The Case of the Hidden Ball Trick

from Mousey Carter McCloud, Private Eye

The Case of the Hidden Ball Trick

One day, I think, it was sunny July

My good friend and buddy, Mousey Carter came by

He had on a hat and some cool baseball shoes

And a shirt and some pants all made of light blue

He had a small bat and a brown leather glove

And some pink bubble gum in his mouth he did shove

“Are you ready for the big game of baseball,” he asked?

And I gave him a wink behind my new catcher’s mask

We ran to the ball field and there were our friends

Petey and Oscar and Jeffrey and Ben

We chatted and chuckled and joked like friends may

Then we chose up our teams and got ready to play

My team came to bat with Carter’s out in the field

With my dear Mousey friend standing on the pitchers hill

“Come on, Carter boy, throw a fast one to me”

I grabbed my best bat and swung breezily

As I looked at my friend on the high pitcher’s mound

I saw he was looking all over the ground

It looked like he lost his favorite play thing

So I put down my bat and called him by name

“Carter, my friend, have you lost something dear

Do you think it’s something that might be quite near?”

But not one single word did he utter aloud

Just continued to look with a gathering crowd

Finally he said, “There’s one thing I can name

That will keep us from starting our fun baseball game

We have bats and gloves and our hats we have all

But one thing we lack is our very own ball”

Now where might it be, Carter said with a grin

And you and I know we can’t tell about him

When he starts to giggle and wiggle about

He’s sure to be tricky with not one single doubt

And sure as he finished with giggles and winks

He took a bow forward and what do you think

He lifted his hat and guess what was there

A gleaming white baseball on top of mouse hair

That’s our friend Carter, always solving a case

And always with that funny look on his face

But this time the mystery was Carter’s own call

The case of the under the hat hidden ball