The Footprint Size
Smaller than a grown man's foot
That day, Mio and I studied the footprint again.
We printed the photo from the bakery floor.
The footprint was smaller than my own shoe.
I put my foot next to the picture carefully.
My shoe was much bigger than the muddy .
"An adult's foot is larger than this," I said.
Mio measured the with a paper .
The was shorter than a grown man's foot.
"The thief is smaller than us," Mio said.
A child is usually lighter and smaller than an .
We compared the footprint to our young cousins' shoes.
It looked closer to a seven-year-old child's foot.
"The thief is younger than we thought," I said.
I wrote the in my Case Notebook.
The button was also very small and .
Small clues told a bigger and clearer story.
"A little hungry child took the bread," Mio said.
This idea felt sadder than a normal .
We wanted to help the child more than punish them.
The mystery was becoming warmer than before.
"Where does such a small child ?" I asked.
Mio thought the child lived somewhere very close.
We looked toward the park and the old trees.
Tomorrow, we would follow every small clue there.