 Why did Eddie’s mother forget to make dinner?
Eddie Taylor would like to have finished it, but the bar of morning sunlight poking in under the window shade pried his eyes open. Still, one clue is as good as another when it comes to hunting uranium ore, I guess. In fact, anything having to do with atomic science excited him. You couldn’t have a father who was head of the atomic-science department at Oceanview College without picking up a little knowledge along the way. Eddie knew that a radioisotope was a material which had been “cooked” in an atomic reactor until it was “hot” with radioactivity. When carefully controlled, the radiation stored up in such isotopes was used in many beneficial ways. Much of his father’s work at Oceanview College was of a secret nature. His father usually volunteered any information he wanted known, so Eddie stuck to questions which could and would be answered. At the speed atomic science is moving today, we simply can’t afford to waste time. It took Eddie over an hour to sort out the newspapers and magazines in the garage, tie them in neat bundles, and place them out on the front curb for the Goodwill pickup. The best way to get there was by rowboat across Moon Bay, and that was too long a row to be starting now. The taffy-colored cocker spaniel yipped wildly over his freedom, racing back and forth as Eddie started down the street. 20 Eddie went inside and followed Teena to the kitchen. They had been ever since Eddie’s family had moved to Oceanview and his father had become head of the college’s atomic-science department. Teena’s father was chief engineer for the Acme Aviation Company, one of the coast town’s largest manufacturing concerns. 22 “Oh, yes, it’s fun, Mother,” Teena replied, wrapping wax paper around a sandwich. At various rock mounds and outcroppings, Eddie switched on the Geiger counter. A slow clicking came through the earphones, but Eddie knew these indicated no more than a normal background count. It was in the air itself, caused by mysterious and ever-present cosmic rays, so there was always a mild background count when the Geiger counter was turned on; but to mean anything, the needle had to jump far ahead on the gauge, and the clicking through the earphones had to speed up until it sounded almost like bacon frying in a hot skillet. 24 After putting Sandy on his long chain and filling his water dish, Eddie went in the back door. 25 Then Eddie heard the sound of his father’s voice coming from the den.
 Mr. Taylor’s isotope was stolen
 Eddie forgot to do some of his chores, so she had to do them for him.  Mr. Taylor was injured at work.  Mr. Taylor’s isotope was stolen  Eddie forgot was home earlier than expected, so sinner wasn’t ready yet.