Nate the Great and the Musical Note

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
illustrated by Marc Simont

This is another great Nate the Great book!
It all started out when it was Pip's piano lesson. Rosamond taught Pip how to play piano. One morning Rosamond wasn't there so she left Pip a note. Pip couldn't figure it out, so he went to Nate the Great's house. Nate was in his bathtub, so when the doorbell rang he had to pop on a towel to go to the door and answer it.
On one part of Pip's note said, "go 4 steps to the left and 5 steps to the right and your mother would like you to do that at 4 o'clock". Nate the Great had to solve this. It was very hard for Nate the Great. He went to Rosamon's garage where Pip took the piano lessons. Nate called Rosamond and asked her to come  back to the garage. He thought the note meant that Pip's mother wanted him to take dance at 4pm. But Rosamond said that Nate was not right. She said Pip should know. Nate said, "oh, no! I didn't solve this!"
Nate thought even harder this time. He remembered what Rosamond said. He said if I go 4 steps to the left and 5 steps to the right, I'll be at Middle C. Then he ran back to Rosamond's garage and said, "I solved the case! Pip's mom wants him to play Middle C at 4 o'clock." He was so happy that he solved this case!
He went back to his house and had another bath.
That was a great story!