Home Alone 3

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Book: Home Alone 3 Read Online Free PDF
Author: Todd Strasser
have for a remote control toy car?"
    "None," said Beaupre.
    "You think she threw it out?" Jernigan asked.
    Alice shook her head. "It was new. Still in the box."
    "Tons of kids live on the street," said Unger.
    "I'll bet you anything she gave it away," Alice said.
    Beaupre stared at the screen of his laptop computer. "There are twenty-six kids left in fourteen houses we haven't searched."
    "It stands to reason one of those kids has the car," Unger said.
    "Which house do we try next?" asked Jernigan.
    "The house with the most kids," suggested Alice.
    Beaupre pointed at the computer screen. "The Alcotts have five kids."
    "Bingo," said Earl Unger.

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    It took hours to set it up, but the next morning when the lady with the jogging suit appeared with the jogging stroller, and the old guy with the cane showed up, Alex knew it was going to be worth it.
    Up in the attic he watched through the telescope as a blue van pulled into Washington Street, then drove around to the alley and parked behind the Alcotts' house. Peter Beaupre got out.
    Just as Alex expected.
    He pushed the control on the toy car remote. Down on the street, the toy car with the video camera attached headed down the block. The video camera was loaded with a tape cassette. Alex was going to film the burglar in the act, then show the tape to the police.
    Then let them try to say he was imagining things.
    Alex looked over at the TV. On the screen, he could see what the video camera was seeing. In this case, the street.
    When the toy car reached the Alcotts' driveway, Alex made it turn. He steered it up to the Alcotts' back door. Getting the toy car through the doggy door was a little tricky, but Alex managed to do it.
    Now the toy car with the video camera was inside the house, along with Beaupre. But where was he?
    Watching the images on the TV, Alex steered the car around table and chair legs, and out of the kitchen. The car went down the hall and passed between a Barbie doll and a shoe. The car stopped at the entrance to the family room. Alex looked at the TV and smiled. On the screen was Beaupre. He was on his hands and knees, rummaging through some cabinets.
    What was he looking for?
    Beaupre must've heard something because he suddenly turned around. The next thing Alex knew, he was staring right at the car!
    "Yikes!" Alex screamed and jumped back with fright.

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    Peter Beaupre couldn't believe what he was looking at. On the floor behind him was the toy car. And taped on top of it was an 8mm video camera.
    With its red recording light on.
    He dipped his chin down and spoke into the lapel mike on his shirt collar. "I have it. It's videotaping me."
    His earphone crackled. "Come back on that last message," Alice said.
    But Peter Beaupre wasn't coming back with anything. He was on his hands and knees, crawling toward the toy car. He had to get it, not only because inside was a microchip worth ten million dollars, but because if that tape got into the hands of the police, it would put him in jail for life.
    The toy car started to reverse away from him, then turned and quickly shot out of the family room and toward the kitchen.
    Peter Beaupre jumped to his feet. Someone was controlling the car, watching everything through the video camera.
    He had to go a different way, so the camera wouldn't see him. He ran through the den and into the kitchen.
    Oooof! As he entered the kitchen, he stumbled over a basket of laundry, sending clothes all over the floor. But there on the kitchen floor was the toy car!
    "It's time for double-jeopardy!" The television suddenly blared on behind him.
    Peter Beaupre whipped out his gun and spun around.
    The kitchen TV was on.
    Peter Beaupre frowned. How was that possible? It hadn't been on when he'd broken into the house a few minutes before.
    Well, it didn't matter. The only thing that mattered was getting that car.
    He turned around and stared at the kitchen floor.
    But the toy car was gone.

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    In his attic, Alex dropped the TV remote with
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