The Missing Rocket Mystery
by Keegan           

Have you experienced the unexplainable? Are you an eyewitness to the unknown?  Well, I did last summer. Even today, I can’t explain the unsolved disappearance of the rocket. The wonder toy disappeared mysteriously on that one fateful day last year.

The Surprise

It all began on a hot June day last year. My sister and I were complaining of boredom. There was nothing to do. It was too hot to ride bikes. It was too hot to go to the park. It was just too hot!! Then, my Mom brought out a wonderful surprise. It was the greatest creation ever by Air Hogs: Turbo Water Rocket with pump action- Guaranteed to fly 300 feet into the sky! We were thinking the same thing: we are going to have so much fun! The only problem was that there was only one rocket, but two of us.

Up, Up, and Away (Forever)

After two joyous days of filling, pumping, and launching, Anna and I were exhausted. We barely slept. We got up early and played with this wonder toy until dark. Oh, the fun we had! We pumped completely- all the way to the maximum. The garden hose allowed us to do that by providing us with all the water we would need. Turning the top of the pump made the rocket shoot up in the air. Since there was a small hole in the bottom of the rocket, the water splashed down on us like rain from the sky. We soaked ourselves, passing cars, and people walking their dogs. Then, in a split second, the rocket was gone.  

Lost and never found

My sister launched the rocket, and as it flew, neither of us knew that it was its final launch. The rocket really did fly three hundred feet into the sky. Being splashed down by the blinding water, we had no idea the rocket didn’t land in the grass. To us, it never landed. We thought it was still soaring into the bright blue sky. After waiting five minutes, we realized it landed, but where was it? We searched rooftops. We searched backyards. We searched every single tree on our street. But we never found our rocket.

Suspects

Where could the rocket have gone? Or more importantly, who could have taken it? Was it our cranky, old next door neighbor? Could have been the sweet, little old lady across the street? Maybe it became a dog’s new chew toy. We’ll never know for sure, but at least we have fond memories of the Air Hog: Turbo Water Rocket.