The Mystery Box

The Mystery Box is a book in the Disney's Wonderful World of Reading series.

Summary
Huey, Dewey and Louie spend the week with Daisy. When she runs out of food, she drives to the store to get more. She sees an old lady walking in the rain and offers her a ride. This makes her late, and the grocery store is closed when she arrives. The old lady offers her a basket full of food, but asks that she not open the box at the bottom and says she will return for the box the next day. Daisy makes the boys a delicious dinner, but they really want to open the box. Daisy hides it so they won't think about it.

By morning, curiosity gets the best of the boys. They make a mess finding the hidden box and open it. A swarm of bees flies out and attacks them. They run outside, but the bees chase them, upsetting Goofy's laundry, Uncle Scrooge's mowing, Ludwig von Drake's raking, Goofy's mail delivery, and Gus Goose's paints. The nephews dive into a pond and wait until the bees dissipate. Upon their return, Daisy is upset. When the lady returns for her box, the boys explain what happened and apologize. She isn't upset, but hopes they learned their lesson. She uses a whistle to call the bees back into the box. The boys clean up the messes at Daisy's, Goofy's, Scrooge's, Ludwig's, and Gus'. Donald comes to pick up the boys, but Daisy doesn't tell him about the box.