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the apple.”
    Simio leapt past Benny and sat down on the tree branch inside the cage, just like Benny had told him to.
    “Yippee!” Jessie and Violet shouted.
    Benny gave Simio the apple, then jumped out of the capuchin habitat. Zookeeper Frank immediately shut the door behind him. When the security team showed up with the dart gun, Benny said proudly, “The monkey emergency is already fixed!”
    “Now, I’m going to figure out a way to fix this lock for good,” Zookeeper Frank announced. “Simio has had enough adventures!”
    Mr. Newton came rushing forward. “You are an excellent assistant zoologist!” he said to Benny. Then he gave Benny a high-five.
    Benny was smiling. “This is the most exciting job I’ve ever had,” he told Mr. Newton.
    Mr. Newton led the group back to the red Educational Center barn. “It’s nearly three o’clock,” he told them. “Our first day of touring is over. When you come back tomorrow, I’ll make sure we see the baby monkeys and the rest of the newborn animals. Don’t forget your cameras,” he added. “And if you didn’t buy one today, you can bring five dollars tomorrow.”
    “But what about my missing camera?” Blake asked.
    In the confusion of the monkey escape, no one had reported if they’d found it or not.
    Shoving his glasses up on his nose once again, Mr. Newton sighed. “We didn’t find it,” he said. “I’m so sorry.”
    “I knew it! My camera was stolen.” Blake moved away from Mr. Newton and marched up to Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny. He pointed toward the lunch cooler where Sophie and Annika were collecting their bags. “I think Annika should be the number one suspect!”

Chapter 5
Suspects and Clues
    “B lake still may have lost the camera,” Henry said to his sisters. He laid his head all the way back on his beanbag chair, looking up at the boxcar clubhouse ceiling. “We might not have searched hard enough. Or maybe someone picked it up. Did anyone check the zoo’s lost-and-found?”
    Jessie typed a note into her computer. “Let’s do that first thing tomorrow.”
    “In case we don’t find it, it’ll be good to get a list of suspects ready,” Violet said. “That way, we’ll know who to keep an eye on while we finish the zoo babies tour. Maybe one of us will see something suspicious.”
    “Like when we thought Sophie was acting suspicious?” Jessie asked, typing Sophie Webb under a heading that said: Suspects.
    “Exactly,” Violet agreed.
    Henry sat up a little. “Suspicious?” he asked. “Tell me what you saw.” But before the girls could answer, Benny came bounding into the clubhouse. He was carrying a big bowl of popcorn. Watch, the Alden children’s dog, was right behind him.
    “Snack time!” he announced, setting the bowl on a small table and dragging his own beanbag chair over. Watch lay down on the floor.
    “We just had dinner,” Jessie said.
    “Eating popcorn is like eating air,” Benny told his sister. “It takes up no room in your tummy.” He patted his belly before stuffing a handful of the treat into his mouth. “Mmmm.”
    Violet took a few kernels before turning to Henry and answering his question. “Sophie disappeared at the giraffe cage when we were seeing the babies.”
    “And then,” Jessie went on, “she stayed away from the giraffes when we went back there the second time.”
    “That is odd,” Henry said. “But it doesn’t make her a thief.”
    “I still think we should ask Sophie about the giraffes,” Violet told Jessie. “Write that down, okay?”
    “Got it.” Jessie saved the document, then scrolled down the page. “Sophie is our first suspect. Who should be next?”
    “Blake said he wanted Annika to be suspect number one,” Benny said. “See? I’m a good witness and a good rememberer, too.” He grinned.
    “Show-off,” said Henry, laughing. He took a single piece of popcorn and tossed it at Benny playfully. Benny caught it and gobbled it down.
    “Are there any clues that