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Meet
the Super Slenth... Darrell !
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Divya
Anbalagan Class 8 'B'
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| What
Inspires me the Most is … |
- My mom's
hard work and the effort she puts in to do her
best in whatever she does.
- My father's
approach full of confidence and pointing out
the mistakes of higher officials, politely,
but without getting nervous
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TRING!
TRING! "Hello", answered tall, blonde Detective
Darrell Mitchell. "Hi! Darrell, this is Joe",
said her best friend, "I called to ask you if
you could come with me to the movies." "No, I'm
sorry Joe, not today. There's this lady who's
called on me to help her solve her problem, someone's
trying to cheat her", said Darrell, "I'm sorry
again, Joe". "No probs. - Bye" said Joe. "Bye"
said Darrell, ending the conversation. Darrell
Mitchell, a girl of eighteen, was always busy
serving mysteries during her holidays with her
friends Joe and Becky. This time she had been
asked for help by Ms.Caroline Cruster, the owner
of a very famous magazine, which everyone thought
was 'cool.'
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packed her bag and left for Montreal where she would
be meeting Ms.Caroline. She entered her office and
immediately got the idea of what Ms.Cruster would
be, looking at the posh furniture around her. Ms.Cruster
entered and told Darrell to take a seat. Darrell
sat down and set her eyes on the owner to get a
better look at her. She was of medium height, a
brunette and had red cheeks like apples. "Hello,
I suppose you must be Detective Mitchell", said
the owner. "Yes, and you are Ms.Cruster?" asked
Darrell. "Please, we all go by first names here,"
said Caroline. " Well, can you please tell me about
the person who is bothering you?" asked Darrell.
Then, Caroline took out some papers and showed them
to Darrell. This was what was written |
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PrEpArE
TO Die sOoN
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was horrid enough to chill one's bone marrows. As
Darrell took this note she noticed that these were
not hand written, but were cut from a newspaper.
"Do you think there might be any suspects in your
office?" asked Darrell, still scanning the paper.
"There is this man in my office, David Braganza,
and the way he looks at me with such scorn in his
stare, that you'll feel you are an insect and he
was waiting to squash you", said Caroline with a
sudden fright in her voice. |
| Darrell
decided that she'd finish this mystery soon and
enjoy the rest of her holidays. First and foremost,
she decided that she would track down David Braganza's
movements in the office. She noticed that he always
had a very sour looking face, never smiling, never
happy. She also noticed that he never mingled with
the other people in the office. Finally, after a
few weeks of sleuthing, Darrell saw David going
to a secluded house and locked the door. Darrell
followed him and stood outside the door, listening.
"Aaaaa..hhh!!!" came a strangled scream from inside
and Darrell got petrified. |
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had brought with her a tape recorder, in case she
got some confession. She was already suspicious
about David committing something as far fetched
as murdering a person. The scream she had heard
inside belonged to a lady and Darrell wondered whether
it was Caroline. The door was locked and so Darrell
tried the window, which to her immense relief, was
open. She quietly popped into a room, which was
just a few metres away from David. She peeped to
see what was going on and what a sight she saw!!.
David's unconscious body was lying on the ground.
In front of him, with the expression of utmost triumph
on her face, was Caroline with a gun in her hand.
Darrell, who was shocked, to see a gun in Caroline's
hand, jumped forward to snatch it from her. |
| "Stop
in your tracks!!", screamed Caroline and Darrell
stopped. "Why are you doing this?", asked Darrell
and softly switched on the recording machine. "It's
a long story", started Caroline, "David was very
popular with all the office members and soon people
stopped paying attention to me and I hated it. I
decided to overthrow David. So I wrote nasty letters
and named it from him, to make him lose face. And
today, I decided to kill him." Caroline was burning
with fury when she finished. Darrell watched her
for some time. Silence. Then suddenly, Darrell lunged
at the gun in Caroline's hand and holding it up
to her said, "Don't move Caroline. I won't hurt
you. But I am going to call the police. You have
put an innocent man's life in danger", said Darrell,
with so much contempt in her voice that Caroline
began to sob. Darrell called the police, who came
to the spot in a few minutes. She handed over the
recording tape to them and decided to let them handle
Caroline. Luckily for David Braganza, he survived. |
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long last, my holidays are there for me to spend",
purred Darrell, relaxed. Just then, the phone rang,
"Hello, Darrell! There is a mystery to solve and
I need your help!" Here it goes again thought Darrell.
"Just when one ends, another starts. Mysteries are
always fun to solve, but are tiring". |
| Well
Darrell, we all wish you lots of luck to solve more
mysteries, successfully |
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