Lark and the Diamond Caper

Lark and the Diamond Caper — page 1 — For Alida

Lark and the Diamond Caper — page 2 — Chapter One My name is Lark Ba and I have butterflies in my stomach Not really That would be awful for the butterflies And it wouldn’t be much fun for me either Butterflies in my stomach is something my halmoni that’s Korean for grandmother says It means I’m really excited or nervus nerevhus nervous Right now I am both Yesterday my brother Connor and me solved our very first mystery 1

Lark and the Diamond Caper — page 3 — Which was amazing because Connor is my younger brother I’m older by ten whole minutes which is a lot of minutes and I didn’t think he would be such a great big help Our case was the bestest The librarian Mrs Robinson had lost the key to the library We found it That made us investigators which made me so happy Especially because investigator rimes ryms rhymes with alligator and I love those Today was going to be an even better more exciting day Today Connor and I were going to solve another mystery I was excited because I didn’t know what kind of mystery it would be But that wasn’t why I had butterflies in my stomach I had butterflies in my stomach because Connor and I had to practice our magic trick for our family talent night 2

Lark and the Diamond Caper — page 4 — Family talent night is about learning to do something unyoushal unujual unusual or cool Dad calls it everyday magic Once a month Mom and Dad decorate our living room with colored lights and put on old-folks music Then we have a contest to see who can perform the coolest trick Last month Dad won because he fit thirty cheese crackers in his mouth The time before Mom won for making a hula hoop spin around her waist for a million years Okay maybe not that long but it was a long time Connor and I are determined to win this family talent night We are going to practice and practice and practice until we are the bestest At least we were going to practice as soon as we figured out what trick to do I think I should saw you in half I said That would be a great trick 3

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