Have you lived here a very long time?" the young woman asked the man, who was...

Have you lived here a very long time?" the young woman asked the man, who was wearing a fishing vest today. "I'm trying to get information about those statues out at Skeleton Point. Nobody seems to know how old they are or where they came from."
"Or where some parts of the statues are going," the man told the young woman. "Lots of fool stories are going around about somebody--or something--damaging the statues. Stay away from them, I say. Those old statues have been out there forever--before I was born, anyway. Leave 'em be. Why do you want to know?"
The young woman hesitated, then stopped to read the label on a jar of honey. "Um…just curious."
With that, the young woman left the store without buying anything.
"Newcomers!" the man told Benny and Violet when he saw them standing there. "Always asking questions. You'd think from that young lady that Shady Lake was nothing but old statues covered with moss. What about our fishing? Why, our trout are practically jumping out of the lake."
"They are?" Benny asked, hoping to find out where he could see some of these jumping trout.
The man left without answering Benny. The Mystery at Skeleton Point