BOOK 17 - THE CLUE IN THE CRYSTAL BALL
Chapter 1 - Friday The Thirteenth
It is Friday The Thirteenth and everyone has developed phobias. This comes at
the time that Mr. Boddy shows everyone a Gold Medallion given to him by his
Auntie Annie Boddy on his thirteenth Birthday which also took place on a Friday
the Thirteenth. The guests steal the medallion and use the other guests phobias
against them to keep it. WHO STOLE THE MEDALLION??
Chapter 2 - Say Cheese!
Mr. Boddy's Sister, Minnie, has just called to say that when she was over at the
Mansion, she left her mice behind. Mr. Boddy tells the guests that he has just
checked and the mice have escaped. He asks his guests to help him find them and
offers a prize to the guest who collects the most. WHO WAS THE WINNER? HOW
MANY MICE DID EACH GUEST END UP WITH??
Chapter 3 - A Flying Saucer
Story
Mr. Boddy asks his guests if they believe in Flying Saucers as he tells them he
has arranged the incredibly valuable Ersatz Diamond from aliens who come from
the Planet Xaoh!!! he adds that he is glad he has taken all the weapons
away from his guests so they will not be able to attack the aliens when they
arrive. But Mr. Boddy does not know that his guests have found the weapons and
each buried one in the garden. However, what the guests do not realise is that
Xaoh is hoax spelt backwards and Ersatz means "Cheap Imitation".
WHO STOLE
THE ERSATZ DIAMOND??
Chapter 4 - Getting Out of
Line
The guests are lining up outside The Conservatory to see Mr. Boddy's rare Show
Cat. However, everyone starts pushing and shoving to be first in line
although Mrs. Peacock claims that she should be first. After so much bickering,
Mr. Boddy refuses to let them see the Cat. Everyone blames Mrs. Peacock and set
out to kill her. WHO KILLED MRS. PEACOCK??
Chapter 5 - Truth Serum
A huge crate has been delivered to Boddy Mansion, but Mr. Boddy will not say
what is inside so everyone assumes it is a valuable treasure. Meanwhile,
Professor Plum has invented a truth serum which he gives everybody and, absent
mindedly, drinks himself. However, this does not work exactly as planned. The
guests do not tell the truth but something in the mixture makes them hint at the
weapons they are hiding. WHICH GUEST, USING WHICH WEAPON, GOT THE
TREASURE??
Chapter 6 - Taste Test
Each guests has their own favourite soda. Miss Scarlet's is Purple Jammy Jammy
that tastes like Grape Jam, Colonel Mustard's is Yellow Whammy Yammy that tastes
like Yams, Mrs. White's is Pink Spring Cleaning that tastes of Floor Wax, Mr.
Green's is Red Dentist's Dream that tastes of Mouthwash, Mrs. Peacock's is Green
Cluckeroo that tastes of Chicken and Professor Plum's is Orange Squash Surprise
that, naturally, tastes of Squash. Mr. Boddy takes some of each, puts each of
them in a dark unmarked bottle and writes the name on the back so only he can
see the answer. He then gets the guests to taste all six and see if they can
guess which is in each bottle. WHICH GUEST GOT THEM ALL RIGHT??
Chapter 7 - Alphabet Clues
Mr. Boddy has a necklace with all the letters of the alphabet in Diamonds,
Rubies and Emeralds. Each time the necklace is taken by a guest, the only clues
are to do with the alphabet - the number of letters in a surname, a surnames
initials place in the alphabet and so on. WHO STOLE THE NECKLACE??
Chapter 8 - The Secret
Stairway
Professor Plum arrives at the front door of the Mansion claiming he fell down a
staircase inside the Mansion and ended up outside but, being his usual absent
minded self, cannot remember which room he was in at the time. Mrs. White tells
him that is impossible as there isn't a staircase that leads outside but Mr.
Boddy confirms that the Mansion does have a secret staircase, that was built as
an escape route, but even he does not know where it is because the builder of
the staircase told Boddy that if he knew where it was it wouldn't be secret any
more. The Builder, Mr. Banister, is called to the Mansion, but although he still
will not say where the staircase is, he gives clues to it's location.
WHERE WAS THE SECRET STAIRWAY? WHO GUESSED IT??
Chapter 9 - A Hairy Adventure
Mr. Boddy buys six unmarked bottles of hair dye and suggests, for fun, everyone
should dye their hair. Everyone does so, although not everyone gets the colour
hair they wanted. Unfortunately, the hair dye has strange properties and keeps
changing colour. After four changes, Boddy hurriedly tells everyone to shampoo
the dye out. WHAT COLOR WAS EVERYONE'S HAIR RIGHT
BEFORE THE SHAMPOO??
Chapter 10 - The Clue in The Crystal Ball
Mr. Boddy has a solid gold fish that he knows his guests will try to steal so he
locks it in a bullet proof tank with password access only and refuses to say
which room it will be displayed in. Feeling thwarted, Professor Plum suggests
consulting Mr. Boddy's Crystal Ball for help, but the guests remind him that the
Genie in the Ball does not like them and always tricks then with scrambled
answers. (HUH!!!????!) After two attempts to get the Genie to help, Colonel
Mustard angrily breaks the Crystal Ball and the Genie escapes. {Book 17!! Must
have been running out of ideas!! :-)) } The Genie manages to knock most of the
guests out and steals their weapons but two guests manage to break through and
find the glass case after one of them kills Mr. Boddy.
WHO KILLED MR. BODDY? WHAT WAS THE PASSWORD??