Superstar Watch

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Authors: Gertrude Chandler Warner
not a secret,” Lisa said. “But no one ever asks me about it. Thanks for being interested.” Lisa smiled and her eyes lit up. Yesterday she had often seemed to be in a bad mood. But not now.
    “I created a new kind of pet repellant,” Lisa told them.
    “What’s that?” Benny said.
    “ Repel means to make something go away,” Henry explained.
    “Exactly!” Lisa said. “My repellant is a spray that dogs don’t like. Sometimes people want to keep their dogs off the furniture. They can spray this on the couch, and the dogs will stay off. I call it ‘Get Away Spray’” Lisa was talking very fast. “I used all natural ingredients in the mixture,” Lisa said. “I think this stuff will sell like crazy.”
    “Sounds interesting,” Henry said. “Did you show it to Mr. Lillipool?”
    “Oh, gosh, no,” Lisa said, shaking her head. “He’s too busy and I’m too shy to talk to him.” She looked across the room. Mr. Lillipool had just come in.
    Violet nodded. She was shy, too.
    “If you don’t show him, how will he know about it?” Benny asked.
    “I gave some of my spray to Ms. Werner,” Lisa said. “She said she’d show it to him for me. She told me she has a special meeting with him next week.”
    Just then, Ms. Werner called across the room. “Lisa, I need your help.”
    “Gotta go,” Lisa said. “I’d give you a sample, but Watch is really well trained. You don’t need it.” Lisa went to help Ms. Werner.
    “Maybe Lisa isn’t a suspect anymore,” Henry said. “Her big plan wasn’t to ruin the audition; it was to get Ms. Werner to have a meeting with Mr. Lillipool.”
    Jessie crossed out Lisa’s name on the list.
    Timmy burst into the room. “Sorry, I’m late,” he said. “But, you are not going to believe my news! My agent just called. I’m going to be the star of Lightning Man! It’s a new superhero movie. After this commercial, I’m going start filming!” Timmy was very happy.
    “Wow, Timmy. That is amazing!” Benny said. “I can’t believe I’m talking to the star of a new movie!”
    Timmy smiled. “I’m going to go tell Mr. Lillipool.” He hurried off.
    “Timmy’s news means that he didn’t need to act with Ninja in this commercial to become a famous movie star,” Violet said. “He figured out how to get a movie job all on his own.”
    Jessie crossed Timmy off the suspect list.
    Henry looked over Jessie’s shoulder at her list. “There are only four suspects left,” he said. “Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Lillipool, Ms. Werner, and Dante. Let’s watch them carefully.”
    Ms. Werner announced to everyone that they were ready to begin. “This will be the last part of the audition.” She carried two bowls of Wundermutt food. Lisa had a third bowl in her hands.
    “Wow!” Benny said, looking at the bowls.
    These weren’t the plastic bowls they’d used yesterday. These bowls were silver. Each had one of the contestant’s names written on it in gold, glittery letters.
    “The dogs must each eat a bowl of our Wundermutt food,” Ms. Werner explained. “We can’t have a commercial starring a dog that doesn’t like our food.”
    Jessie looked at Henry. “I’m worried,” she said.
    “After the audition is over, the bowls are yours to take home,” Ms. Werner told the dog owners. “They are a gift from Mr. Lillipool.”
    Ms. Werner put down Ninja’s and Watch’s bowls. Lisa set the food down for Buffalo.
    “Do you smell citronella again?” Jessie asked Violet.
    Violet sniffed the air. “Yes. Someone around here sure does like that scent,” she said.
    “Achoo.” Benny sneezed. “Achoo!”
    Jessie gave Benny a tissue from her pocket.
    “I wonder if there is a connection between the food and the perfume smell,” Henry said. “I remember smelling it yesterday around the food, too.”
    “Maybe,” Jessie said. “But I don’t know what the connection could be.” She took her notebook out of her purse. She wrote on a blank page: citronella and dog

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