Encyclopedia Brown Shows The Way - Plot & Excerpts
When school let out for the summer, he decided to help the children of the neighborhood. So he opened an office in the garage. Every morning after breakfast he hung out his sign. Thursday afternoon a small boy entered the detective agency. He looked as happy as a cheer-leader in a graveyard. “I want to hire you,” he said, putting twenty-five cents on the gasoline can beside Encyclopedia. “My name is Northcliff Hicks. Yesterday was one sad day for me.” “How come?” asked Encyclopedia. “Soft music,” replied Northcliff. “Do you know anything about soft music?” “It goes with soft lights,” answered Encyclopedia. “Is this some affair of the heart?” “No, of the ears,” said Northcliff. He explained. Yesterday afternoon he had been sitting by Mill Pond playing his new red harmonica. A big kid had come up holding a funny whistle. “The big kid said I might be good at playing loud,” said Northcliff. “But he was better at playing soft. In fact, he claimed to be the champion soft-music player of the world.”
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