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Prell told them. “The police and the Secret Service will handle this.”
    Dr. Prell stepped up to the microphone. She thanked Governor Zellner and the Pearls. Then she told the teachers to take their children back to their classrooms.
    Ms. Benson thanked Mr. Tone for watching her class. Then she led her children into the hall.
    “Hey!” Eric said. He bent and picked upsomething small, brown, and hairy from the floor. He held it by just one hair and said, “I think I’ve seen this somewhere.”
    “We’ve all seen it,” Cam said. “We have to show it to Officers Taylor and Gold. It may help them find the thieves.”

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    Eric showed the brown, hairy thing to Ms. Benson.
    “What is it?” she asked.
    Cam held it under her chin.
    “It’s a fake beard,” Cam said. “The thief put it on to fool us.”
    Eric said, “We have to show it to those police officers.”
    Ms. Benson shook her head and said, “I’m sorry. This is not a day for you to be wandering in the halls looking for the police.”
    “They may not even be here,” Beth said. “They may be on their motorcycles chasing the thief.”

    “I’ll call the office,” Ms. Benson said. “I’ll tell Mrs. Wayne about the beard. She’ll find the police.”
    When they returned to their classroom, Cam and Eric looked out the window. The long black cars were still in front of the school. The news truck was there, too. But two of the police motorcycles were gone.
    “Tell me if you see anything,” Cam said to Danny.
    “I see you,” Danny said. “I see Eric and Beth and Jane and Aaron.”
    “Stop it!” Cam said. “I agree with Beth. You’re not funny. Please, just tell me if you see anything happen outside.”
    Ms. Benson called the school office. Then she taught a lesson on personal pronouns.
    “I’m having trouble listening,” Cam whispered to Eric. “I keep thinking about the necklace.”
    “Me, too,” Eric said.
    Cam looked over at Danny. He shook his head. Nothing had happened outside.
    “Danny,” Ms. Benson said. “What’s a personal pronoun?”
    “Me?” Danny asked.
    “Very good.”
    “Hey,” Danny whispered to Beth. “What did I say?”
    “
Me
is a personal pronoun.”
    Danny smiled.
    “Jane, please give me other examples of personal pronouns.”
    “He, she, we, and I,” Jane said.
    Ms. Benson talked on and on about personal pronouns. She gave examples of how they can be used in sentences. Then she told the class to open their grammar workbooks.
    “Please, do the problems on page ninety-two.”
    Cam opened her workbook. She tried to do the work. But she kept thinking about the necklace.

    “Hey! Look!” Danny said. “The motorcycles are back.”
    Cam, Eric, and others in the class rushed to the windows. Ms. Benson went, too. The motorcycles stopped. Two police officers got off the motorcycles.
    “Look,” Beth said. “It’s Officers Taylor and Gold. I bet they caught the thief.”
    “If they did,” Eric said, “it’s because of Cam. She solved the mystery of the noise. She knew what was stolen.”
    Beth said, “I wonder why they came back.”
    “We just have to wait,” Ms. Benson said. “I’m sure Dr. Prell will tell us what happened.”
    “When?” Eric asked.
    “Later,” Ms. Benson said. “After the governor and the Pearls leave.”
    The children returned to their seats.
    Ms. Benson told the class, “I’m sure you’re all too excited to listen to a geography lesson. So we’ll have our silent reading time now.”
    Cam took a book from her desk. It was a mystery. She opened it. But instead of reading,she thought about everything that had happened that morning. She hoped Mrs. Pearl would get her necklace back.
    Ring! Ring!
    Ms. Benson lifted the telephone handset.
    “Hello. . . . Yes. . . . Oh, yes.”
    She put the handset down.
    “Dr. Prell, Governor Zellner, the Pearls, the Secret Service agents, and the police are all coming to our room.” Then she looked straight at Danny and