<P>Why is Bernard the Bear baffled? </P><P> Well, for one thing, he has lost his whistle and he can't figure out where it is. </P><P> For another thing, he has just met Jack Jones&ndash;one of the High&ndash;Rise Private Eyes and a very fine detective in his own right&ndash;and Jack won't stop talking about . . . pretzels! </P><P> Luckily for the baffled bear (and for kids who are ready to read on their own), Jack takes the mystery (and the bear) back to the high&ndash;rise to meet Bunny Brown. </P><P> Bunny is the brains of the operation, and she quickly determines that it's high time for the High&ndash;Rise Private Eyes to open case file #7: The Case of the Baffled Bear.</P>