A Fish Named Yum Read Online Free PDF Page A

a cake he was decorating.
    â€œA red herring,” said Mr. Pin to Maggie.
    Quickly, Mr. Pin turned out the lights. The baker made a dash for the front door, but Mr. Pin was ready. A carefully placed ski tripped the baker who plunged headfirst into one of his own cakes.
    Mr. Pin turned the lights back on, dipped his wing into some of the chocolate from the cake, and announced:
    â€œAs I suspected. This is the same chocolate I found in the diner. And you are none other than the Picasso thief. You must be out on parole. I see you have returned to a life of crime. Too bad, your cake is delicious.”

    â€œMy cookies were going to be famous too,” said the thief in the cake. “I needed that recipe to start a cookie business. The first time I tried those cookies, I knew I could be rich.”
    â€œSally’s cookies,” said Mr. Pin. “Not yours.”
    Meanwhile, Maggie had found a phone and was calling the police who promised to get there by snowmobile. Could they hold the fishnapper until then?
    â€œNo problem,” she said. “Mr. Pin’s on the cake … on the case. I mean he’s stuck in a cake … the thief, that is.”
    While Maggie was on the phone, Mr. Pin found a large tank containing several fish. It did not appear that the fishnapper was going to fry his fish after all. He liked fish. There was only one problem. All of the fish looked alike. Could one of them be Yum?
    Ever ready for emergencies, Mr. Pin pulled a small paper bag out of the backpack he had worn. He carefully dropped a few chips into the tank. All of the fish ignored the chocolate. All but one. Familiar fins rose slowly, examined the chips, then ate hungrily. Yum had been found!

Acknowledgments
    With fond wishes to the very best of critics:
    Taylor Shire. You are a special young lady.
    With much appreciation from Mr. Pin to
    John LaPlante, who loves Chicago and works
    well with chocolate. Not easy to find that
    kind of talent.
    Many thanks to Mrs. Mandell’s 1993
    fifth-grade class.

All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
    Originally published by Atheneum.
    Copyright © 1994, 2007 by Mary Elise Monsell
    Illustrations copyright © 1994, 2007 by Eileen Christelow
    ISBN: 978-1-5040-2958-2
    Distributed in 2016 by Open Road Distribution
    180 Maiden Lane
    New York, NY 10038
    www.openroadmedia.com