Mr Muggs the library cat was at Creek Valley School after having crossed the bridge of troubled waters, to find S was no longer there either. Well she WAS here, said his sidekick Pablo, and there was evidence that she HAD been there...Mr Muggs glanced around and saw all the fiction chapter books had been genrified, the non fiction had been sorted into Dewey Decimal, and the lounge chairs had been feng shuied. There were also tell-tale spider plants. They could only come from one plant the mother of all plants, and Mr Muggs remembered S had told him she originally got the first baby from Henderson Intermediate.
But he must have missed the memo because none of the teachers ever remembered seeing her. She was like this invisible ghost librarian that only the children ever saw and you could never rely on what children told you.
Well look at this, said Pablo. There was a note on the noticeboard in the office that read 'You're cool'. Who would that be? We all know teachers in this school aren't that cool. None of them wore dark glasses yet could still read a book like S did.
There were two graduate bears wearing their caps and gowns sitting on the top shelf. Which was labelled 'Top Shelf'.One had an engineering degree and the other had studied business. Wouldn't they know?
Ah Miss Selina or rather 'Mistress Selina' yes said the bears she had been here they confirmed as they had presided over her piece of paper that was her MLIS degree. But it had mysteriously disappeared and was now replaced by a picture of a bookworm eating a book.
Where did she go? Back to Ranui School? Not likely. The green gorilla was still there and hungry. Mr Muggs consulted his Wises Map and looked at all the schools in the area. Pablo would know where she had gone. He had a good nose for anyone who had the cheese touch...and it seemed Miss Selina inadvertently had the cheese touch.
Pablo said she was definitely here as I scoured the staffroom and she left her china soup spoon, a rice bowl and some chopsticks. That could only belong to her as all the other staff subsisted on coffee and cereal. Pablo suggested they ask Hell's Pizza as he was really hoping she did take up the job delivering pizza to those who've read 7 books on a full-time basis, now that she had the cheese touch. It was just down the road.
Mr Muggs investigated the returns trolley. He saw there was a book that had just been returned. It was called 'The Man who Ate Lincoln Road'. I reckon she would have gone one better than Hell's Pizza. Besides this book is a little out of date don't you think? It still has Valentines in it!
Pablo agreed. Mr Lobster Yum Cha restaurant it is then.
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