Who Took Amy’s Goalposts?
On Saturday morning, the goalposts have disappeared! Time for the Football Detectives.
On Saturday morning, Amy arrived at Willow Green with a football under one arm. But something was wrong. Something was very wrong. The goalposts had vanished!
‘Who would steal goalposts?’ said Pippa. Amy took out a notebook and magnifying glass. ‘Time for the Football Detectives,’ she said. ‘First, we need clues.’
They looked at the grass. There were two big dents where the goalposts had stood. And next to them, Amy found a trail of sawdust. ‘Aha,’ she said, writing it down.
‘Perhaps it was a naughty squirrel!’ said Pippa. Amy shook her head. ‘The tracks go this way,’ she said, pointing at the path. The detectives followed them past the swings and the old oak tree.
They crept up to the little shed behind the pavilion. The door was open a crack. A strange sound came from inside. Scrape, scrape, scrape. Pippa gulped. ‘Ready?’ whispered Amy.
They pushed the door open. Inside was Tilly the turtle, the groundskeeper, holding a paintbrush! And there, laid out on the floor, were the goalposts, gleaming with fresh white paint.
‘Surprise!’ said Tilly. ‘The big match is tomorrow. I wanted the goalposts to be sparkling clean.’ Amy burst out laughing. Pippa laughed too. The mystery was solved!
They helped Tilly carry the goalposts back to the pitch and set them up. The Football Detectives had solved their first case. ‘And now,’ said Amy, ‘who wants to play?’
The little lesson
When something puzzles you, look for clues and ask questions before you decide.
Let’s talk about it
- Which clue helped the detectives most?
- What do you think the surprise was for?
Finish stories to collect Amy as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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