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do?” Honey wailed.
“First, I’ll call the radio station and let them know the show isn’t canceled. Then I’ll try to find out who started this,” Trixie said.
“I’ll let you go, then. Let me know what happens,” Honey said as she hung up.
Trixie looked up the telephone number for the radio station with trembling hands. She dialed the number, and the announcer himself answered.
“My name is Trixie Belden,” she told him. “You just announced that a pet show I’m helping with has been canceled. That information is wrong. Could you tell me where you heard it?”
“Why, from you,” the announcer said. “Or someone who claimed to be Trixie Belden. But the voice was nothing like yours. I’m sorry if there’s been a misunderstanding.”
There’s that word again, Trixie thought. But this is more serious than a simple misunderstanding. Aloud she only said, “The pet show hasn’t been canceled. It’s important to us that everybody knows that.”
“Of course. I’ll make the announcement several times tonight. I’ll make sure the morning announcer mentions it, too. I’m sure there will be no permanent harm done from this.”
I hope not, Trixie thought uneasily. She thanked the announcer and hung up.
“What happened, Trix?” Brian asked. “Did you get it all straightened out?”
Trixie told her brothers about the announcer’s call from the imposter, and about his promise to set the record straight.
“That was a close one,” Mart said. “It’s lucky we caught it when we did, so there’s no harm done.”
“Maybe next time we won’t be so lucky,” Trixie muttered.
“Let’s hope there won’t be a next time,” Brian said.
“What if just hoping isn’t enough?” Trixie challenged him. “I think we should be doing something to stop the sabotage.”
“Like what?” Brian asked. “We have no suspects, and no idea what the motive is behind the acts of sabotage. We don’t even know that it is sabotage.”
“Oh, come on!” Trixie said impatiently. Brian raised his hand to fend off Trixie’s protest. “All right, the rumor and the cancellation announcement are suspicious. But how can we prove anything?”
“The proof has to be somewhere,” Trixie said stubbornly.
“Maybe,” Brian acknowledged. “But finding it would take too much time and energy, and we don’t have enough of either one.”
“That is a reiteration of a reasonable rationale,” Mart added.
Realizing that there was no point in arguing with her brothers, Trixie went back to the telephone, this time to call Honey Wheeler.
“Is everything straightened out?” Honey asked as soon as she picked up the phone.
“Well, the show is un canceled. But we have to figure out who’s responsible for the sabotage, Honey. Otherwise—” Trixie let the unspoken threat hang in the air.
“I don’t even know where to start,” Honey said hopelessly.
“I do—with Paul Gale.”
“You think he called the radio station and pretended to be you?” Honey asked, totally baffled.
“I don’t think he did, but he could have asked his assistant to make the call.”
“Have you told Brian and Mart about your suspicions?”
“They’d just laugh at me. And this is no laughing matter.”
“But what can we do? The boys won’t believe us without more proof, and nobody else will believe us if they don’t.”
“We’ll have to get more proof, then.”
“But how? Do you have a plan?”
Just as Honey asked the question, an idea came to Trixie’s mind. It was far from foolproof, she realized; it was also far from comfortable, but— “There’s something we can try,” Trixie said. “It just might work. Bring extra-warm clothes to school tomorrow, and tell your parents you’ll be home late.”
“But what—”
“I can’t tell you more right now, because I don’t know any more. I’ll have it all figured out by tomorrow. See you then.” Trixie hung up before Honey could ask for more information.
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“First, I’ll call the radio station and let them know the show isn’t canceled. Then I’ll try to find out who started this,” Trixie said.
“I’ll let you go, then. Let me know what happens,” Honey said as she hung up.
Trixie looked up the telephone number for the radio station with trembling hands. She dialed the number, and the announcer himself answered.
“My name is Trixie Belden,” she told him. “You just announced that a pet show I’m helping with has been canceled. That information is wrong. Could you tell me where you heard it?”
“Why, from you,” the announcer said. “Or someone who claimed to be Trixie Belden. But the voice was nothing like yours. I’m sorry if there’s been a misunderstanding.”
There’s that word again, Trixie thought. But this is more serious than a simple misunderstanding. Aloud she only said, “The pet show hasn’t been canceled. It’s important to us that everybody knows that.”
“Of course. I’ll make the announcement several times tonight. I’ll make sure the morning announcer mentions it, too. I’m sure there will be no permanent harm done from this.”
I hope not, Trixie thought uneasily. She thanked the announcer and hung up.
“What happened, Trix?” Brian asked. “Did you get it all straightened out?”
Trixie told her brothers about the announcer’s call from the imposter, and about his promise to set the record straight.
“That was a close one,” Mart said. “It’s lucky we caught it when we did, so there’s no harm done.”
“Maybe next time we won’t be so lucky,” Trixie muttered.
“Let’s hope there won’t be a next time,” Brian said.
“What if just hoping isn’t enough?” Trixie challenged him. “I think we should be doing something to stop the sabotage.”
“Like what?” Brian asked. “We have no suspects, and no idea what the motive is behind the acts of sabotage. We don’t even know that it is sabotage.”
“Oh, come on!” Trixie said impatiently. Brian raised his hand to fend off Trixie’s protest. “All right, the rumor and the cancellation announcement are suspicious. But how can we prove anything?”
“The proof has to be somewhere,” Trixie said stubbornly.
“Maybe,” Brian acknowledged. “But finding it would take too much time and energy, and we don’t have enough of either one.”
“That is a reiteration of a reasonable rationale,” Mart added.
Realizing that there was no point in arguing with her brothers, Trixie went back to the telephone, this time to call Honey Wheeler.
“Is everything straightened out?” Honey asked as soon as she picked up the phone.
“Well, the show is un canceled. But we have to figure out who’s responsible for the sabotage, Honey. Otherwise—” Trixie let the unspoken threat hang in the air.
“I don’t even know where to start,” Honey said hopelessly.
“I do—with Paul Gale.”
“You think he called the radio station and pretended to be you?” Honey asked, totally baffled.
“I don’t think he did, but he could have asked his assistant to make the call.”
“Have you told Brian and Mart about your suspicions?”
“They’d just laugh at me. And this is no laughing matter.”
“But what can we do? The boys won’t believe us without more proof, and nobody else will believe us if they don’t.”
“We’ll have to get more proof, then.”
“But how? Do you have a plan?”
Just as Honey asked the question, an idea came to Trixie’s mind. It was far from foolproof, she realized; it was also far from comfortable, but— “There’s something we can try,” Trixie said. “It just might work. Bring extra-warm clothes to school tomorrow, and tell your parents you’ll be home late.”
“But what—”
“I can’t tell you more right now, because I don’t know any more. I’ll have it all figured out by tomorrow. See you then.” Trixie hung up before Honey could ask for more information.
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