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 5)

"I saw them," she cried. "I saw them!"

"Saw who? The bike robbers?" asked John.

"I think so. There was a blue van going down the street real slow," explained Sally. "It kept stopping and then going and then stopping again. The thing was, I noticed it was stopping in front of all the houses that had bicycles parked out front."

"That's got to be them!" cried John. He jumped up. "They're the crooks all right. They're going around casing the neighbourhood for likely places to hit later on."

"Then they come back at night?" said Ben.

"Exactly," said John. "Did you get their licence number, Sally?"

"Couldn't get close enough," she said. "I was just sneaking up on them when they took off around the block."

"They're probably still around somewhere," suggested Mike.

"I hope so," said John. "We'd better go in partners this time. Mike, you and Ben take the west side of the neighbourhood and me and Sally will do the east side. Come on, let's go."

"What about lunch?" asked Sally. "I'm hungry."

"No time to eat now," said John. "When you're a detective you've got to be able to work on an empty stomach, right guys?"

Mike's mouth was full of peanut butter sandwich but he nodded in agreement. Ben just belched.