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It was a beautiful Saturday morning. Dave, Sarah, John, and 

Anna are on their way to the park with their dog, Sparky. Every 

Saturday, the family goes to the local park. Dave and Sarah sit 

on the bench talking, while brother and sister John and Anna 

walk the dog. 

            Today was like any other Saturday morning. After 

playing in the park they all go home and stop for ice cream 

along the way. On the car ride home, John and Anna talk about 

how they want to be detectives. 

            “I want to be just like Sherlock Holmes when I grow 

up,” John said. 

            “Me too!” Anna exclaimed.

            “We think it’s great that you both want to be 

detectives. Maybe you two can work together just like Sherlock 

Holmes and his partner Watson,” Dave replied

            “That’s a great idea Dad!” they both exclaimed.

When they returned home from the park, John and Anna 

went into their room, while Dave sat on the couch to 

watch TV, and Sarah went into the kitchen to make 

lunch for the family. Dave and Sarah let Sparky play in 

the yard while she made lunch. Twenty minutes later, 

lunch was ready. After finishing up lunch, John went to 

go check on Sparky, and to give him his lunch. When 

John went outside, he couldn't find Sparky.

              Sparky! Sparky! Where are you? It’s time for 

lunch!" John yelled. John looked throughout the entire 

yard, but he could not find Sparky. John ran inside and 

yelled to his parents

    “Mom, Dad, I can’t find Sparky! I looked everywhere 

but he’s gone. We have to find him!”

Anna replied, “I’ll help you look for Sparky. We can 

be just like Holmes and Watson.”

    “I think that’s a great idea. Me and you will make 

really good detectives.” John said.

    “Well lets get started!” Anna exclaimed.

    John and Anna were now going to be detectives. 

They ran up to their rooms to gather what they 

needed to become real detectives.

      “I have my notebook to record clues, and snacks for 

when we get hungry,” John said.

    “That sounds great John,” Anna replied. They were 

both getting ready to leave when John asked Anna a 

question.

    “Hey, Anna I have a question for you,” John said.

    Ok, what’s your question, John?” Anna replied.

    “Why have you been sneaking dog treats, and giving 

them to Sparky, without asking mom or dad first?” 

John said.

“How did you know that?” Anna said with a startled look 

on her face.

    “I just know things like that, I see you give him treats 

when you think nobody is looking.   Remember when 

Mom gave me some extra cookies with desert last week. 

That was because I found her sweater that had been 

missing for a month. She gave me the extra cookies 

because I’m a great detective.” John replied.

    “Please don’t tell Mom or Dad. Lets just find Sparky,” 

Anna said.

    “I won’t,” John said

First, John and Anna decided to check the yard. “This is 

the scene of the crime. Let’s look for clues,” John said. 

John and Anna spread out and searched the yard. The 

yard did not look different. Everything seemed to be the 

same. Sarah’s vegetable garden was untouched, as 

were her flowers. John’s football was still there, as was 

Anna’s soccer ball. Even Sparky’s bone was there, right 

where he left it.

    “I have found an important clue!” John yelled across 

the yard. “I know how Sparky got out of the yard.” John 

said.

    “How?”   Anna replied happily.

    “Look at the back of Mom’s vegetable garden. There is 

a small but noticeable hole that runs under the fence. 

Sparky or somebody must have dug a hole under the 

fence, so that he could escape.” John replied, looking 

pleased with himself.

    “Wow! Great job!” Anna exclaimed. 

    “Now that we know, we can start to investigate. I think we 

should check the dog park, the pond, and all over the 

neighborhood.” John said.

    “Sounds good to me!” Anna replied, eager to start 

investigating.

    John and Anna walk to the dog park. It’s empty. There are no 

dogs. They both look around anyway, searching for any 

possible clues. There are many paw prints, and even an old 

chewed up dog toy. The toy does not belong to Sparky. They 

both seem disappointed until, 

    “I’ve found something! Its Sparky’s collar!” Anna yelled. And 

there was Sparky’s dark green collar, right there in the bushes 

next to the park. “This means that he’s been here. Someone 

must have taken off his collar, and taken him! Let’s keep 

looking, we have to find Sparky” said Anna. 

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