Quotes from Carol Ellis

We walked through the lobby toward the dining room. "Look out!" Ashley cried. The three of us jumped aside as a woman came rushing through the dining room doors. She wore a long white fur coat and dark glasses. She didn't even see us. She was too busy muttering into a cell phone. "I wonder what her hurry is," I said. "I think she's a spy," Natasha said. "Spies always wear fur coats." I rolled my eyes at Ashley.

Are you saying there's a fourth suspect?" I asked. "Someone we don't even know about?" Ashley doodled on the top of her note page. "It doesn't make sense." "Great-Grandma Olive would say that's why it's a mystery," I pointed out.

Ashley and I glanced at each other. We saw Tony King at a concert last summer. We got his autograph, too, so we stood close to him. No way was that man Tony King, even without the beard! Boy, Natasha had a wild imagination. Last night, she told us that another man was an escaped prisoner. She'd seen his picture on the TV show Criminals on the Loose. Later, Ashley and I found out the man was the assistant manager of the lodge.

We don't have time now. We have to be home before dark. Yes! Saved! I thought. Then Ashley said, We'll do it tomorrow. Nooooo!

That was creepy!" Ashley gasped as we hurried through the woods. "It was," I agreed. "And just when I was starting to like him!

I don't know how we can check out whether he was at Rainbow Lake," Ashley said. "Who would we ask—the fish?

I feel kind of bad for him," I said. "All he wants is to be left alone. I wish we could help him somehow." I sighed. "But we do have to check out his story." "I don't know how we can check out whether he was at Rainbow Lake," Ashley said. "Who would we ask--the fish?

Are you ready? Patty asked. We can't wait, Ashley told her. I looked at the house. Even in the bright sunshine, it looked totally creepy. I can wait , I thought.

We must be missing something," I said when the van arrived back at the lodge late that afternoon. "We're missing suspects.

Do you hear anything? Ashley whispered. No! Why? I asked. Do you hear something? I thought I heard a noise, she replied. Kind of a rustling. Ashley sounded a little nervous. That made me even more nervous!

Let's think about what to do next, Ashley said. Huh? What do you mean? I sputtered. What more is there to do? The house is haunted. We lost the dare. Case closed!

Maybe Animal Magnetism is an animal talent agency. Wally the polar bear could be one of their animal actors." "Right! So…" I frowned. "What does it mean?" Ashley sighed. "I still don't have a clue!" Just then, Dana Hartwick walked past our table. She hurried toward the front door. Ashley and I jumped up and followed her. Solve the case first, I thought. Eat later!

We hurried out of the lodge. Dana was walking into the woods--toward the spot where we saw the monster! We ran across the snow and ducked into the woods. Ahead of us, we could hear Dana's footsteps crunching on the snow and ice. Crunch, crunch, crunch. Dana marched quickly along the path. "She's not out for a stroll, that's for sure," I whispered. "She's walking too fast.