Chapter 4

B-So we decided to go check out the river because it looks so cute and happy, but not a very happy sight awaits us! We find the whole village in a circle around something and the Popo trying to get everyone to get back! We decide to investigate!!
S-Of course we do. Because we are Stephensonia's greatest detectives and it is our moral duty to investigate whenever there is something in need of investigation. One minor road block however. The Sultry Scot has caught a glimpse of you.
B-Oh no! Run Betsy run! (I've decided that we're sort of narrators but we're still in the story... that is all) But she does not hear our warning! After all, there is a murder to investigate and no amount of smitten Sultry Scot's can stop her!! (or me, this is so confusing)
S-Luckily the sultry scot was still too distraught over the gruesome death of his sister to bound across the river and sweep Betsy up in his arms. We'll have to save that for another time. Plus Betsy is in the entirely wrong attire for that sort of thing. Anyways. We commence with our investigation even though we aren't technically allowed to yet. They don't even know that we are the best detectives in all of Stephensonia! "Hark! What is that noise?" Sarah cried out! "It sounds like a puppy in distress!" The girls quickly scoured the area and found a tiny baby puppy concealed in a crevice.
B-"What is such a sweet and tiny puppy doing here?" wondered Betsy aloud. Little did they know that this was the first of many clues they were to find!! PS What attire and I am in? I think any sort is appropriate for an occasion like that... And how are we going to be "technically" allowed to investigate?
S-The girls promptly adopted the poor wee pup and named her Poppy. She was wiggly and very friendly except for when they walked past the towns people near the river still shocked over the tragedy. PS. In order to "technically investigate" we first have to talk to the Popo of course! We can't just waltz around the village with out the authorities knowing! But we can't tell anyone else or else our perfect guise will be ruined.
B-So they go back into town (because they can't do anything before they talk to the Popo and they want to do that with as much secrecy as possible, which means not in front of the whole town) and find a place to stay for the next few weeks. While they are waiting for most of the hulabaloo to die down they go on a walk with their sweet Poppy.




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