After school today, I went down to the corner store to buy some Swedish Sour Ropes and the new issue of The Further Adventures of Larry Sloan vs. the Bobcat Gang, but it turned out I didn't have any money! Mom won't give me an advance on my allowance unless I clean my little brother. Alas and alack!

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