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Red Riding Hood Room, which is placed on a track so that it startles the riders, is by far the best scare of the ride.
    Clyde wonders if this has something to do with the music but tells Gwen, “Bet it was some college kids pulling the ultimate prank.” Clyde wonders who the culprits could be.
    Gwen offers, “I bet that Colton Spurlock is behind this. He and those guys over at the Midway games are always up to no good.” She pauses, then adds, “Oh brother, Mr. Snodgrass is going to be angry.”
    â€œOh no. We're not calling him.”
    â€œBut that's what we were told to do in training.”
    Clyde stows his wallet and replies, “No need Gwen, let me take care of this.”
    â€œBut Mr. Snodgrass is already on his way.”
    â€œYou called him already?”
    She nods, a bit sheepishly, and Clyde's face falls. To say that this is not exactly what he wanted to deal with today would be an understatement. Handling delinquent teenagers is easy, and making adjustments for stolen property at a closing park is manageable. But, dealing with the manager, Mr. Snodgrass—pull out a calculator and start adding.

Chapter 7
    The Braddocks’ kitchen counter has seen better days. Large clunks of peanut butter and jelly are smattered here and there, along with an empty milk jug, a half-full bag of chips, and some bills and coupons messily stacked next to Brenna's purse. Jack walks into the living room with his recently constructed sandwich to see if anything good is on TV, simply looking for a way to kill time until 6 p.m. when his dad takes him to the park. Jack considers laying on the couch to doze off. He had not gotten much sleep last night due to envisioning exactly how he would pull off grabbing his prop from inside the Dark Ride.
    Flopping down on the couch, he tries to catch up on some sleep, but, once again, thoughts of how to get the prop disturb him. His target would be a small golden statue inside one of the first few rooms that make up the Enchanted Forrest. Within the ride, there are several rooms that revolve around the fairy tale of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” the old familiar story where the character Jack climbs a beanstalk, enters a giant's castle, and steals a goose that lays golden eggs to help his family out of poverty. Obviously, by sharing his name with the hero of the tale, Jack thought there would be no more appropriate keepsake than a small golden statue of a goose that the ride displays in the “Giant's Room.” The statue rests on a fireplace. The major problem would be getting out of the small moving vehicle in order to snatch the item. He had to figure out some way. The statue is just too perfect , Jack reasons . Just like his namesake, Jack would take the golden goose.
    His plan to sprawl out on the couch and take a nap is futile. He cannot sleep while wrestling with the problem. Jack contemplates, How can I get out of the train to get the goose ? Will I be able to leave the ride and hop back on before it gets away from me?
    Just then Blair waltzes into the room, phone to her ear, as always. “I know they are just obnoxious sometimes, no all the time…one day he will get what he deserves…that will be too sweet.”
    Jack is curious as to whom his sister is speaking, but decides to ignore her. Flipping on the TV, a commercial for Titus Chick, Mason's dad, is on.
    â€œ Do you need someone in your corner? Have you been
arrested for a D.U.I.? Have your rights been infringed?
The law office of Titus J. Chick is here to help. ”
    â€œThat was Denise,” Blair says. His sister reaches down and grabs the remote, flipping off the TV.
    â€œWho's Denise?”
    â€œCan it, egghead—you know exactly who Denise is.”
    â€œNo, I don't.”
    â€œUh, yes you do. She happens to be the lifeguard your little friend soaked yesterday afternoon with his little cannonball routine.”
    â€œAnd this matters to me