on the hand.   

   Charlie moaned, and said, "Maybe, or maybe not". 

   He continued his search throughout the room and found a small amount 

of brown dirt sprinkled across the carpet. 

    After we left Janet's bedroom, Charlie and I proceeded to interview Mom and Dad, 

and asked what they were doing between 8:30 and 8:45 this morning. Mom said that 

she was cleaning the house, found a loose button on the floor, and then made 

breakfast for Janet. Dad told us that he took out the garbage, let our dog Sparky out, 

and picked up the newspaper in front of the house.

   After speaking with Dad, I asked Charlie what was our next move. He said that he 

wanted to go outside to see if we could find anything there that might help us solve 

this case. We walked out of the front door, and looked around. It was a bright fall 

morning, and the leaves had already started to fall from the trees. The lawn was 

covered with a beautiful blanket of multicolored leaves. 

   That afternoon when we returned from school, Charlie asked Mom if he 

could see the button that she had found on the floor earlier this morning. 

Mom handed Charlie the button, and to my surprise, it wasn't a button at all. 

It was one of the eyes on Janet's missing teddy bear. Charlie smiled, and did 

not appear surprised by our recent discovery.

   That evening, after dinner, Charlie told me to get to sleep because we had 

to wake up early the next day.

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