The Weird Sisters: A Robin, a Ribbon, and a Lawn Mower
CHAPTER 1 Summer Blues When the people of Covenly had a mystery to solve they never hired the members of The Three Sisters Detective Agency not Hildegurp not Yuckmina not Glubbifer The sisters were too weird One was bony one was round and one had knuckles that rubbed the ground They had brooms but never swept They owned no car but never missed an event They ran their pet emporium and detective agency from the bottom floor of their home at 8
1313 Jitters Drive which overlooked the town The house suited the sisters and their cat 9
Graymalkin perfectly It wasn’t a scary house at all If you were a spider Or a ghoul People however stayed away All except their young friend Jessica Nibley We have no business Hildegurp complained while the sisters and Jessica walked the pets No one comes to our pet emporium Or asks us to solve a mystery added Yuckmina Graymalkin seemed to dislike her harness 10
Harumph Glubbifer grumped scooping the cat up into her coat Glubbifer always expressed herself in as few words as possible I’m blue too Jessica said People are not blue Jessica Nibley Hildegurp said I could turn you into a frog Yuckmina offered Then you would be green No Jessica explained blue means sad I’m blue because school’s out and I have no projects and you’re blue because you have no business People think the three of us are too weird Hildegurp sighed How can we fit in I’m not sure Jessica said Some people like using the tire swing I could teach you It’ll cheer us up at least your legs Are you sure Hildegurp asked It’s easy Jessica insisted You just pump 11
