在這一集中，Rosamond的球隊因為二壘的壘包被偷了而無法練習，她請Nate the Great幫她找回來，他能幫她找回來嗎？看看他是如何解開謎題的，這又是怎麼一回事呢？
這一系列的偵探故事，都是在描寫Nate the Great 跟他的狗Sludge如何幫他的朋友們，解開日常生活碰到的難題。相當的生活化，故事內容雖比不上福爾摩斯或是科南來得複雜難解，但是其用字不難，書中的案件也都是生活中常見的小事，對於充滿好奇心，而剛開始試著閱讀小說的兒童來說，是相當好的讀物。適合7歲以上或是已學習英文三至四年的兒童閱讀。Rosamond's baseball team has a very unusual second base--Oliver's gloopy purple plastic octopus. But one morning…it's gone! " Somebody stole second base," Rosamond tells teammate Nate the Great. With the help of his dog, Sludge, the young detective trails the missing octopus, picking up clues along the way. It's not easy to track down a stolen base, and Nate's hunt leads him to some strange places before he finds himself up at bat once more. |
