Pugly Solves a Crime E-Book

Pamela Butchart

• Herausgeber: Nosy Crow
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: Pugly
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 34

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

When Pugly hears that Big Sal the guinea pig has been GUINEA PIG-NAPPED he knows it's time for him to become a PUG-TECTIVE! Is GLITTERPUFF the fancy poodle, or TINY the dramatic chihuahua behind the crime? Maybe it's Big Sal HIMSELF! Time for Pugly to put on his special DETECTIVE HAT and join forces with Clem the cat to find clues, interview suspects, and have a stake-out with real STEAK. Watch out criminals, Pugly is on the case! Pugly Solves a Crime is the second in the laugh-out-loud series about a very adventurous pug, written by Pamela Butchart, winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award and the Children's Book Award. The hilarious illustrations are by Gemma Correll and the books are perfect early readers. Have you read about Pugly's other adventures? Pugly Bakes a Cake Pugly On Ice!

Leseprobe

To Roz and Gavin. Happy Wedding Day! P. B.

Chapter 1

As soon as I saw the neighbour’s new dog I just KNEW that she was going to be TROUBLE.

I mean, she’s a POODLE and EVERYONE knows that poodles can’t be trusted. They’re too bouncy and pood-ly.

I’m a pug and pugs are NOTHING like poodles!

and poodles are NONE of those things!

Clem lives in the same house as I do. But she’s not a poodle OR a pug. She’s a cat! Clem likes to pretend she doesn’t like me (but I know she does!).

Clem is

(but sometimes she is

Clem said I was being SILLY and that poodles were totally HARMLESS and had candy floss for brains.

So I explained that that’s EXACTLY what poodles WANT everyone to think and that they are actually EVIL GENIUSES.

But Clem just ROLLED HER EYES (like she ALWAYS does) and said that she didn’t think a dog called GLITTERPUFF could be evil OR a genius.

But then LOADS of stuff began mysteriously DISAPPEARING. Like Maddy’s (that’s our owner) favourite jumper with the orange pumpkins on it, and LOADS of Tiny the chihuahua’s favourite things.

But it was when I heard that Big Sal the guinea pig had been GUINEA PIG-NAPPED that I knew it was time for me to become a PUG-TECTIVE!

Chapter 2

I told Clem that she should be my assistant and that she could answer the phone and take notes and bring me snacks.

Once Clem EVENTUALLY stopped rolling around on the floor laughing she said, “I will be the DIRECTOR of the detective agency.”

I didn’t really know what a DIRECTOR was, but Clem said that it meant she would be in charge and WATCH OVER the investigation and

So I said OK because I needed someone to watch me VERY CLOSELY to make sure I didn’t lose my hat because EVERY good detective needs a HAT. And when crimes DON’T get solved it probably isn’t because the detective can’t find any clues; it’s probably because he forgot to wear his hat!

Clem said that the HAT THING was STUPID. So I ran around and barked and threw myself against the sofa for AGES because I was having a

“Are you quite finished?” said Clem, holding something up.

“What’s that?” I said.

“While you were being

I made a list of VICTIMS. We’re going to interview everyone who’s had something stolen and start investigating.”

“You are right, Clem,” I said. “And we must also look for CLUES!”

So we waited until Maddy went off to school and then I raced into the bathroom and pushed the window open. Then Clem and I were off to solve our first ever CASE!

Chapter 3

Our first interview was with Tiny the Chihuahua. As we waited for her to open the door there seemed to be a weird wailing coming from inside the house.

“Oh!” said Tiny, poking her head out of the door. “I wasn’t expecting company.” She looked a bit weird.

“Were you just wailing?” I asked her.

“No,” she said.

“I thought I heard a wailing coming from inside but it’s stopped now.”

“Oh, actually, YES! That was me!” said Tiny. “I … er … forgot.”

Then as soon as I showed Tiny my homemade detective’s badge she BURST out crying.

“Thank GOODNESS you’re here!” she shrieked. “I’ve been horribly ROBBED!” And then she dropped to the ground and kicked her little chihuahua legs in the air.

“That nasty thief has stolen my orange scarf AND my best tartan jacket and loads of my hairdressing stuff! Those are ALL of my favourite things, Pugly! ALL OF MY FAVOURITES! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”

Clem narrowed her eyes as Tiny flopped around from side-to-side on the carpet and then she wrote something down on her INVESTIGATION PAD.

“Can you tell us if you saw anything SUSPICIOUS the night your belongings were stolen?” said Clem.

“I DEFINITELY DID!” said Tiny. And then she started whimpering and shaking LOADS.