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One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from.
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How they love the old boxcar!
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But when tomorrow came, the children had more than bread and milk, as you will soon see.
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cake of soap
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The island children did not look at the Aldens. In fact, they looked the other way.
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told them that just one of the old valentines was worth many dollars,
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bear,
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broke?
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Jessie knew that," said"
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But I think your grandchildren have helped her see that people are friendly if you only give them a chance.
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Benny was not reading any more. He was looking straight ahead.
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that we Aldens always seem to have an exciting time on vacation no matter where we go.
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ax-head!
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All the children rushed over to Aunt Jane. All but Mike. He just stood and looked at the paper in her hand.
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Maggie had sent up a large basket of sandwiches and salad and pink lemonade with ice in it.
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He is James Henry Alden, and I'm Henry James Alden.
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But if some idiot hadn't made that hole it would be worth two hundred and fifty dollars. Yes, sir, no fooling! It's very rare." Mr. Alden said, "Yes, I know. That's why I wear it. I was the idiot who made that hole." "Sorry!" said Mr. Willet with a wink. "Didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
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Although Benny had permission from Mrs. Tweedy to pet Doughnut, the guinea pig, today he didn't feel like it. Violet even skipped her visit to her two favorite parakeets, Milo and Magic.
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fanny.
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fanny,
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He almost forgot all about the horse poop until a horse went by and did just that, though not on one of the Aldens' squares. The crowd cheered as the horse went past. Benny noticed that they didn't seem to care whose square was lucky. Everyone was just happy the poop was on a square. A
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While the mystery element is central to each of Miss Warner's books, she never thought of them as strictly juvenile mysteries. She liked to stress the Aldens' independence and resourcefulness and their solid New England devotion to using up and making do. The Aldens go about most of their adventures with as little adult supervision as possible--something else that delights young readers.
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Watch. He is her dog. She took the thorn out of his foot.
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See you day after tomorrow!
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A lady at the general store said the Walking Skeleton takes arms and hands from the statues so it can turn into a person again!" "That's one of the tales going around, but, of course, it's just a story," Charlotte said. "I really don't know how the statues got damaged recently. They are quite old and already worn away by the weather. But now a few pieces are missing--not just falling off, but disappearing. I do hope you can all keep an eye ..
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Have you lived here a very long time?" the young woman asked the man, who was wearing a fishing vest today. "I'm trying to get information about those statues out at Skeleton Point. Nobody seems to know how old they are or where they came from." "Or where some parts of the statues are going," the man told the young woman. "Lots of fool stories are going around about somebody--or something--damaging the statues. Stay away from them, I say. T..
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After a long bike ride, the Aldens finally came to Skeleton Point. Just as the children slowed down, a familiar dog bounded from the bushes and barked. Then he began to sniff around. "He smells our ham sandwiches," Benny guessed. "There, there, Max," Jessie said softly. The dog tilted his head the way Watch always did when someone knew his name and spoke gently to him. Jessie carefully reached into her bike bag. She found her ham sandwich a..
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Doesn't that look like Mr. Mason from behind?" Henry grabbed the glasses. "I think it is him. I recognize the red hat he had on yesterday. If he had a motorboat, why did Hilda tell us they didn't have time to go to the hardware store?" Jessie found the towel she'd packed and shared it with Henry. "The sun will have to dry off the rest of us," she said. "If you ask me, those two are trying to keep us away from Cousin Charlotte's property." "..
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There was a full-sized seated skeleton in front of them on the steps. "The Walking Skeleton!" Benny said. Henry chuckled. "No, I guess you'd have to call it the Sitting Skeleton. It's just sitting there as if it stopped to take a rest." "I'm not afraid of Halloween tricks even when it's not Halloween." Benny scurried past the skeleton. Henry looked very serious. "Now I know someone is trying to scare us away from Skeleton Point again," he s..
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There was a full-sized seated skeleton in front of them on the steps. "The Walking Skeleton!" Benny said. Henry chuckled. "No, I guess you'd have to call it the Sitting Skeleton. It's just sitting there as if it stopped to take a rest." "I'm not afraid of Halloween tricks even when it's not Halloween." Benny scurried past the skeleton. Henry looked very serious. "Now I know someone is trying to scare us away from Skeleton Point again," he s..
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The Butterfly Book," said Jessie. "The Shell Book," said Violet. "The Flower Book," said Henry. "Oh, these three books must belong to a set."
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When the children returned to the studio, the STUDIO CLOSED sign was still on the door. This didn't stop the Aldens. "Hi, Hilda! It's the Aldens," Jessie yelled as she rapped on the window. Hilda whirled around, startled to see four pairs of eyes staring at her. She opened the door slightly. "What are you doing here? My studio is closed right now." Violet looked past Hilda. "Oh, so you have the Clover Dodge statue," she said before the youn..
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That year I was going to take you up in the Rockies. No more of that. We'll have to choose Old Flat Top because I don't want Violet getting all tired out with a long climb. And I don't want me getting all tired out either. The rest of you are tough enough." Grandfather looked up to see that every Alden was looking at him. The four shining faces answered him. There were four nods. "You do have the strangest ideas, Benny," said Jessie. "What ..
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Only this flat top is twice as big as a carrier." Benny"
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This place isn't for real mountain climbers. It's for old men and children." Henry"
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How can you think of cheesecake now?" Daisy asked. "I can always think of cheesecake," said Aunt Judy. "Me too," chimed in Benny. Aunt"
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Gertrude Chandler Warner discovered when she was teaching that many readers who like an exciting story could find no books that were both easy and fun to read. She decided to try to meet this need, and her first book, , quickly proved she had succeeded. Miss Warner drew on her own experiences to write the mystery. As a child she spent hours watching trains go by on the tracks opposite her family home. She often dreamed about what it would ..
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