Summary "Billy and Maya’s Detective Agency"

READING 2

        Billy and Maya are best friends. They are in the same class at school and run a detective agency together. The detective agency’s name is Billy and Maya’s Detective Agency. They have an office in Maya’s basement. That is where they keep everything they need for their detective. Billy and Maya’s parents know each other too, and now they have gone away together for a few days. They will not be home again until after Christmas. Billy and Maya did not want to go. They more chose to keep their agency than follow their parents to go on Christmas.

       In the end, their parents agreed to let them stay at home. They would get their presents after Christmas, when their parents came home again. Billy and Maya would stay with Billy’s uncle. His name is Uncle Lester. He works at the Valleby Hotel. He invites them to help him to keep his hotel. Then they agree with that offering. Billy and Maya are so wish that they will find new cases in the Valleby Hotel.

       The first day they work, the manager explains them about all the staffs who work in here, Christmas Day, and the last about the new family that is coming to stay at this hotel in Manager’s office. He introduces everythings one by one on Billy and Maya.

1.    I myself. My name is Johnny Hazelwood. I am as manager. (My age is 50 years old. I have a bald head and long sideburns).

2.    Uncle Lester. He is one of staff in here. (He is Billy’s Uncle).

3.    Frank Fowler. He works in reception. (Billy and Maya do not like him, because he is rude to everyone. Billy’s uncle says that Frank Fowler never married because no women would ever want a husband who never smiled and he only interest in stamp collection).

4.    Rita Korpela. He works as Chef. (She is beautiful face and is always smiling. She comes from Finland and is a chef. Many people said that Johnny Hazelwood is in love with her. Rita dreams about opening a restaurant in France. But she does not have enough money. So she spends all her wages on lottery tickets and horse races. She is trying win the jackpot)

5.    The last is Pierre Chaloppes. He works as cleaner. (He has dark haired and Gloomy. He does not say much).

         Then the manager says that our annual Christmas Dinner Day. This is what we will do. That’s your first job to prepare the event in here. All staffs prepare everything about the Christmas day. Maya help Rita to make the big gingerbread house in reception. Frank fowler will be Santa Claus. Not only Christmas day, but also tomorrow will be a special day for the Valleby Hotel. The Gravenstein family will stay in here for a few weeks. They have booked our finest suite.

        Before The Gravenstein family will stay in the Vallabey Hotel. He calls the manager to book the finest suite. Then he introduces his family one by one and explains everything that he want when he will stay in here. (Mr Gravenstein, his wife and their little daughter Ida are coming to stay. They also have a little dog called Fuji. Mr Gravenstein says that the dog must be treated with respect. If he gets upset he will refuse to eat. He is very rare and expensive dog and you must make him feel at home). So the manager looks so serious to prepare the finest suite perfectly.

     Well, then, that is all I have to say. This meeting finish. Then the staffs go back to their Christmas preparation.

       This day is Christmas. It is a beautiful winter’s day. Everybody in hotel looks so happy to celebrate this moment. At is 12 o’clock midday and the Gravenstein family has arrived. The staffs come down to reception to welcome them. And then everybody is celebrating Christmas day happily.

       The next day Mrs Gravenstein is screaming, because their little dog has disappeared. Billy and Maya have not succeeded to find it. After that, Mr Gravenstein demand compensation on the manager. Our little darling is probably gone forever. We will leave this hotel in the morning. Luck for you. We will not go to the police. But we will definitely not pay for our hotel room. Then the manager agrees on him.

       However Billy and Maya smell something that strange on the Gravenstein Family. Billy and Maya keep investigating the case. They are thinking. They guess, the dog has stolen by staffs, because they know that the price of the dog so expensive, and then they needs much money to their respective needs. Then every staffs knows that the main key, the key to all rooms, hangs in the cupboard behind reception.

      Maya and Bill keep investigating the case. Bill says to Maya “There is something familiar about the Gravenstein family”. Maya answers “Of course, I agree. Billy I have got an idea. Follow me now”.

      Afterwards Billy follows Maya. They slip silently through the dark hotel. They go to the Manager’s office. Maya goes to the desk. She sees the Manager’s computer. Maya turns it on. She clicks the symbol for the internet. “We can search for clues on the internet. There are millions of pages about everything. We must be able to find something”, says Maya. “Good idea”, says Billy.

     The next step is they type that also contain the word “Family” on the internet. Finally they found its article. Now they know who they are. A family that has lost its dog on several occasions at various luxury hotels around the world (Paris, New York, London). It seems the family often moves from one luxury hotel to another and takes a new name in each place. When it is time to pay the bill, their dog disappears. The Gravenstein family always does the same thing in every time.

     The families in room 13 are swindlers. And now their secret is revealed. The last step is Billy and Maya think “How to trap the family?” Eventually they already have known what they will do tomorrow.

     In this morning the Gravenstein family will leave this hotel. Around 9 o’clock. The manager comes down the stairs. His steps are heavy. He did not get much sleep last night. Maya and Billy immediately are meeting him, and explain everything about the family. The manager looks very overjoyed after hear it. “They have saved my hotel. I will ring the police”, says the manager.

     Soon after, the Gravenstein family comes into the lobby. Mr Gravenstein is carrying a red suitcase. Billy and Uncle Lester help them to bring the other their bags down from Room 13. The manager welcomes them. Then he gives the Gravenstein family an urgent letter.

 Mr Gravenstein opens the letter. He looks so shock when he read the letter. The letter contains are:

Mr McIntosh... ?, or Gravenstein...?, or Cox...? , or Braeburn...?

            We have read all about you and your family in the paper. YOU ARE SWINDLERS !!!

            And now you have tricked your last Hotel Manager. Your “Valuable” dog is probably lying somewhere in your luggage

         After that Maya and All the staffs check their suitcase. Finally they can find the dog. The manager calls the police as he leads the Gravenstein family away from the Vallabey Hotel. Eventually the case can solve by Billy and Maya’s Detective agency.