The Eleven O'Clock Sparrow
mysteryEveryoneElias snapped his watch shut and looked around the empty square. The bakery was dark. The flower cart was gone. Something was wrong with the whole place, not just the bird. He decided to ask the one person who knew everything: Mrs. Otto, who ran the newsstand on the corner.
Mrs. Otto wasn't at her newsstand. The shutters were down and locked. But a note was taped to the front in shaky handwriting: 'Gone to the council meeting. They can't do this. — O.' Elias frowned. What was she fighting about?
What happens next?
1 ways forwardElias found the council building and slipped inside. Mrs. Otto stood at the front, arguing with a row of officials about saving the square. She was losing. Elias stepped up beside her. 'I've watched that fountain for nine years,' he said loudly. 'And I have something to show you.'