The Bell Rings Once
The idea: chain of custody: log every hand a thing passes through.
Read it
Who is in this book
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Beto a child of the Green Takes things apart -
Seal Chain of custody; log every hand a thing passes through, and a broken chain can't be trusted from SleuthLab -
Tick Put every event in order on the clock; the order is where the answer hides from SleuthLab -
Danya a child of the Green Asks "how do we know?"
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- Logged in at 3:48, the bell fits the window from 3:40 to 3:55: eight minutes after it opened and seven before it closed.
- A chain of custody is a written record of every person who handled a piece of evidence, and when. If the record has a gap, the evidence is harder to trust. Source
Stretched
- A cracked bell was mended in three weeks, by one mender. What we simplified: Mending a cracked bell is skilled work, and it can take much longer or need a specialist far away. The story keeps it inside one season.
Made up
- The mending shed, its logbook and the otter in the apron are made up.
Tell it back
Tell the story in your own words: who was there, what went wrong, and what they found out. Then the fourth card on the case board goes on your belt.
On your belt: the fourth card on the case board.
Your belt lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.