Object: a book with a juvenile mystery tale inside.

Boys and girls, do you like mystery stories? (Let them answer.) I like them a lot. It's fun to listen to the story, or read it in a book, and wonder how it will come out. If the story-teller does a good job, we will get a surprise at the end. I have a story like that in my hand right now. How many of you have ever read or heard this story? (Talk about it. If you know the story, tell them some of it; explain what the mystery is but don't divulge the ending.)

Mysteries can be a lot of fun. But if you don't know how it comes out, it can be very frustrating. We even get a little bit angry if people keep the ending from us and forget to tell us how it comes out. Do you thi…