The Jenkins children had divided the prize money evenly with the Aldens. Courtney and Michael took a trophy and a blue ribbon home with them. The other trophy and blue ribbon were on the shelf that Jessie and Violet had made in the boxcar. “I’m glad we won the prize money,” Henry said. “But we still don’t have enough to buy Grandfather’s birthday present at the Greenfield Bookshop.” “We’ll have enough money when we figure out who has been trying to ruin the fair,” Benny said. “We’ll have enough left over to buy balloons and party hats, too. There’s a $50 reward for solving the mystery,” Violet said. “If we can solve the mystery,” Jessie said. “It’s still hard to believe all the things that have happened since we first saw that fair poster,” Violet said. “What we need to do now is figure out why anyone would want to ruin the fair contests,” Henry said. “Maybe they wanted the trophy and the money,” Benny suggested. “Or maybe someone wanted to get even with the people who were competing,”
