by Kirk Scroggs
and scrap metal from the stolen playground!
The mecha-beast
lays waste to the park!
Maybe we
should jump on
its back and try
to disable it!
It says right
here, no one under
forty-six inches
allowed on board.
Rules are rules!
The cries of stranded
park riders grab
Logan’s attention,
and she swings out
like Tarzan to rescue
a tot off the Junior
Jungle Terror Cruise!
Wheelie rolls out onto
the bumper-car course
to save a terrified
mother and her
swaddled babe!
And Gustavo rescues
the last funnel cake
from a bubbling pit
of hot grease!
Come to Papa!
Dr. Deep Yonder steps in to offer his expertise.
If Logan and Gustavo can activate his Mole
Disser 5000, tragedy can be averted.
The Mole Disser 5000
is our only hope!
Unfortunately, the device got lost in the stampede!
Whatever shall we do? Oh me, oh my!
Chill out,
narrator dude.
I think I just
spotted it!
Find the
Mole
Disser
5000!
Logan takes matters into her own hands. And
when I say “matters,” I mean Gustavo’s ’stache.
Pardon me! I’ll be
needing this!
With a mighty toss, Logan lets the facial hair fly!
Yeooowch! I have got
to quit attaching those
things with Super Goo!
The Mole Disser 5000 unleashes a stream of
insults!
Your mama’s got so
many fleas, when she
travels, she gets the
group rate!
Hey,
earthworm breath!
It’s working! The insults
are driving the moles
into my vehicle!
Even the metal monster collapses in a twisted
heap! It must have been sensitive to insults
as well.
Actually, I think Logan’s
dog just unplugged it.
But Captain Mosely has other ideas....
Curses! That dog
discovered my
Achilles’ heel!
I’m sentencing Ignas
to ten hours of detention
starting tomorrow!
Sorry, Principal. The only detention Ignas
will be serving is in the Murkee City House
of, uh, Detention. Take him away, boys!
Thanks, Cap’n!
I was getting a
little hungry.
Just don’t go getting
any wild ideas about sticking
your amateur noses in
police business.
I suppose I owe you two a big, fat
thank-you sandwich with a side of
“I’m sorry.”
Amateur? Ha! I’ll have you know
you are looking at the newest, greatest
detective duo in town! And just maybe
we’ll help you when you come crawling
to us for our expertise!
Ohhh…
what have
I gotten
myself into?
Chapter 11
MAKE THAT A DOUBLE SCOOP
1411 Baskerville Lane, 4:34 pm. A bold new
detective duo sits in their refurbished office,
ready for cases of mystery,
intrigue, and mild excitement
to come pouring in.
To make time for the new business, Gustavo has
to give up his weekly Macho Cop Club for Kids
meetings.
They come up with a clever name using the
process of elimination—meaning Logan quickly
eliminates all of Gustavo’s suggestions.
Sorry, Wiggens. The club is no more.
Here’s two weeks’ worth of Cheez Krinkles. Please
clean out your desk and turn in your badge.
They hire a friendly canine bodyguard.
And Logan hooks Gustavo up with his own
desk, filled with six-month-old Fudgysickles.
Then they sit and wait. . . and wait. . .
Don’t worry, partner.
It won’t be long now.
Something weird is
lurking right around the
corner. I can feel it!
and wait. . . and wait. . . .
Something
weird is
lurking!
Warning:
The following secret files
may require doodling,
scribbling, heavy thinking,
and possible yodeling!
Hey! If you don’t own this book,
make sure you only doodle on a piece
of scrap paper. If Miss Perusa finds
any drawing on school property,
she might staple your big toe
to a math book!
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Sketch the
magnified
clue!
•It has six legs.
•It oozes slime.
•It has three eyes.
•It wears high-top sneakers.
•It sings karaoke!
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What’s in Wheelie’s dog bowl
and why does it smell like
blue cheese?
Something’s eating
Miss Myrtle’s potted plants
up on the fifth floor! Help
the Snoop Troop catch
the culprit by sketching
the suspect. Here’s an
eyewitness description:
•It’s tall with four long, skinny legs.
•It has splotchy spots all over.
•It has a seven-foot-long neck!
•It has a tail with a tuft of hair on the end.
•It has big eyes with luscious lashes.
•It was last seen with a mouthful of chewed
petunias.
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Hide as many moles as you
can in the theme park!
Make sure they’re extra
hidden! The Snoop Troop is
here to sniff them out!
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Quick! The mole-controlling maniac
has left another jumbled-up message!
See if you can figure out what it says
before all heck breaks loose!
Answer: Give me all your ice cream or my moles will attack again!
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Fill in all the gross details!
FIND THE WORDS INVOLVING
CRIMINAL UNDERGROUND
CRITTERS!
Answers on page 168!
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Hey! We need the Mole Disser 5000
to stop another attack, but someone
disassembled it. Help us find all the parts!
Find the
parts!
Answers on page 168!
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Greetings, children.
Please help me install
our latest exhibit of
curious creatures.
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DOODLE SNOOPS ANSWER KEY
WORD SEARCH:
MOLE DISSER 5000 PARTS:
1. Page 164: on the clown’s hat
2. Page 164: in the man’s hand
3. Page 165: on the counter by the condiments
4. Page 165: the lady’s earring
5. Page 165: on the boy’s head
6. Page 165: on the ground under the bench
KIRK SCROGGS
is the author and illustrator of the Tales of a
Sixth-Grade Muppet series and the Wiley &
Grampa’s Creature Features series. He lives in
Los Angeles.
A real detective relies on
her sleuthing abilities,
not kicking down doors like
Mr. Macho Cop over here.
While Miss Prim and Proper
is tracking footprints in the
garden, I’ll be busting criminal
slime with my hight-tech
boomerang mustache!
I dare you to
solve the mystery
before we do.
Ha! don’t get
your hopes up,
amateurs!
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Cover art © 2014 by Kirk Scroggs
Cover design by Tracy Shaw and jdrift design
Cover © 2014 Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Printed in the U.S.A.