Human Thomas and Friends Mysteries: Book 1, Part 2

The others was chatting about things at the oak tree when Duck came outside to the oak tree, red-faced.

"Is there something wrong Duck?" asked Gordon. "Your face is red!"

Duck waited till he caught his breath, then he blurted out, "Look at what this said!"

The others at the pink card Duck was holding, then they looked at each other.

"What could that mean?" asked James.

"It must be somebody with a tophat," replied Percy. "But........how could that be? Lots of people wear top hats."

Edward nodded. "That's true Percy, but I'm sure there's one person at our school who has a top hat. He's the principal at our school."

"Sir Topham Hatt??" the other gasped.

"The card says 'Find someone with a top-hat', so one of our suspects is our controller." Rosie nodded. "Let's go see if he has any proof behind this."

So the others went inside the school and went into the office.

"Sir, we need your help here," said Toby breathlessly. "Duck has a card in his hand."

Sir Topham Hatt looked up from the paper we was writing.

"Excuse me?" he asked. He looked a bit puzzled.

"We're trying to solve our first mystery, and you happen to be one of our suspects," explained Henry. "We were wondering if you have any proof about that figure Thomas, Percy, and Emily were seeing."

Sir Topham Hatt grabbed the card from Duck's hand and looked at it.

"Well, that's gotta be me," he chuckled. "Though I can't give away a suspect in order, I would expect you to find Duke. He might have another clue that will probably help you."

"Thank you sir," said Edward kindly. Then he turned to his friends. "Come on guys, let's go find Duke."

"Good luck!" Sir Topham Hatt called.