4 SPECIAL DELIVERY

SPECIAL DELIVERY All around Pancake Court, rectangular cement lids lay beside slimy cement holes. "I don't think it counts as a mystery," said Prairie. She was nine. She argued a lot. "Sure it does," said Bean. "It was the Mystery of What's Under the Cement Rectangle. I solved it." "I feel a lot better now that I know for sure there aren't monsters in there," said Sophie S.

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"It's not mysterious," argued Prairie. "It's just pipes in the dirt." The nerve! Bean made her eyes into slits. "Look, I'm almost a private investigator, so I know about what's a mystery and what's not." Prairie made a snorty sound. "Hey, Dino!" she called as he zipped by on his skateboard. "Guess what Bean and Ivy are doing?!"

He skidded into the grass. "What?" "We're solving mysteries," said Bean firmly. Dino looked around. "What mysteries?" Bean looked at Prairie. "The Mystery of the Sleeping Mailman." "Shh!" whispered Ivy. They tiptoed down Ivy's driveway and stuffed themselves behind a bush. Very carefully, they leaned out and looked toward the mail truck parked at the curb. Inside, the mailman was lying across the two front seats. His eyes were closed. His mouth was open. He had earphones in his ears. "I don't see what's so mysterious about him," said Prairie. "He's just sleeping." "He does it every day," whispered Bean. "He whizzes around Pancake Court, parks in front of Ivy's house, and falls asleep for two hours. Why does he sleep in the middle of the

day? It's a mystery." Prairie looked doubtful but Bean didn't wait, for her to argue. She moved silently to a tree near the mail truck and beckoned for Ivy to follow her. One by one, Ivy and Sophie S. and Dino and Prairie came to her side. Together, they watched the mailman breathe in and out. Bean remembered how Al Seven had given a big sigh and walked toward Sammy La Barba. Bean pulled down her hat, gave a big sigh, and walked toward the mail truck. Silently, she stood at the open door of the truck. The mailman breathed in and out. Silently, the other kids gathered around her. The mailman breathed in and out. Silently, Bean bent down to look at the mailman. What was the matter with him?

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