One rainy day, the third one in a row, the four Alden children and their cousin, Soo Lee, gathered around the family computer. They were playing Ringmaster, a game Grandfather Alden had given to Henry for his fourteenth birthday. Im stuck, ten-year-o

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 78 The Mystery in the Computer

Grandfathers grandfather clock chimed the half hour at eleven-thirty. Can we go to lunch now? Benny asked. I like this new game, but now Im hungry. Those waffles were a long time ago. Three whole hours, Jessie said, laughing. She jiggled Watchs red l

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Grandfather and Mrs. McGregor were back home when the children returned from QuestMaster. I read your note about your meeting at QuestMaster, Grandfather said to the children. So how did Watch do on his first day of work? Watch took a long doggie bre

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The children set out to find the old drinking fountain on Old Post Road. As they walked along, cars whizzed by in both directions. Gas stations, stores, and office buildings lined the busy road. Grandfather said when he was a little boy, farmers and

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The Aldens and Soo Lee didnt waste any time getting to Computer City. They passed aisles of games without stopping to check the brightly colored boxes. They were in a hurry. Henry went straight to the shelves of software designed to fix computer prob

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After breakfast the next day, the children were pleased to learn that Grandfather was also going to the QuestMaster meeting. C.D. had invited his uncle John and Mr. Alden to take a peek at Ringmaster II. Grandfather, Violet, and Soo Lee sat waiting i

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Watch began sniffing as soon as the Aldens and Soo Lee arrived at QuestMaster. A security guard recognized them from their earlier visit and let them in. Watch could tell right away that dogs were welcome there. Tracker came out from hiding under C.D

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The next afternoon, the Aldens headed out for their appointment at the QuestMaster Company, just outside Greenfield. Ive never driven a car full of magic Ringmasters around before, Grandfather said. And heres the place where they make the magic, he a

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Mr. Alden had to wait for his game of checkers. The children spent the whole evening getting their new computer up and running. The next morning, they went straight to the computer before breakfast. Looks like another day of playing solitaire, not ch

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