conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Provide a plot for a book about Billy, Detective, Fails entitled The Boy Detective Fails.
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conversations.value: The Boy Detective Fails: In the twilight of a childhood full of wonder, Billy Argo, Boy detective, is brokenhearted to find his young sister and crime-solving partner, Caroline, has committed suicide.\nTen years later, Billy, age thirty, returns from an extended stay at Shady Glens Facility for Mental Incompetence to discover a world full of unimaginable strangeness: office buildings vanish without reason, small animals turn up without their heads, and cruel villains ride city buses to complete their evil schemes.\nLost within this unwelcoming place, Billy finds the companionship of two lonely children, Effie and Gus Mumford—one a science fair genius, the other a charming, silent bully.\nWith a nearly forgotten bravery, Billy confronts the monotony of his job in telephone sales, the awkward beauty of a desperate pickpocket named Penny Maple, and the seemingly impossible solution to the mystery of his sister's death.\nAlong a path laden with hidden clues and codes that dare to be deciphered, the boy detective may learn the greatest secret of all: the necessity of the unknown.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Provide the first four paragraphs for this book.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: The Boy Detective Fails
  Effie Mumford stares off the porch into the night sky. The first stars of the evening are quietly arriving, and Billy, following her gaze, listens as the small girl speaks.
  The boy detective, on the bus again, stares out at the dull lights of the evening. Dreading having to go to work, he quietly begins to remember the Daisy Hollis case.
  Of course, it was Billy's wondrous sleuthing that led them to the mansion on the hill. Daisy Hollis was heir to the Hollis Dry Cleaning fortune and lived in a very large estate beside many other large mansions in the hills just outside of town. At first the police were sure the girl's disappearance was the work of the Pawn Shop Kidnapper, who had abducted as many as five girls already. Taking their prized jewelry and possessions, he turned the children free without waiting for a ransom. It seemed Daisy Hollis had been a victim of the same treachery, as she was famous for wearing a mammoth ruby heirloom pin, worth several thousand dollars. However, unlike the other children, Daisy was not soon returned and the police chief began to get worried.
  When Daisy had been missing for a fifth day, the police once again performed a search of the Hollis estate but, sadly, no clues were discovered. Billy, insistent that there was always a clue to be found, undertook a serious investigation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Provide four more paragraphs.
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conversations.value: Billy sadly turns and begins to walk away, when he notices the water around his feet. He shines his light at the cave floor and sees all the water rushing deeper still. He follows the water with his flashlight, finding a very small opening in one of the cave walls beneath dozens and dozens of stacked rocks. Frantic, Billy begins removing the stones. A strange silvery-blue light emanates from the opening and Billy kicks the rocks aside, faster, more desperate. Finally, there is room for him to crawl through and he does, getting covered in water and mud.
  Billy shines the light around more and sees hundred and hundreds of handprints everywhere. Looking for an answer, Billy calls out.
  Billy sets the pin down and moves on. The bluish light becomes brighter and brighter until finally, following the water and trail of floating clothing, Billy finds the end. It is a large pool of water, with a rush of small waterfalls among shiny silver and brown rocks. Pointing the flashlight into the water, Billy discovers a naked body, a girl's body, her long hair rippling like seaweed. Her eyes are each covered by a silver dime. Covering her body, and piled beside it, are hundreds of other dimes, nickels, quarters, and pennies. Billy lets out a cry, covering his mouth.
  Billy flashes the light away and notices a second body in the pool, another girl, also naked. Again, there are more silver coins, flashing brightly. Billy leans closer to the water, trembling, terrified, holding his hand over his face, and sees the full horror of his discovery: The secret pool is filled with dozens of bodies, all young girls, all naked, like mermaids, their hair gently drifting in the current, their eyes open and glassy, sunken among thousands of quarters, pennies, dimes, and nickels.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Provide the last five paragraphs.
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conversations.value: Billy and Penny sit on the bus, smiling, side by side. Billy looks across the aisle and sees a young boy with glasses in a red cardigan sweater doing a crossword puzzle, sitting beside his mother. Billy eyes him, smiling, and, digging into his pocket, pulls out his pad and pencil, and begins scribbling something down.
  Billy finishes and tears the drawing from the pad of paper. He hands it to Penny, who smiles at it. Billy nods toward the child across the aisle. Penny looks from Billy to the boy and nods, understanding. She stands and very carefully slides the treasure map into the kid's sweater pocket without anyone noticing. She sits back down and winks at Billy.
  Billy and Penny sit side by side, slightly dirty but smiling, staring straight ahead. In a moment, Billy frowns and Penny notices.
  Put egg whites and cream of tartar into mixing bowl. Using your mixer's whip attachment, whip until soft peak. Gradually add 2 c. sugar and scraped vanilla bean and beat until stiff peak. When beater is pulled out and held upside down, a curl should hold its shape.
  With many thanks to: Koren, Dan, Johnny, Anne, Johanna, Todd and Ashley, Jon Resh, James, Mark Zambo, my folks and family, Jenny Bent, Michelle Kroes, Jay Ryan, Todd Dills, Mickey Hess, Sean Carswell, Jonathan Messinger, Quimby's, the House Theatre, and the Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department.