Slylock Fox
And the cat burglar
What’s in Max Mouse’s bag?
Don’t worry. Go to the next page if you don’t know
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1. What does the museum director think?
2, 3, 4. Find three clues to prove that Cassie Cat didn’t do it, or that she did do it.
5. What was in Max Mouse’s bag in the first picture?
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6. Who escaped from jail?
7. How did (s)he escape?
8. How many prisoners should Slylock and Max look for?
9. Slylock Fox thinks Cassie Cat is in the tree. He thi
nks Boyfriend Bull ran away. Max Mouse climbs th
e tree, but she is not there! What happened?
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10. Is Cassie Cat very close or very far away?
11. Slylock Fox thinks Cassie Cat ran to the farm hou
se. No one is in the farm house now. Is Cassie Cat ve
ry close or very far away?
12. Slylock Fox runs down to the water. The police s
aw Cassie and Bull running on the beach. But they’r
e not there now. Where did they go?
13. Slylock goes into the tunnel. He finds two cave mouths.
He can’t see the back of one or the other. They’re too long a
nd far. Slylock says, “One of these tunnels is a dead end. The
other goes outside.” How does he know that?
You win!
14.But why isn’t Slylock happy?
Hints:
1. Look at the director’
s face and hand.
2. Look at Cassie Cat’s c lothes. One article is just wrong.
3. Another article does n’t match the rest of her clothes.
4. Look at the statue.
What kind of clothes does an Egyptian qu een wear?
5. Look at Cassie Cat’s clothes in the first picture again. (The
teacher may want put the lineup picture after the museum picture).
6. Who just went to jail?
7. What’s wrong with the hole?
8. Who would help Cassie?
9. What was wrong with Cassie’s clothes?
10. Why is Slylock studying the apple SO carefully?
11. This is not her house, so nasty
things don’t count.
Look for unfinished things.
12. They stayed together as lovers are wont to. Bull is big.
13. Real spelunkers use this trick.
Slylock has a candle.
14. Is his job done?
Answers:
1. He thinks CC stole so mething.
2. CC’s shoe heel is bro ken.
3. CC’s necklace is too gaudy for her outfit.
The queen is unador ned.
4. CC’s broken heel und er the statue.
5. Cassie’s heel is in the bag. Her shoe is still broken.
6. Cassie. Duh.
7. The dirt is outside.
8. BB busted CC out.
9. CC couldn’t run with a broken shoe, so BB
carried her.
10. The apple core is still white. She’s very close.
11. The toaster is plugged and the button is down.
She’s nearby.
12. One ladder is pressed into the sand.
13. If the candle dances, there’s an opening. If not,
there isn’t.
14. BB escaped and will try to save CC again.
