Final Response

The last section of the book is exciting. Mr. Turlep finds out where Ethel Hodge lives. He decides to leave town that night after getting his money box back. When he packs he takes a ski mask and gun with him, prepared to get his retirement money back at any cost. He goes and parks in the driveway and is happy that the house is isolated in case he needs to use his gun.

Josh goes to the barn and pries open the box and finds money. The amount is the same as the amount the robber got from the Cash for Critters fundraising for the animal shelter. Josh goes to take the box into the house and sees a car in the driveway and almost goes out to see who it is. He stops just in time when he sees that the man has a ski mask on and he know that this person is not a friendly visitor. He hides behind a bush and puts the box in the bushes.

The man yells for Ethel Hodge and when she doesn't answer he goes into the house and searches every room. Josh sees him turning on and off lights as he goes threw the house. The man leaves without finding the money. The man gets in his car and Josh thinks he leaves. He grabs the money box and goes into the house and tries to call the police. He see the telephone line is cut. He hides the box in the washer and all the sudden the man returns with the gun and demands the box. Josh says he doesn't know what the man is talking about. Then a friend of Aunt Ethel's comes to the door looking the cake that Aunt Ethel has made for her. The man hides behind the couch and Josh gets the door. He knows the man will shoot him if tells the woman anything. He goes to the kitchen and writes HELP on the cake in frosting. When he hands it to the woman he makes her look at the cake to make sure it is alright. She leaves and Josh tries to stall for time. He calls out for Willie and spooks the man. The man is very superstitious and even he doesn't believe in ghosts, he gets scared. Willie knocks over the telephone first, then a plate, but ghosts are not able to move things very much and he runs out of energy. The man keeps threatening Josh and he finally takes him to the washer and gets him the box. Just then Willie makes Florence the peacock screams very loud and scares the man again. Josh tells the man if he kills him the ghost will haunt him forever. The man goes out the front door and sees it is only a peacock and goes to shoot the bird. Josh jumps in and saves the bird knowing that Aunt Ethel would be very upset if the peacock she thinks is her dead sister is killed. The man gets in his car and decides to leave and as he is going out the driveway two police cars block him in. The man jumps out and tries to have them believe he is just the bank manager out to visit. Josh runs out and tells them to look in the car for the gun and mask. The police find it and arrest him telling Josh that he is a hero.

The woman decides to stay with Josh and talks to him about her grandson who is about his age. The next day the go to the hospital and get Aunt Ethel who didn't know what had happened the night before. She is amazed. The friend decides to stay and help Josh take care of Aunt Ethel. Aunt Ethel says Josh can tame the kittens and find them homes. Josh can't believe it has only been five days since he started his first letter to his Mom and Steve. Over the next month he joins the grandson's baseball team, tames the kittens and his parents say he can keep the mother cat for himself. Aunt Ethel's friend decides to move in because she loves the quiet and to keep each other company. Josh thought he would be bored over the summer but it has been really exciting. He decides to wait to tell him Mom and Steve about his adventures until he sees them so they don't worry.

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