Dawn of the Read Odd Squad

My name is Agent Olive and this is my partner, Agent Otto.

This is my lucky pencil.

But back to Otto and me.

We work for an organisation run by kids that investigates

anything strange, weird and especially odd.

Our job is to put things right again.

Who do we work for?

We work for...

So, this guy walks in and he's like...

"Hi, I'd like to sign out a book, please."

So then I say, "What do I look like, a potato?"

THEY LAUGH

POTATO!

When did the four of them become such great friends?

When Oren and Olaf saved the library.

-They saved the library?

-Yeah.

Wait.

I know a story you don't?! I can't believe it.

-Normally you're the one...

-Otto, can you tell me the story?

Sure.

It started off like most cases do, in Ms O's office.

BOTH: Something very odd has happened.

Hey, that's my line.

SHEEPISH APOLOGIES

As you all know, this is what the library normally looks like.

-Yeah.

-It's very nice.

-Nice.

But...

This is what it looks like now.

Yay, flying books!

This isn't a yay situation, Olaf.

Boo.

-Better.

-Hang on.

Not all the books are flying.

Some of them are still on the shelves.

We have to go the library to collect more evidence.

Well, let us know how it goes.

Yeah, we have a badminton game this afternoon, so, kind of busy.

-Yeah, ha-ha.

-BOTH: Badminton!

You both have to come with us.

Fine, but we're bringing our rackets.

JACKALOPE CHATTERS

OLAF HOWLS

I'm upset too, Olaf.

Actually, he was asking if the library has any security cameras.

You know, to review the tapes from this morning,

-see if there's anything unusual.

-Man, I really misread that howl.

There's a room with security cameras at the far end of the library.

All right. Here's the plan. We're going to open the doors...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

We're going to follow Olaf.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Run, the books are gaining on us!

Come on, run!

Security room to the left.

-We made it.

-Ow, I got a paper cut.

-Ah!

BOOKS POUND AT DOOR

Here are the security camera monitors.

I'll cue up all the footage from this morning.

JACKALOPE MOOS

These three villains visited the library this morning -

Double Dave... THEY GASP

..Tammy Tenspot... THEY GASP

..and Even Steven. THEY GASP

This would go a lot faster if you save your gasps until the end.

-Oh, yeah.

-Yeah, I can see that.

-Save my voice.

Double Dave likes doubling numbers.

So, if we start with 2 then double it, you get 4.

Double that, you get 8.

Tammy Tenspot.

She likes to count by tens.

10, 20, 30, 40.

And Even Steven. He's only into even numbers.

Which is any number that can be divided by two or in half.

To fully illustrate this concept,

these four security monitors are an example of an even number.

Two here, two here.

Four divided in half.

-Oh.

-Mmm.

Now you can gasp.

THEY GASP

Um, so....

Well, which of them did it?

Well, each villain has a thing for numbers.

And every book in the library has a number on the spine.

-Yeah, that's how I organise them on the shelves.

-Yep.

If we catch some of the flying books,

maybe the numbers can help us find out which villain did it.

Hey.

Oh, uh, with-wait. When you say, "Catch some of the flying books,"

you mean with our hands?

I wouldn't use your feet.

Ha, that's Olaf's thing.

Yay!

ELECTRIC SQUEAL

GRUNTING

I got one!

Ooh, uh! Ah! Me too.

-Me three.

-Me four.

Let's head back to the security office.

My book has the number 10!

Mine has 40!

-I got 80.

-20.

Let's put these on a number line.

Here are the four books we caught.

Ugh, if only we could find a pattern.

-Doubling.

-What?

10 + 10 = 20, 20 + 20 = 40, 40 + 40 = 80.

The numbers are doubled.

Nice work, Olaf.

Must be the work of Double Dave.

Now we can set our Flying Bookinator to the right setting and

blast the books.

Yay!

Time to write this story an ending.

Uh-oh. Now they're mad!

We need to run!

-What happened?

-I don't know.

You said it was doubling.

Ssh, ssh, ssh! PAGES FLUTTER

We're not alone in here.

Olaf, turn around.

THEY SCREAM

-Check the number!

-It's number 30!

OK.

Now we have 10, 20, 30, 40 and 80.

It can't be a doubling pattern.

Because 10 + 10 = 20 but 20 + 20 = 40, not 30.

Wait a minute.

It's counting up by tens.

10, 20, 30, 40. It must be Tammy Tenspot.

But it could also be Even Steven.

OK, I'm confused.

Check it out. 10, 20, 30, 40 and 80 are all even numbers.

They all have zeroes at the end of them,

which means they can all be divided by two or cut in half.

What do we do now?

We head back out there and we try two options.

First, we blast the books for tens and, if that doesn't work,

we blast the books for even numbers.

OLAF HOWLS

OK, I got this one.

-OK, Olaf is thirsty.

-He's thirsty. You know how to do that.

-I do.

-Yeah, not even close.

-Oh.

Olaf's worried that, if the books are flying too fast,

we won't be able to try both options.

Ooh.

Well, is he right?

There's only one way to find out.

Flying Bookinator set for tens.

Time to end this chapter for good!

Yay!

-They're still flying at us.

-Boo.

Flying Bookinator set for even numbers.

Uh-oh.

OREN SQUEALS

-What happened?

-I don't know.

I thought for sure it would be one of those three villains.

Maybe we were wrong.

Or maybe we didn't see everyone.

Huh?

Look over here.

See that elbow? Someone else was in the library.

Hey! I don't recognise that elbow.

And I'm usually very good with elbows.

I bet you could see the rest of that person if you checked the

camera in our... BOTH: Other security office!

How many security cameras do you need for a library?

Uh, we take the safety of our books very seriously.

THEY MUTTER

Fine, let's go, come on.

NO! The other security office is on the other side of the library.

-We'll never make it!

-Yes, we will.

We're going to sneak past the books without them seeing us.

How?

I have an idea.

WHISPERING: Oren. You sure this is going to work?

I'm not Oren, I am a book.

What? What happened to Oren?

-Just blend in.

-Oh.

We should've used magazines.

Oh.

They're getting suspicious.

I think they smell my paper cut.

Ssh! They're on to us.

RUN!

MR FONTS SCREAMS

Frieda Fiver! That's whose elbow it was.

Frieda likes to count by fives.

But how does our number pattern connect with counting by five?

If you count by five you would still get all the numbers on this line.

Start at five.

5 + 5 = 10.

-5 more is 15, another 5 makes 20.

-Oh.

None of the books we've collected so far has any 5, 15,

25 or even 35 for that matter.

I mean, if you're going to count by fives, right?

Well, I'm sure they're flying around here somewhere.

But how can we be sure?!

Oh, well, that clears it up right there.

Rise, books, rise! Rise!

SHE CACKLES

Yeah, OK, it was her.

Well, case closed. Let's go zap some books.

Where's the Flying Bookinator?

Uh-oh.

Oh, no!

It must have fallen from my pocket when I was running.

Don't we kind of need that thing?

Yes, which is why Olaf and I are going after it.

Uh, can you two help us fight off all those books?

-Yes!

-No.

-No?

-Oh, well, yeah, sure.

You know, if we have to.

Last resort, back against the wall.

-Everybody ready?

-Ready!

-Ready!

-On the count of seven.

-Huh?

Onetwothreefourfivesixseven!

Ah!

Raaraaahhh!

Setting the Flying Bookinator to Frieda Fiver.

We can't hold them off much longer!

THEY CHEER

-Oh, Mr Fonts, you were right.

-Huh?

-Those books were hard to put down.

-I never said that.

It would have been cooler if you did.

You know what? These books are really hard to stop reading.

And that's how Oren and Olaf saved the library.

Otto, that was us.

What?

That whole case, we solved it, not Oren and Olaf.

Remember?

No matter what happens, I will always remember this moment.

RUN!

Oh, yeah.

It was kind of weird how you kept howling so much.

So, why are Mr Fonts and Dustin such good friends with Oren and Olaf?

Olaf is my nephew.

-Ohhh!

-Ohhh!

What do you say, Mr Fonts? You want to play some badminton?

-Yay!

-Haaaa!

MR FONTS HOWLS

OK. But have I ever told you the story where Oren and Olaf helped

Santa deliver presents?

-That was us again.

-Got turned into puppets?

Still us.

How about the time that Olaf started shrinking

and I got the growing potato?

Seriously?!