The Mystery of Mr Jones's Disappearing Taxi [antikvár]

Things were a bit gloomy in the Jones household. Firstly, between Guy Fawkes' day and Christmas there had been only two days when it hadn't rained. This made everybody bad-tempered. Arabei Jones couldn't practise on her new skateboard. Mortimer the raven couldn't chase the next-door eat. Mrs Jones couldn't stroll about the shopping'precinct with her sister Brenda. Mr Jones was the only person who didn't mind the wet weather: people ride in taxis much more when it is wet, and as he was a taxi-driver therain brought him plenty of customers. But he had a'grievance of his own: the gas men were digging a trench all the way along Rainwater Crescent, where the Joneses lived (and being very slow about