We get to the park and stop on the grass. "Wow," I say looking at all the kites. "Oh, look! It's a dragon!"

"And a horseshoe!" Leo says.

"A t-rex!" Zach exclaims.

"Okay, where would the note be?" I ask.

"I see a kite in a tree."

"There's one flying away."

"Ooh! A bunch of people are holding them."

"No! No," I say. "It's easier than that. I'll go to the sign-in booth. You two think."

I walk up to the booth. "Hi, do we need to sign in?"

"Are you a participant in the contest?" The lady asks.

"Um, no. I'm on a scavenger hunt type thing with some friends. Our clue lead us here." I hand her the note.

"Are you by any chance Katrina Baker?"

"Yes. I am. Why?"

"Because you are a contestant." She hands me a red kite in a bag. "Good luck!"

"Um, thanks," I say taking the bag and walking back over to my friends. "Um, we're contestants apparently." I kneel down onto the grass and open the bag. "Kite, instructions. Note."

"Read it!" Leo yells.

"Okay, I am." I open it and a picture slips out.

"Round, and round, and round it goes. Where it stops nobody knows. Jump up, jump down, do se do, find the pattern, and there you go."

"What?" Zach asks.

"We have to go to a playground," says Leo.

"How'd you get that?"

"Round, and round, and round you go. Where it stops nobody knows, on this merry go round. It's a song."

"Okay," I say. "So at a playground, do se do, find the pattern, and there you go."

"Well that seems simple," Zach says. "What pattern?" I show him the picture. It's of an ugly flowery couch pattern.

"Okay. That's easy. Let's go."

~~~

We get to the kids' park and start to look around. "What were the directions?" Leo asks.

"Um, Jump up, jump down, do se do, find the pattern, there you go," Zach answers.

"Huh?"

"What's a do se do?" Zach asks.

"It's that thing we do in gym. Lee, do it with me." We do a do se do, confusing Zach even more.

"Why does that matter?"

"Because it's in the clue. Now, we need to find the dumb pattern." I look around. The playground is empty. "But where is it?" I look at a sign near the courtyard. "Found it," I say.

"What? Where?"

"Tuesday. Five to seven. Do se do flash mob."

"What?"

"We have to wait 'till Tuesday."

"I can't go," Zach says.

"Why not?"

"I pick Vi up at five."

"Okay. Leo and I can go alone."

"Okay. So what do we do now?"

"We wait."