The Kids From B.A.D.
	Stories by Allen Morgan
	detective story collection
	no illustrations
	six stories - 128 pages

The Case Of The Missing Bike (part 3)

Everybody thought it was a fine idea. They started the club that very afternoon. John got to be chief detective because it was his idea. They shot fingers for assistant chief detective and Sally won. That left Mike and Ben as detectives-at-large. They weren't too happy about the way it turned out.

"It isn't fair," complained Mike. "Sally's the assistant chief and that's all right because we need somebody to be chief in case you get bumped off or something. But what about Ben and me? We want to be chief of something too."

"Like what?" asked John.

"I want to be chief of the murder squad," said Mike.

"And I'll be chief of spies and codes," said Ben.

"All right," John decided. "You've got it."

The four detectives spent the rest of the afternoon making identification badges for their wallets. They cut them out of cardboard and put a star on the front with the letters B.A.D. inside it. On the back they wrote their names and their new titles. Then John signed them.

"Now it's official," he said, scrawling his signature for the fourth time. "The Kids from B.A.D., that's us. And the crooks had better watch out because the B.A.D. kids always get their man."

The next morning right after breakfast they started on the bicycle case.

"Everybody spread out," John told them when they met at his house for instructions. "Keep your eyes open for anybody acting suspicious."

"What if we spot a bank hold-up or something?" asked Ben. "Do we chase the guy or keep looking for the bike gang?"

"If you spot a crime going on you can step in and make the arrest," said John. "But only if it's something big. The most important thing is to get those bicycle crooks, they're the ones we're after. Everybody meet back here at noon; Mom'll have sandwiches ready for us. Any questions? Okay, let's roll!"