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unicorn went missing from the Dragon’s Breath Fair on Friday. Did you steal him for his lucky hair?”
    â€œOr unlucky!” George added.
    â€œI didn’t steal any unicorn,” Toby said.
    Bess pulled the tiny bell from her pocket. She jingled it in the air and said, “How do you explain this bell I found in Sparkle’s pen?” she asked. “Wasn’t it part of your jester’s cap?”
    Instead of answering, Toby whistled loudly. Then he shut his window with a bang.
    â€œLet’s check the backyard,” Nancy said. “If Toby has Sparkle, he’s probably there.”
    The girls began rounding the house. But asthey were about to enter the backyard—
    â€œWOOOOF!”
    Nancy froze as a huge white creature bounded out from behind the house. But it wasn’t Sparkle the unicorn. It was Duncan the sheepdog!
    Bess shrieked as Duncan knocked her to the ground with his huge paws. She shrieked even louder as Duncan began licking her face.
    â€œEwww! Dog spit!” Bess cried. “Get him off!”
    Nancy grabbed for Duncan’s collar. But he was wearing a bandana around his neck instead.
    â€œCome on, boy,” Nancy said, gently tugging his bandana. “Bess doesn’t like dog spit.”
    â€œAnd you do?” Bess cried, standing up.
    George tilted her head as she studied Duncan. “What happened to all his white shaggy hair?” she asked.
    â€œHe must have gotten a haircut,” Nancy said. But as she pet Duncan, she noticed something about his bandana. It was polka-dotted—the exact same bandanna Chip was wearing from
her
groomer!
    â€œWait a minute,” Nancy said. “I think I know where Toby got those hairs. And they weren’t from a unicorn.”
    â€œYou mean that hairy stuff in the jar belonged to Duncan?” Bess asked.
    â€œIf Duncan was at the Jet Set Pet,” Nancy explained, “Toby probably asked the groomer for some of his hair.”
    â€œOkay, Clue Crew, so you figured it out!” Toby yelled from his window, open again. “Now can you please keep your big mouths shut?”
    â€œWe won’t tell the kids that you sold them dog hair,” Nancy shouted up. “That’s your job.”
    â€œSo is giving them their money back,” George said.

    â€œCan’t!” Toby said. “I already spent it at theDragon’s Breath Fair. Mostly on caramel apples with nuts.”
    â€œMy favorite,” Bess said, licking her lips.
    â€œMine too, until I ate seven of them!” Toby groaned. He then gagged, clapped his hand over his mouth, and shot away from the window.
    â€œI don’t think he’s got Sparkle,” Nancy decided.
    â€œAnd I don’t think caramel candy apples are my favorite anymore,” Bess said, and sighed.
    â€œBut how does that explain the bell Bess found in Sparkle’s pen?” George asked. “Toby
was
wearing bells!”
    As the girls left the yard, they passed the Leos’ family car. Nancy glanced into the backseat. She spotted Toby’s jester costume and cap draped over the front seat. It was covered with plastic from the cleaners. Nancy pressed her nose against the window to study the costume.
    â€œAha,” Nancy said.
    â€œAha what?” George asked.
    â€œThe bell Bess found in Sparkle’s pen was golden,” Nancy said. She pointed at the cap insidethe car. “The bells on Toby’s cap are silver.”
    â€œThen who did that bell belong to?” George wondered.
    Nancy, Bess, and George waited on the sidewalk until Mrs. Fayne picked them up and drove them to the fair.
    â€œWe have one more day to look for clues,” Nancy said as they climbed out of the van. “But before we do that, I have to do something very important.”
    Bess and George followed Nancy to Enchanted Elly’s tent. There she pulled the pretty purple magic wand out of her backpack.
    â€œI want to return this,