The Mystery on the Great Wall of China

A Slow Boat to China 3
“What?” squealed Grant. “But I already
told our pen pals Li and Cong that you would. In
fact,” he added, blushing, “I, uh, I told them that
they could be characters in the book.”
“Grant!” scolded Christina. “You know
Mimi only picks kids who go to her fan club
website and apply to be a character.”
“But they did!” Grant argued. “A long
time ago, back when we first started writing
postcards to each other.”
“Oh, that’s right,” said Christina. “I
remember now. Li said she would be a good
character because she was cute and sweet and
smart in school and loves to read mysteries in
Chinese and English.”
“And Cong said he was good at figuring
out clues, and he knows martial arts, and he likes
to break rules,” Grant added.
“Just what we need,” grumbled Papa,
“more little rule breakers.” He pointed to
Christina and Grant and grinned. “And why do
you two varmints think you make such good
mystery book characters?”
Now Grant and Christina grinned.
“Because we’re your grandkids, of course!”