After school today, I went down to the corner store to buy some Savory Wasabi Jawbreakers and the new issue of Alternate-Universe Victor Gently vs. the Invisible Turtles, but it turned out I didn't have any money! Mom won't give me an advance on my allowance unless I filter the chicken coop. Darn the luck!

Guess what -- me and Chip solved the Mystery of Deadly Cave! It turns out Old Man Fletcher was dressing up as a vampire to try to trick Mrs. Rodriquez out of her valuable old paintings. He said he'd have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for our meddling.