6

=The Case Of My Missing Presents =

﻿By: Paul Hand
= =

 Christmas day,8 am in the TV room......"MOM!!! My presents are gone!" I said. She came down and saw there really wasn't any presents except my sisters. "But I saw Santa put them under the tree. Who could have taken them?" Mom said. "I'm going to find out." So I went to some of my friends houses and they didn't have them.So I went back to my house to get clues. I walked in the door and looked for clues. I found two notes and one said" I live in a dark,cold, & moldy place. I'm alive in the winter and dead in the summer and good luck getting your presents!" Another said"I'm rich in a nice big place and alive every day, and good luck getting your presents!" So I thought which note was real and picked the first one because it sounded real. I researched and found a location that was just perfect. It was a cave. So I went outside for clues and saw tracks in the snow and followed them. It was leading to the wrong place! Then I saw my friend in a car riding back to his house. I called him and he gave me a ride to the location. It took a little while but we got there. It was a big cave. I was shaking because I was so terrified! I started to walk in when I heard something! Paul,Paul in a faint voice. It kept repeating. I walked in farther and saw a shadow of a SNOWMAN AND PRESENTS. I ran up to them when I heard a rope breaking like sound and down came the trap. "Surprise surprise" said the snowman. "Let me out!" I said. "You can have your presents back if you give me something." "What do I have give you?" "Your button on your shirt" "Why that?" "Because I am missing a button on my stomach." "Okay here. Now let me out!" He flicked a switch and the trap vanished. I ran out as fast as I could and got home where my family waited. I walked in the door with my presents and had a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!