For many years in Wildwood, New Jersey, the  National  Marble  Tournament  has  been  held in the month of July.  A  girl  named  Amanda  had a  very  valuable  set of marbles  worth  millions. They  were made of glass  with rubies in  the  middle.  She  received them  from  her  mom  for  her  tenth  birthday.
     Amanda  was  planning  on  showing  them to  everybody  she  knew.  She invited  all  her  pals to her  house for a  party in  honor of  her marbles. She put her  marbles  in  a cedar case on the  kitchen  counter.  As  time  passed,  Amanda  was  ready  to  show  off  her  treasure.  She  reached  into  the case and  pulled  out her cherished marbles. Everyone oohed and aahed, especially Bette.   Amanda was pleased that everyone liked her million dollar marbles. As the party went on, Amanda and her friends played marble games.  Julie really liked these a lot! They  did other party stuff, except for Sheila, she was hooked on the punch.  Then it was time to go home.  Sam seemed very eager to leave, but... that just could have been nature calling.  As Amanda was seeing her friends out, it was very windy and everyoneís skirts, blouses, and dresses  were blowing in the wind.  All except for Susan, and she was wearing a chiffon party dress! That was suprising. But, noone seemed to notice anything odd.
     Amanda thought it would be best to check her spectacular valuables, so she went into the kitchen to check on her marbles.  She opened the cedar case on the kitchen table. To her amazement,  the case was empty!  Since marbles canít walk away, she suspected that they were stolen.  Quickly and serenely Amanda went outside to see if her friends were still there.  All of them were there with their parents.  She knew she had to tell them, so she said, ìI have an announcement to make.  Someone has stolen my new marbles!î

 
 
 
 
 
 

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