"Swimming pool prob"
Story by Becky
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for David USA
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One dark night, when some girls were swimming in their rich friend's pool, one of them said, "I'm first!" and jumped in. And when she came out, there was an earth-shattering scream. She was all purple! The police were notified, and they started on the case immediately. The pool maintennance company worker, Charlie, had took two days to clean out the pools and put in new water.
The next day some boys came out of a pool all yellow! The police found out that dye was being dumped into the pools. One boy whose name was Bill heard about the swimming pools. He was a smart young scientist. He called his friend Arnold to his labratory (which was really his garage) and told his friend, "If I can analyze the dye he uses, I can go to the store that sells them and track him down! I've collected some dye samples and some pool water. I've found that the purple and yellow are a brand called 'Stay-color'. I think that means it's permanent!" Arnold said,"Yeah, I think that's what it means! !
Are you going to the stores now?" "The problem is, every store in the state sells these dyes!" Bill replied. "Ohhhhh. Yep, that's a big, big problem." But Bill had left his garage door open, and the containers of dye were clearly conspicuous to people outside.
Two policemen were riding around that part of the neighborhood, and one caught a glimpse of the dye. "Wait, Clancy! Go back! GO BACK!" he hollered. The other policeman, who was the driver, swerved the car so violently it actually uprooted half of an unfortunate bush that happened to be in the way.
The policemen came into Bill's garage and said, "Containers of dye? If that's not evidence, I'll eat my uniform!" "Get the salt and pepper!" Arnold whispered. "Officer, we were just trying to--" but they were hauled into the police car and driven away. "Okay, now what d you have to say?" the officer ased the two boys. "Well, Bill was trying to analyze the dye, and track the pool dyer down by the store he buys those dyes. But th!
e only problem is all the stores in the state sell 'Stay-color'!" One policeman was writing "Stay-color is the dye brand" in his notebook, and the other said,"Those two boys are innocent. Get them out of here!" So Arnold and Bill were on the way back to Bill's lab, and passed the pool maintennance company building on the way. "How'd it go, Charlie?" came a voice that made the two boys stop in their tracks. "Piece of cake, boss! There'll be red water in pool #D763 tonight! "#D763! That's the code for the Upsnoots' pool!" Bill grabbed Arnold's hand and dragged him to the Upsnoot estsate. He yelled for the Mr. Upsnoot. Mr. Upsnoot came down the stairs, and Bill explained everything to him.
The pool maintennance company, the blue water that night and the police. And surely enough, as the evening came, blue dye seeped into the water. "Charlie, the pool boy put dye capsules in the filtering system! And at night, the dye gets into the water!" The police were called and Bill and Arnol!
d were on the front page in the newspapers. The swimming pool problem was solved! (The pool maintennance company closed down)
The End
Story by: Becky, age 10, Singapore
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