THE WE ALWAYS CATCH OUR CROOKS CLUB

A Story by jo

who stole Cookie's new bike the we always catch our crooks club are on the case

Two weeks ago Puppy’s grandmother brought her a new shining bike for her birthday. And a day later it was stolen

Now Puppy and her friends at the we always catch our crooks club are on the case. To find out who stole Puppy’s bike just sit back and enjoy the story

I can’t believe that its been a week and the cops still haven’t found my bike Puppy sighed

I guess they don’t know what a bummer its for a kid to lose their bike Sammy Turtle answered her

Yah especially one you didn’t even get to ride Puppy added

What did the cops tell your mom? Daisy Penguin asked

They said that I ‘d probably never see it again there’s a gang of bike thieves in the area. Mines was the sixth bike that was reported stolen in the last two weeks Puppy explained

Oh wow! That’s scary Daisy answered

But I was thinking if the cops can’t find my bike we’ll! She cried out happily

Pup are you nuts what makes you think that we can find your bike when the cops can’t Tommy Cub frowned

My point exactly they don’t have the time to look for it but we do I don’t think any kids bike will be safe. If we don’t do something bout it Puppy frowned

Yah but still we don’t know where to start maybe we should hire a private detective or some thing like that Vicky Dragonfly shrugged

Oh yah right like we could offered some one like that Tommy smirked

Well I know of one that we can offered Puppy smiled

Yah who? Sammy asked

You! Puppy laughed

Me?

Yep not only you Sammy but all of us!

Umm Puppy have you been sniffing catnip or some thing? Sammy frowned

No I was thinking that we could start our own detective club and help the kids in the neighborhood with their cases. That the cops can’t help them with cause they are to busy with more important ones. We can call ourselves the we always catch our crooks club. So what do you guys think? She asked. And after thinking it over for a couple of minutes and asking Puppy a few more questions about it. The rest of the gang decided that it was a great idea

The next day right after breakfast they started working on their first case

How to catch the bike burglars

Okay me, Daisy and Vicky will take one side of the neighborhood and you guys search the other Puppy instructed remember to keep your eyes open and we’ll meet back here around lunch time to compare notes

A couple hours later they were all back in Puppy’s house

So how did you guys make out? She asked the guys did you find any thing?

Nope the only interesting thing that happened was when Tommy got kicked in the head. When he tried to break up a fight between his little brother and his friend Sammy laughed

That wasn’t funny dude Tommy growled

What were they fighting about Vicky asked trying not to laugh

I don’t know they are always fighting with each other but I told him that if he didn’t stop being such a bonehead that I was going to tell my mom Tommy answered. Daisy just rolled her eyes

What? He shrugged. A knock on Puppy’s front door interrupted

I saw them! Daisy’s younger sister Tracy cried out as she rushed inside of her house

You saw who? Daisy asked

The guys who stole Puppy’s bike! Tracy yelled

Okay Trac calm down and tell us what you saw Vicky added

I was walking to the candy store when I noticed this black van that kept stopping in front of yards that only had kids bike out in front of them. That’s when I saw one of the guys get out of the van and write down I guess it was

the address in his note pad then get back in the van again. So they’ve to be the guys that stole her bike! Tracy explained

Did you get the license number? Tommy asked

The what? Tracy frowned

Never mind they’re probably still round here some where Vicky answered

Let’s hope so come on Sammy we’ll go check the right side of the block and you girls check out the left Tommy instructed

They took off before the girls did a few minutes later they spotted the van that Tracy described half way down the block

There it is! Tommy cried out. The van was going slow enough that they had no problem catching up to it and when it parked down a few blocks down

Tommy told Sammy to quick write down the license plate number I’m going to see if I can get a closer look at them. He crept along some parked cars until he was right across from them. He could see two foxes inside the van one of them was pointing to some bikes that were in front of a yard a couple feet away. As the other wrote down the house address then they both laughed and drove away

The boys tried to catch up but the van was going to fast

They’re getting away! Sammy panted

Its okay we got the license plate we’ll just give it to the cops and let them deal with it Tommy answered

Yah but what if the van is stolen? Sammy asked

Yah you got a point then I guess we’ll just keep following them until we find out where they are keeping the bikes at Tommy shrugged

They jumped inside the back of a cab that was parked by the corner

Quick followed that van the one that’s waiting for the red light to change! Tommy cried out. The cabbie turned around and just gave them a blank confused stare

You kids are kidding me right? He asked

No! please we don’t want to lose them we’ve money if that’s what you’re worried bout! Sammy cried taking out a big wad of bills from his pocket

Okay kid its your money but never in my ten years of driving this cab have I ever heard any one ask me to follow any car before the cabbie shrugged as he pulled out and drove off

Umm can you please drive a little faster this is urgent official cop business Tommy asked

Is it now? The cabbie laughed

Yah the foxes in that van are a bunch of bike robbers and we’re following them to their hide out Sammy added

For a few minutes the cab followed the van until it parked into a long driveway that led to what looked like an abounded warehouse

Okay Sammy give him the money

Is this enough to have you wait for us this will only take a couple of minutes Sammy asked as he handed him the money

Yah sure kid but I don’t like the idea of you kids messing round with these crooks

Oh don’t worry we can take care of ourselves after all we are junior detectives! Tommy proudly answered we’re just going to look in the window to make sure that we’ve the right guys

Whatever kid just be careful and no longer then a peek I don’t want you kids to get hurt the cabbie frowned

After thanking the cabbie they quickly ran up to the warehouse window and peek inside. And saw the two foxes making maps and notes

of the area they covered before

I think we should call the cops now Sammy whispered over to Tommy

Not yet we need to find out where they are keeping the bikes first he answered. Tommy looked around to the side of the warehouse and saw some stairs that probably lead to a basement

Okay I’m going to go in yell if you see them coming out

Tommy I don’t think that is such a great idea

But it was to late Tommy had already sneaked away and ran towards down the stairs

And after what seemed like hours Sammy couldn’t take it any more he went out and looked for Tommy

Hey Tommy! You’re taking to long!

Shh I think I just found--- . a loud crashing noise interrupted him

The basement lights suddenly snapped on Sammy could see that Tommy was lying on the ground with a pile of bike on top of him. Sammy quickly hurried over to him and tried to help him but the sound of angry voice interrupted

What are you kids doing down here you shouldn’t be snooping in here one of the foxes demanded

Umm your right sorry we’ll be leaving now Sammy muttered

Wait a minute not so fast you kids stay right there while me and my partner have a little chat the fox growled

So now what? Sammy whispered over to Tommy who was bout to answer him when one of the foxes interrupted

My friend and I owe you kids an apology we didn’t mean to scare you. You kids are free to go

We’re not leaving without our friends bike! Tommy cried out

Your friends bike? One of the foxes asked trying to look confused

Yah its right over there by the window Tommy frowned

Oh I see you think that we stole you friends bike don’t you? The other fox smirked

Well duh! Why else Sammy frowned back

Oh hey kids you got it all wrong this isn’t even our place it belongs to a friend of ours. We had no idea go ahead take it

and don’t worry we’ll make sure to call the cops as soon as you leave promise

They both knew that they were lying but they decided to play along

Yah okay sounds fair enough to us Tommy shrugged

Great okay Carl help the kid with the bike the fox told him. And as Carl slowly started to walk over towards them. Tommy looked over to Sammy and winked but Sammy didn’t even notice he was slowly inching away towards the stairs

No Sammy wait! Tommy cried out

But it was to late Sammy was already half way up

Hey stop that kid! The fox suddenly yelled. Tommy was about to answer him when a loud voice coming from half way down the stairs interrupted him

Okay every just stay right where they’re!

They all turned around and saw a cop standing half way down the stairs along with Sammy and the cabbie

Hey you kid okay? I got a little weird out bout you kids so I placed a call to the cops over my radio. Thankfully there was a patrol car just down the block and they got here before these creeps could hurt you

Thanks mister Tommy smiled he then pointed over towards Puppy’s bike and explained to the cops

They stole my friends bike its right over there

Later that day they repeated their story to the news reporter and had their picture taken with the cabbie. But what they were truly proud of wasn’t what

was written bout them in the paper. It was what the headlines read which was

ATTENTION ALL YOU WOULD BE CROOKS THERE’S A NEW SHERIF IN TOWN

AND THEY ALWAYS CATCH THEIR CROOKS!!