Judy Moody, Girl Detective - Megan Mcdonald [3]
Mr. Todd leaned on his desk and told the class about the special guest: a policeman named Officer So-and-So and his dog So-and-So, who were coming to school that afternoon to talk about Such and Such. Mr. Todd squinted at his paper again.
That’s when it hit her. Judy’s super-amazing, mystery-solving powers figured out that Mr. Todd looked different because he was not wearing his glasses.
“Mr. Todd got contacts!” Judy called out.
“I did not get contact lenses,” said Mr. Todd, squinting at Judy.
Crumbs! Judy had thought she’d cracked the case.
“But I seem to have misplaced my glasses.”
Misplaced? Maybe. Lost? Hardly. Mr. Todd never took his glasses off. Judy looked around Class 3T. Which kid looked like a third-grade glasses stealer? Bradley? Jordan? Anya? Owen? Jessica Finch, Super-Smart Stellar Speller? Was she the Super-Secret Glasses Stealer? Jessica Finch did not even wear glasses. But maybe, just maybe, she stole some so she could look even smarter.
Rare! A mini-mystery, on a school day, right here in Class 3T: the Mystery of the Teacher’s Missing Eyeglasses.
She, Judy Drewdy, was on the case.
During morning recess, Judy stayed inside so she could investigate. She took out her flashlight and magnifying glass and searched on desks and under chairs. She searched in cubbies and in plastic tubbies. She searched behind the computer and the fish tank and the class guinea-pig cages.
All Detective Judy found were a sheet of wizard stickers (Rocky’s), a glue stick (Frank’s), and a pink-pig paper clip that could only belong to one person — Jessica Finch, Pig Lover. Judy put the stickers in Rocky’s folder, the glue stick in Frank’s desk, and the piggy paper clip on —
Wait just a Nancy Drew minute! Eagle Eye Moody spotted a clue on Jessica Finch’s desk. Right on top of the spelling homework was Jessica’s pink-piggy lunch tote. Peeking out from an unzipped corner was what looked like one stolen pair of grown-up teacher glasses.
Judy unzipped the lunch box the rest of the way. She got out her magnifying glass and turned on her flashlight.
Well, lookee here. Scoo-bee-doo! Mr. Todd’s missing glasses!
She, Judy Drewdy, had solved the crime, just like Nancy Drew. She would save the day and give the gift of sight back to Mr. Todd.
Just then, Jessica Finch came back into the classroom. “Hey! What are you doing with my lunch box?” she asked.
“Nothing,” said Judy, hiding the glasses behind her back.
“Mr. Todd!” Jessica tattled. “I think Judy Moody is stealing my lunch. She’s trying to take my pink chocolate cupcake!”
All eyes were on Judy Moody, Lunch Stealer, as the other third-graders filed back in. Fudge-a-roni! “I’m not the stealer. You are,” said Judy.
“Oh, yeah? Then let’s see what’s behind your back.”
“Girls? What seems to be the problem?” Mr. Todd asked. “Judy, do you have something you’d like to show us?” Judy Moody brought her hands out from behind her back. They were not holding a pink chocolate cupcake. They were holding . . . Mr. Todd’s glasses.
“Uh!” the whole class gasped.
“I didn’t steal them! Honest!” said Judy. “I found them in Jessica Finch’s lunch box. She stole them. And I know why — so you wouldn’t be able to see that she didn’t finish writing her spelling words five times.”
“I did, too!” Jessica flipped her paper over to show the words on the back.
“Nobody stole anything,” said Mr. Todd. “Jessica was showing me all the clever compartments inside her new lunch box this morning. I must have taken off my glasses to get a closer look.”
“And they ended up inside my lunch box!” said Jessica.
“Judy, you know better than to get into someone else’s personal things.”
“But I was on a case! And I did find your glasses.”
“That’s no excuse. You wouldn’t like Jessica going through your lunch box, would you? You need to apologize.”
“Sorry,” Judy mumbled. She, Judy Moody, was in a mood. A why-do-I-always-get-in-trouble mood.
“Okay, show’s over. Take your seats. Mystery solved.” Mr. Todd put his glasses back on. “Except for the mystery