Hikari's Book Review

"'As a rule,' said Holmes, 'the stranger a thing seems the less mysterious it really is.'"      When  Dr. Watson called his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year he found him in deep conversation with a fat, red- faced gentleman with a bright red hair. The fat man was Mr. Wilson. Holmes asked Mr. Wilson to talk his story once more to Dr. Watson. Mr. Wilson puffed out his chest and pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the pocket of his coat. He looked through the advertisements in the newspaper. Mr. Wilson started to talk about his story.      This story was written by Conan Doyle. He said that The Red Headed League was one of his favorite Sherlock Holmes series. The story, set in London in 1890, follows Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson, as they attempt to solve the strange puzzle described by a red-headed London pawnbroker, Jabez Wilson. Wilson's employee, Vincent Spaulding, tells him about a group founded by a Ame

"This is no ordinary case. We must move carefully. And we must keep it secret."      The author heard the curious story from a railway acquaintance.  He was a gentleman of more than seventy years of age, and his good face and sincere manner put the stamp of truth on everything he said. he started to talk.      In Thailand, the royal white elephant is very important. It is sacred to kings, and only kings can have a white elephant. And white elephants are more important than the king. The event happened five years ago. The King of Thailand decided to sent the Queen of England a present. This present must be a royal one. It was his job to deliver the present to Her Majesty the Queen. He traveled with his servants, and the officers and helpers of the elephant, in a ship. When they arrived in New York harbor. The elephant was not well so they had to stay in New York until the doctors said he was better and able to travel again. All things did well for two weeks. But one day, his p