5th Grade 5 Broken Pie

MYSTERY OF THE BROKEN PIE
The sun was shining on the

sparkling grass. It was morning, and the
grass was still wet from the dew. We
were excited to see the sunshine after
days of rain! Sydney and I were tired of
being stuck inside.
“Mom, can we go out and play?” I

shouted.
“You and Sydney need to clean your

rooms first. I’m excited to get some fresh
air in the house, it’s time for a good
spring cleaning!” Mom answered.
Sydney and I looked at each other and groaned. We wanted to get

outside, not be stuck inside cleaning. But we knew we could go play
as soon as we finished cleaning. We decided to make it a race to see
who could clean their room the fastest. But we had to clean up the
right way, otherwise Mom would make us redo it.
“3… 2… 1… GO!” we shouted. I picked up all my clothes and put

them in my hamper. I tucked in my sheets and pulled the comforter
over my bed so it looked like a magazine picture. All of my books
went back on the bookshelf, and my toys and games went back in
the closet.
“DONE!” I heard Sydney shout from her room down the hall.
“Aw, man, I was just about to shout it out. Good job, Sydney,” I
said. Sydney jumped up and down. “I never finish cleaning before
you, Aiden!” she exclaimed. She looked so excited I couldn’t even be
mad at my little sister.
“Let’s go outside,” I said. We walked into the kitchen, where my

mom had all the ingredients out to make her famous apple pie.
“Can we go play now?” I asked Mom. “Sure! I’m just going to get this
pie in the oven and start cleaning. Make sure you stay in the yard,
and if you play nicely, you’ll get some pie in a few hours!” she
replied. Sydney and I played in the yard. We rode bikes, played on
the swing set, and made up adventures to go on. A couple of hours
later, we could smell the pie in the air. “Mmmmm,” Sydney said.
“I’m hungry. Let’s go see if that pie is ready.” When we got in the
house, we could hear Mom vacuuming in the living room. Sydney
and I walked to the kitchen to see if the pie looked ready. Mom had
set the pie to cool by the kitchen window. We peered up at the pie
and gasped. It was a mess! The crust on top had holes in it, and the
filling was all over the place.
“What happened?” Sydney asked. “Mom’s pies never look like that!”
“I don’t know, but we’d better figure it out before Mom sees the pie
and thinks we did it!” I answered. We ran back outside and sat
down under the tree. “What do you think could have happened,
Sydney?”
“Hmmm… maybe Mom dropped the pie when she took it out of the
oven.” Sydney replied.
“Is there evidence for that?” I asked.
“I don’t remember, we’d probably have to go back and check around

the oven to see if there’s a mess.”
“Let’s think of other possibilities first, then we can go back and

search the scene of the crime. I would say that maybe the cat got
into the pie, but we don’t have a cat, so that can’t be it…”
Sydney and I sat outside for a while, trying to think of ideas. Birds
kept flying in and out of the tree above us. They gave me an idea. I
looked toward the kitchen, with the wide-open window.
“Hey, I bet that some birds smelled the pie and wanted a piece! It’s
right by the open window! We should go check for little bird
footprints,” I said. “You’re right!” Sydney exclaimed. “And if there
aren’t any footprints, we can look for other clues while we’re in the
kitchen.”
We walked back into the kitchen. Mom was still vacuuming. Sydney
and I tiptoed over to the pie to search for evidence. Next to the pie,
we saw the filling, and one small footprint.
“That looks like a bird footprint, right?” I asked Sydney. She agreed.
We heard the vacuum turn off, and Mom walked into the kitchen.
“What are you two doing by the pie?” she asked.
“We came back in from playing outside and wanted some pie,
because it smells delicious. But when we got in here, the pie was a
mess!” I said. Sydney added, “We had to solve the mystery of why
it’s broken in pieces, because your pies are always beautiful. Aiden
had an idea that some birds might have gotten into it! Look, there’s
a little footprint!”
“Oh goodness,” Mom answered, “you guys are right. I guess I’ll have
to get a screen back on this kitchen window. Well, what do you guys
think about going out to get ice cream since the birds ate our pie?”
“Yay!!!” we shouted, and dashed off to the car. Solving mysteries

sure makes you hungry!
Answer each question:
1. How did Sydney and Aiden feel when they saw the messed-up
pie? Highlight evidence from the text that supports your answer.
2. Retell the story from the mom’s point of view.
3. Why did Sydney and Aiden run back outside after they saw the
messed up pie? How would the story have changed if they’d
gotten their mom instead?
4. Do you think Aiden is a good big brother? How can you tell?
5. Create another piece of evidence that could have helped the

characters figure out how the pie got messed up.

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MYSTERY OF THE BROKEN PIE

The sun was shining on the

“Mom, can we go out and play?” I

“You and Sydney need to clean your

Sydney and I looked at each other and groaned. We wanted to get

“3… 2… 1… GO!” we shouted. I picked up all my clothes and put

“Let’s go outside,” I said. We walked into the kitchen, where my

“Is there evidence for that?” I asked.

“I don’t remember, we’d probably have to go back and check around

“Let’s think of other possibilities first, then we can go back and

“Yay!!!” we shouted, and dashed off to the car. Solving mysteries

Answer each question:

2. Retell the story from the mom’s point of view.

5. Create another piece of evidence that could have helped the

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