The Bravery of Detective Marlo

The Bravery Of Detective Marlo

By Olive Fleming

Dedicated to my loving family who are very supportive.

Maple Leaf Writing Project,

Brattleboro,VT

I peek my head around the corner. I a a boy in a random house. My name is I am 11 years old. I am a spy but I am in the wrong house. There on the bed sat a ordinary cat but something about her makes me feel uncomfortable. I feel a slight wave of fear go through my body. She looks very grand sitting on the end of the bed. She looks like the kind of cat that was very rich and sheltered but sneaks out at night and prowls around the dark and gloomy streets and kills small animals in her tracks. “Meow,”says the cat in a very ladylike voice as she comes around the corner. At that second, a smirk spreads across her face and she stands up on her hind legs and reaches upwards and grabs hold of my lower thigh with her claws. I let out a yelp of pain. I can feel them piercing through my skin. I can see the blood dripping down my leg.She stands back on her hind legs and unataches her claws from my leg. She sits back to admire her artwork. I am about to run away when she does the same thing on the other leg. I let out another yelp of pain. She rocks back,sits,down, and then prances out of the room. I sneak out of the room and up the hallway. She follows me.

To my surprise(Though at this point,I should not be surprised) the cat stops,wiggles her butt and pounces,so now I’m running around the house with a cat on my back and after a couple of minutes I have about four cats on my back and a angry woman chasing me with a perfume bottle. They jump off of my back. My back feels like I have a million knives in it. I duck into a closet. They can’t see me. I get on google maps to look around the house. Now I know where I am,in the middle of the largest mansion on earth! I am totally lost. So I might as well tell you what happened to get me in here in the first place. so I was walking down the street and just like that a gigantic dog picked me up by the collar of my shirt. I just so happened to have some dog treats in my bag from the mystery before so(still dangling)I took out a dog treat. I threw one behind me. The dog instantly let go. I ran for my life but that treat went down fast so he came running down the street after me. Of course he caught me.Then,he jerked me back and forth like a chew toy. My bag flew through the air like a frisbee and landed on the lawn of a house. I ran up the lawn and into the house what other choice did I have? So that’s how I got to this place and I am now great friends with the cats and the women.

I stand up and peek out the door. There in front of the door stood the largest group of cats that I will ever see.But it is the only way out. I run and hurdle over the cats and hear

“How dare you do that to my cats I will get you for this”

I keep running and yell over my shoulder

“You don’t even know where I live”

She still has Since I wasn’t looking where I was going I the perfume bottle in her hand. went face first into the wall and landed on my back. She put her face a inch away from my face and said

“653 Adams street”

“Huh!? How did you know that?”

“I know almost everything my dear,now tell me what has brought you here.”

“Well I, wwait don’t you know everything?”

“Yes of course but I want to see if you are lying.”

“Oooh okkay, so I am a spy and there was a house on this street that needed to be looked at but when I was looking at the map…””Ok ok that’s enough now come and tell me something that I don’t know”

“wwwhat do you not know?”

“If I can help you with your spying”

“Well I'm not very because you know everything and it wouldn’t be fun for me”

“Yes, let’s go solve a mystery.”

So we go down to street and into town looking for our destination. In one alley we find a scraggly puppy. Of course I quickly retreat from the alley and keep going down the street. I notice behind one there is another noise that isn’t the “flip flop” of Marie’s sandals. I turn to see the puppy sniffing my tracks as I go.

“Ahh, Marie, help, help!” I cry.

“Geez, it’s okay. He’s not gonna hurt you. He just wants your treats.”

“Well I’m not giving them to him.”

At this he looks up. I can see his sad sweet puppy dog eyes. Then he drops his head and walks back to his depressing little alley way.

“Marie, I feel sad for him.”

“Wow! Well you definitely changed a lot.”

“Wait, what? What am I thinking?”

“I don’t know but maybe you just need a change.”

“No, I refuse.” But he looks so sad I don’t know what to decide.

“Well, make a decision quick because we have a mystery to solve,” says Marie.

“Fine, let’s go. I’m having nothing to do with that thing.”

So we keep walking down the street until we come to our destination, a 30-story high building. We are not sure where in the building are suppose to be so we just go in and start looking. This building seems to be an apartment building and has offices in it.

So I might as well tell you what happened to get me in here in the first place.so I was walking down the street and just like that a gigantic dog picked me up by the collar of my shirt.I just so happened to have some dog treats in my bag from the mystery before so(still dangling)I took out a dog treat.I through one behind me.The dog instantly let go.I ran for my life but that treat went down fast so he came running down the street after me.Of course he caught me.Then,he jerked me back and forth like a choo toy.My bag flew through the air like a frisbee and landed on the lawn of a house.I ran up the lawn and into the house what other choice did I have?So that’s how I got to this place and I am now great friends with the cats and the women.

To be told in comics:

“Ha ha ha ha,” laughs Marie

I’m still running when a door opens. THere is an old lady standing in the doorway. Then I realize that this hallway is a dead end. No, not this time. I turn around and there is the puppy.

“Oh, I give up,” and I lie down and fall asleep cause at this point I don’t care what is happening. I wake up and Marie and the old lady are looking down at me. The puppy is sound asleep on my stomach.

“You say he’s scared?” says the old lady.

“Yep, of the pup.”

“Well, it doesn’t look like it.”

“I have made my decision,” I say.

“About what?” says Marie.

“The puppy.”

“And…”

“His name is Leo and I’m taking him home.”

“Well that was quick. Let’s talk about the actual mystery.”

We walk down the hallway.

“Hey, maybe we should go over the mystery because wasn’t there something to do with an old woman? I say.

“Oh yeah.”

So I think that some woman got in a fight with another woman and chased each other into an old lady’s apartment.

Then the pup starts to scratch at the door.

“Yip?”

“Okay?” says Marie.

“Knock Knock.” I knock on the door.

“Who is it?” someone says in a broken voice from the apartment.

“Hello. We are detectives and we were wondering if you had a second,” Marie says.

“Oh, I usually have so many seconds but I got to go to my friend Hilda’s place. Her place is a mess.”

“Oh.”

“Well maybe you can’t tell us what happened to it,” says Marie.

I’m not really talking.

“Oh, well, then do you mind if we come with you?”

“No but do not be in the way.”

“Hey, what is your name?”

“My name is Amy.”

“Okay Amy, let’s go.” So we walk out of the apartment (slowly because she is an old lady) and down the hall.

So we get to the end of the hall and turn left, straight, down, left, right, down, straight, and right. We knock on the door.

“Who is it?” says a voice that is even more broken than Hilda’s.

“It’s just me, Hilda, and some watches.”

“Oh well then come in.” So we all go in and sit down.

“What are all of your names, dears?” asks Amy.

“I’m Marie and this is my friend Marlo.” When she is finished she looks at me and then the pup.

“Oh, um, this is Leo.” I make up a name on the spot.

“Well he sure is a dirty little thing but he is very cute.”

“Wow, it looks like a tornado went through here,” Marie says. She can’t keep her mouth closed.

“Well, usually I would not be happy with you saying that but it is not me who made this mess.”

“Well how did this happen?” I say.

“I was sitting in this chair last night reading a book when I heard a big thump and then another and another and another and so on. So I walked to the door and opened it just a crack and what I saw was very very frightening.”

“And, go on, keep going,” says Marie.

“There were two ladies tumbling down the hallway with hands in fists and they were going straight at me. My reflex was to run out of there so that is what I did. I rand down the hallway, turned left, right, forward, right, forward, and finally took a right. I had a destination was to get my friend Linda’s apartment. (Which was at) But when I walked in there was nobody there. I wondered why she had left the door open. I went over to Nibble (her bunny) and said, ‘Nibble, where is your mamma?’ Nibble made no noise but instead showed me a look of loneliness. (and hunger) So I took her out of her cage and So I might as well tell you what happened to get me in here in the first place.so I was walking down the street and just like that a gigantic dog picked me up by the collar of my shirt.I just so happened to have some dog treats in my bag from the mystery before so(still dangling)I took out a dog treat.I through one behind me.The dog instantly let go.I ran for my life but that treat went down fast so he came running down the street after me.Of course he caught me.Then,he jerked me back and forth like a choo toy.My bag flew through the air like a frisbee and landed on the lawn of a house.I ran up the lawn and into the house what other choice did I have?So that’s how I got to this place and I am now great friends with the cats and the women.

held her in my lap. I took the bag of food out from the cabinet next to me and she ate from my hand. She had seemed very happy until we heard a big thump on the other side of the wall. On the other side of the wall lived a celebrity Jayly Dust. So I ran with Nibble in my arms to see what was happening. Again I open the door just a crack to see the same woman tumbling around. Poor Jayly who was standing on her bed yelling at them. Nibble was not happy. So I took her back into the apartment gave her some more food to calm her. Then (with Nibble) I set off to look for Linda. I walked down the hall. I thought maybe she’s in the cafeteria? I had thought to myself. So I took the elevator to the second floor and took a left. I looked all around the cafeteria but she wasn’t there. So then I went to the public bathroom even though she has her own bathroom and she wasn’t there. So I went back to her apartment and left a note that said:

Dear friend,

I have taken Nibble because she is lonely. There is a problem. Where are you? Please tell me when you get back.

Amy

So I went to my apartment with Nibble in my arms past Jayly and Hilda’s and back into my own sweet home. My apartment was just a tad messy (make that very messy)but Nibble liked it just fine. So would you like to meet her?”

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