Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency Page #2

I LIKE TO CALL JUSTICE.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, MELVIN?

- SOMEBODY STOLE MY BIKE.

- I CHARGE A QUARTER A DAY

PLUS EXPENSES.

- EXPENSES?

- WELL, STAKEOUTS CAN RUN LATE,

AND COFFEE ISN'T FREE, MELVIN.

- MY AUNT ETTA GAVE ME A KENNEDY

HALF-DOLLAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

IT'S ALL I GOT.

BESIDES, YOUR MOM WON'T LET YOU

DRINK COFFEE.

- YOU GOT A DESCRIPTION

OF THIS BIKE?

- WELL, IT HAS TRAINING WHEELS.

- YOU GOT AN INNER EAR

INFECTION?

- AND IT'S BLUE

AND IT HAS WHITE STREAMERS

ON THE HANDLEBAR GRIPS.

- YOU SURE IT DOESN'T BELONG

TO YOUR SISTER?

- HEY.

- [laughs]

JUST KIDDING, JUNIOR.

WHY DON'T WE CHECK OU THE SCENE OF THE CRIME?

LENORE, PUT CODY'S LEASH ON.

WE'VE GOT A CASE.

- WHAT?

- CODY.

ON A LEASH.

LEAD THE WAY, MELVIN.

[mysterious orchestral music]

[walkie-talkie beeps]

- ABOUT TIME YOU FELLOWS

GOT HERE.

- SORRY, CHIEF.

WE WERE ACROSS TOWN.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

- IT WAS EITHER COME HERE

OR SIT IN MY OFFICE

AND GET YELLED AT BY THE MAYOR.

- HE'S TOYING WITH US.

- PRICELESS MING VASE

LIFTED RIGHT UNDER THE NOSES

OF THE MUSEUM SECURITY.

THIS IS THE FOURTH ROBBERY

IN THREE MONTHS:

AND WE'RE NO CLOSER TO CATCHING

THE CAT.

AND WHEN I SEE "WE,"

I MEAN YOU.

SAM, I DON'T EXPECT A LOT FROM

THE REST OF THE DETECTIVES...

- HEY, I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE.

- SAM, YOU'VE SOLVED SOME

OF THE BIGGEST CASES

EVER TO HIT CHICAGO.

I EXPECT MORE OUT OF YOU.

- WE'LL CATCH THIS GUY, CHIEF.

YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.

- I HOPE SO, DETECTIVE.

BECAUSE IF THE CAT IS FREE

TO DO THIS AGAIN,

THE MAYOR'S GOING TO WAN TO START A TASK FORCE,

AND YOU TWO WON'T BE INVITED

TO THE WEDDING.

ESPECIALLY YOU!

- YOU HEARD THE MAN.

LET'S GET TO WORK.

- HOW DOES HE KNOW THE EXAC WEIGHT OF A MING VASE?

- I DON'T UNDERSTAND

HOW HE LEAVES NO PRINTS

AND WEARS NO GLOVES.

- THE GUY'S GOOD.

- THAT'S WHERE MY BIKE WAS

WHEN I WENT TO THE HOUSE

FOR LUNCH.

- HMM.

YOU LEAVE YOUR BIKE OU TO GO HAVE A BOLOGNA SANDWICH,

NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

IT'S IN A KINDERGARTEN

CHOP SHOP.

- ARE YOU TALKING TO YOURSELF?

- IT'S CALLED

AN INNER MONOLOGUE.

ALL GOOD DETECTIVES HAVE ONE.

NOW, SHOW ME EXACTLY WHERE

YOU LOST YOUR BIKE.

- RIGHT HERE.

I WAS CLEANING I WHEN MY MOM CALLED ME IN.

- OKAY.

GOOD.

HMM.

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW

THAT YOU HAD A CLEAN BIKE.

OKAY, CODY.

SNIFF ME OUT A CLUE.

- WHAT'D YOU FIND?

- A CLUE, MELVIN.

- IT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE

OF GRAVEL.

- MELVIN, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE

PAYING ME 50 CENTS

TO TRY TO FIND YOUR BIKE.

I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

A CLUE AND A PIECE OF GRAVEL.

- CAN I GO?

- SORRY, KID,

THERE'S NO ROOM FOR AMATEURS

ON THIS KIND OF A JOB.

YOU CAN WATCH CODY, THOUGH.

- AND THIS, THE FOURTH ROBBERY

IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS,

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