Page 12 - The Hunt for the Missing Spy

“May I see the paper for a moment?” Mika

asked politely.

Luke handed her the sheet. “Does it mean any-
thing to you?” he asked.

Mika smiled. “We have puzzles like this in Japan.
Some books are printed so that you read them from

top to bottom. Of course, this is in English, not

Japanese. But look at the way it’s written. Only the
first letters of each item on the list are capitalized.

Smithsonian Institute and Robert Mills’s last name

are lowercase.”
Mika held the paper for the others to see.

“You’re right!” Cody said. “That’s weird. Our

teacher would never make a mistake like that.”
“Unless she did it on purpose,” Quinn replied.

“Also,” Mika continued, “in Japan, we have fold-
ing puzzles. I think this is similar. Watch.” Mika

folded over the right side of the paper until the edge

lined up against the first capitalized letters in each
of the listed facts.

Cody, Quinn, and Luke’s eyes lit up. “Cool!” they
said together.

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