The Mystery of Sally’s Missing Cat
Are you sharp, intelligent, insightful? Grandma Emily’s cat has gone missing. Can you help Detective Lucas find it? Where could it be? Look up, down. Look left, look right. Look all around. Where are the clues hiding? The Lucas Detective Agency series promotes and encourages critical thinking, incorporating STEM subjects into the storytelling in a fun and adventurous way.
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Lucas! Sharp eyes, intelligent mind, super insight. I am Detective Lucas. The Mystery of Grandma Emily’s Missing Cat. Lucas. Age: six years old. Height: 125 centimeters. Identity: student in kindergarten. Summary: curious, helpful, smart, and bold. He dreams of becoming a detective. His hero is his Uncle George, an excellent police officer. Welcome to the Lucas Detective Agency. This is Lucas’s house, where he lives with his mum and dad. Luckily, Lucas’s dad has turned his study into an office for Lucas. Lucas helps his friends to solve problems. Yobi.
Age: factory setting to five years old. Height: three carrots tall. Identity: Lucas’s father designed Yobi. Yobi is an intelligent robot. Yobi is Lucas’s partner in solving crime. Summary: Yobi helps Lucas in his quest to become a great detective. We’ve got a missing animal case. Grandma Emily’s cat is missing. Strange footprints have been found. Find out the truth with Detective Lucas. Yobi, let’s go. Oh, Lucas, I’m so pleased to see you. Will you help me to find my cat, Hatty? She’s been out all night and hasn’t been home for her breakfast this morning.
She always comes home for her breakfast. Of course, I’ll help you, Grandma Emily. Do you have a picture of Hatty the cat? This will help us to find her. Don’t worry, Grandma, I’ll find Hatty. Did you say you saw some strange footprints? Yes. Come with me, and I’ll show you. Lucas’ top detective tips. Always examine the area carefully and look for clues. My magnifying glass makes things appear bigger so I can see them better. Yobi, what can we tell from these footprints? I can estimate the height and weight of someone from their footprints.
We can also tell what type of shoes they are wearing. I see what you mean. Look at the sole of my shoe. It’s a completely different shape and size. Grandma Emily, these look more like the soles of your shoes, but your shoes are not muddy. Look what I have found. Look. Who or what can tear a piece of paper like this? Cats have sharp claws that can rip paper. Look up in the tree. I see another piece of paper caught on a branch. Cats are skilled at climbing trees.
Perhaps Hatty is in the tree. Lucas’s top detective tips. Look up as well as all around. You never know where clues might be hiding. Hatty is not in a tree now, but I have found another piece of the note. Who is Jane? She might be able to solve this mystery. Jane is my neighbor. Hatty visits her sometimes. She lives next door. My wife has gone out shopping, but you can come in and look for Emily’s cat. What could the missing letter be? It ends in at, so it must be a word that rhymes with cat.
Can you help, Yobi? Find words ending in A-T There is no cat on the hat. Look what I found. It’s a white hair. My hair is black, and you two don’t have any hair. I suggest that you measure the hair. That might give us a clue. Good idea, Yobi. I will get my ruler from my detective kit. Don’t forget that when you are measuring, you must always make sure that you line the item up straight against the ruler. Good tips, Yobi. It is five centimeters long.
The hair is indeed five centimeters long. It is shorter than most human hair, so it could be hair from an animal. I believe that Hattie was asleep on your mat, but where is she now? Look, more muddy paw prints. Poppy, age six years old. Height, 120 centimeters. Identity, student in kindergarten. Lucas’ best friend. Summary, brave, cheerful, likes adventures, and helping Lucas to solve mysteries. What are you doing, Lucas? Are you working on another mystery? Can I help? Of course, you can, Poppy. I’m looking for Grandma Emily’s cat, Hattie.
She has gone missing. We know that the cat was sleeping on the mat earlier, but she has disappeared again. I’m following her muddy footprints. Does Hattie have a little bell on her collar? I heard a bell tinkling a while ago when I was playing in my garden. Perhaps it was Hattie. What is this? It looks like milk. It must be from Rosewood Farm down the lane. Let’s follow the trail. Yes, let’s go. Excuse me, but we are looking for my grandma’s cat. She has gone missing, and we think she might be here on your farm.
I’ve been busy milking my cow all morning. My wife has already taken two buckets up the lane to the baker. I think you might find that there is a hole in one of your buckets. There is a trail of spilt milk all the way up the lane. I think that Hattie followed the trail of spilt milk to your farm. Good thinking, Poppy. Let’s find the bucket with the hole in it. Lucas Detective Agency has solved another mystery. Grandma Emily will be so pleased. You really are becoming a great detective, Lucas. Someday, you’ll be just like your Uncle George. Now, come on, Hattie. I have a special lunch for you.