Who Took Otto’s Crown?
The royal crown has vanished! Otto follows the clues round the castle.
One morning, Otto woke up and the royal crown was gone! It was not on its cushion. It was not under the bed. ‘Somebody has taken it,’ said Otto. ‘Come on, Felix. Let’s find it.’
First, they found a trail of tiny, sparkly footprints on the floor. ‘Look!’ said Felix. They followed the footprints up the stairs and down the corridor, round and round the castle.
Then Otto found a golden thread caught on a door. And then a shiny feather. And then a smudge of jam. Each clue was a little piece of the puzzle. Otto thought hard.
Finally the clues led to the bottom of the fish pond. And there was the crown! It had been taken by a duckling who thought it was a hoop. It was only borrowed, not stolen.
Otto wasn’t cross. He gently took the crown back and gave Uma a shiny button to keep instead. Uma smiled and skipped away. Felix said, ‘You’re a great detective, Otto.’
That evening, Otto put the crown safely on its cushion. He smiled. A good king or queen is not the one with the crown, but the one who stays calm and solves the problem.
The little lesson
Look carefully and think calmly, and the answer appears.
Let’s talk about it
- Where did you think the crown was?
- What clues did Otto follow?
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