The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot

Case 02
Hot on the trail of seven talking parrots that have seemingly vanished into thin air, the Three Investigators are in more trouble than ever. Danger lurks at every turn as they search for the birds, each of whom can quote part of a coded message from a mysterious dead man.


Sent off to find a missing bird that belongs to a friend of Alfred Hitchcock's, the boys soon find themselves against an international art thief and must solve the cryptic messages of seven talking birds to find a lost masterpiece of art.
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Jupiter Jones First Investigator (Justus Jonas)  
Pete Crenshaw Second Investigator (Peter Shaw)
Bob Andrews Records and Research
Titus Jones Justus' uncle (Onkel Titus)
Mathilda Jones Justus' aunt (Tante Mathilda)
Hans Schmid helper at the Salvage Yard (Patrick O'Ryan)
Konrad Schmid helper at the Salvage Yard (Kenneth O'Ryan)
Worthington chauffeur (Morton)
Skinner 'Skinny' Norris archenemy of the Three Investigators
Mr. Andrews journalist; Bobs father
Mrs. Andrews Bobs mother
Malcom Fentriss historian and writer
Claude Claudius arts dealer and antiquary from London
Olivia Claudius Claude Claudius' wife
Irma Waggoner she is the owner from "Little Bo-Peep"
Ramos Sanchez mexican chapman (Ramos Gomez)
Carlos Sanchez nephew of Ramos Gomez (Carlos Gomez)
Victor Hugenay international art thief
Adams henchman of Victor Hugenays
Lester henchman of Victor Hugenays
John Silver trainer of the seven parrots
Mr. Alfred Hitchcock


[(white in brackets) = german name]
Little Bo-Peep Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find it.
Call on Sherlock Holmes !
=> a hint for the lost masterpiece of art

=> Baker Street
Billy Shakespeare To-to-to be or not to-to-to be, that is the question. => to = 2 and be = b; leads to 222 b
Baker Street 222 b
Blackbeard the Pirate I’m Blackbeard the Pirate, and I’ve buried my treasure where dead men guard it ever. Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum ! => a hint for a graveyard
Robin Hood I’m Robin Hood ! I shot an arrow as a test, a hundred paces shot it west. => direction at the graveyard
(a hint to go one hundred yards west)
Sherlock Holmes You know my methods, Watson. Three sevens lead to thirteen. => direction at the graveyard
(three sevens = a hint for three old headstones of the family Severn)
(thirteen = a hint for a tall stone marker for 13 nameless travellers struck down by Indians)
Captain Kidd I’m Captain Kidd.
Look under the stones beyond the bones

for the box that has no locks.
=> direction at the graveyard
(a hint for a pile of stones where a section of the graveyard wall has fallen down)
(samething where the picture can be in that had no locks => a hint for a piece of pipe)
Scarface I never give a sucker an even break. => a hint to have a exactly look on it (the box that has no locks = a piece of pipe)
Story by: Robert Arthur,
Cover Illustration: Harry Kane,
© Random House Trade 1964
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