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Foxy‑Lox’s
Mystery Trail

A four-page mystery: a forgotten picnic basket, a trail of crumbs and a kind explanation.

Read togetherMystery4 pages
Begin the story
Foxy-Lox looks at a small hoof print beside an uncollected picnic basket under stormy skies.
Page 1 of 4

Foxy-Lox finds a small hoof print beside a picnic basket that no one has collected. A storm will soak everything by evening.

Foxy follows a trail of crumbs to the place where the path divides.
Page 2 of 4

A winding trail of apple crumbs leads downhill, but halfway along, the crumbs divide. Foxy checks which path has fresh bent grass.

Foxy searches behind a mossy log on the forest floor.
Page 3 of 4

Behind a mossy log lies Ginger-Deer’s helper badge. Foxy remembers seeing the same badge pinned beside the town garden.

Foxy holds a picnic blanket over Ginger-Deer, who is planting seedlings in the rain.
Page 4 of 4

The mystery ends at the garden, where Ginger is planting in the rain. She forgot the picnic while helping seedlings, so Foxy spreads the blanket above them both.

The end · Great reading

Where did the clues lead Foxy-Lox?

Show the answer

To Ginger-Deer in the town garden.

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