Chapter 12
The Spooky Spider's Web
The new clue from the graveyard is a riddle involving shimmering threads and a silent weaver. Captain Zoomie deduces it must be near the old abandoned barn, where a gigantic, ornate spider web, spun by a particularly large (and thankfully, harmless) garden spider, has become a local Spookyween legend. The web glistens eerily in the moonlight, looking like a trap. The puppies know they must carefully traverse this sticky obstacle to reach the next clue, which is suspended right in the center of the shimmering, intricate web, a test of their bravery and dexterity.
The tombstone’s cold, hard surface, still damp from the graveyard’s misty breath, offered little comfort. Baby Blue Bears nudged it with his nose, a faint scent of damp earth and something… silvery, clinging to the air. “It’s no good, Russo,” he whimpered, his tail giving a half-hearted wag. “Just… stone.”
Russo Baby Bears, ever the analyst, was already poring over the inscription they’d found carved into the back of the spooky gargoyle. “The riddle spoke of ‘shimmering threads’ and a ‘silent weaver’,” she murmured, her brow furrowed in concentration. “And ‘a place where shadows stretch long and the moonbeams weave.’ It doesn’t make sense for it to be the graveyard itself.”
Dottie Baby Bears, meanwhile, was attempting to lick a stray cobweb from his ear, his attention momentarily diverted by the delicate strands. “Ooh, sticky!” he chirped, then sneezed violently, sending a flurry of dust into the air.
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