Page 10, October 1980 Cassiar Courier THE MYSTERY of the GREAT STOLEN ACORN HOARD! A story for children 6 to 60. BY JOHN STURROCK CHAPTER THREE — PART ONE Miz Pinky stood up, gathering her wis- dom, strength, her vast slow kindness. She looked around at the group, look- ing at each one and thinking. "Mr.Palloo" she said, "I purely do be- lieve, sir, that you are as smart as a nettle. I purely do believe, sir, that you are observant, inquisitive and, sir, I believe you know a little bit about a lot of things. Tell me, sir, do you have, as a result of your investigations, any little fact or rea- son that may help us find and fathom, sir, detect and disclose, discover and reveal, solve and resolve, unriddle and unravel, educe or elicit, in short sir, anything, anything to dig up and bring to light?" Flash looked up and replied, "No Ma'am, there is no scent or scratches or litter, no evidence, and the very lack of evidence Ma'am leads me'to be- lieve that no crime has been committed, and that the Acorn Hoard is still there! It leads me to believe, Ma'am, that we are mistaken. ‘Could it be Ma'am, that we are looking in the wrong great stolen Acorn Hoard Hole? It is im- possible, Miz Pinky, for anything liv- ing or dead to move without leaving a sign for my eyes to behold, or a scent for my nostrils to inhale, or a rea- son for my brain to digest!" "True" mumbled Homer N, "true, true, truly true. Then some non existent thing, who doesn't smell, or leave scratches or prints, has removed our acorns, in the middle of the night. So therefore, our criminal can fly in the darkness of the black night. And there is only one denizen who fills that de- scription!" : "And that's me," said a voice above them. "Me? Big Basil Glurpi" "Why, Mr. Glurp" spoke Miz Pinky kind- ly. "I purely don't believe-that you would do such a thing!" "You can bet your banoonies I didn't." said Big Basil. "Just because I work in the dark doesn't make me stupid! Whoever stole those acorns doesn't need them. He just wants to be mean and cause worry and hunger. He stole those acorns because it pleasured him. I'm not a mean bat. I'm a black bat, but I'm not a mean black bat or my name isn't Big Basil. ISSEISISIS SESE IITA SSIS TIS ISI GE SCIROS PHOTO STUDIO 775 Malozemoff (Townhouse ) Portraits Passport Pictures Mon. 7:30 B & W Darkroom Finishing C4 C~—s Camera Repairs Wedding & Special Events SESS SSSSS55 Mortifee Munshaw Dealer for Color and Enlargements Films, Cameras & Accessories for sale SS ESIESSES SEAS A SSS FSS SSS ASSS SIS &)5) "T know of one old bat who is mean enough to do that" spoke Bullseye from the hump, "and that's Mrs. Peeper the Squeakeress Person." "Yes indeedy" shouted Little Whiffer. "She's mean enough to cut: the toes off a snails foot. But she can't see in the dark and she's afraid of the darkness of the black night. And besides, Mr. Glurp would have noticed it};" "You bet your banoonies I would have." shouted Big Basil. , "So" mused Flash, "we have a criminal who doesn't leave traces, he's mean and nasty and he can fly in the night." "Well, it isn't me" spoke Little Whif- fer innocently looking at the sky. "I can't fly and I always leave an odor, depending on the wind, of course!” "And it isn't me” said Homer N, "be- cause: Camels can’t fly!" "Thank Goodness!" tittered Bullseye from the hump, "Can you imagine Homer N thundering in with stiff legs and rump touching bottom." Everyone laughed at this and Homer ' blushed and stared at the ground. "TI don't care" he mumbled, "camels are beautiful and the rest of you look pretty funny and puny to a camel." "Now, now" said Miz Pinky soothingly, "T declare Homer N, these denizens don't know sir, that you are a big, beautiful ‘hornless' ruminating long- necked cushion footed quadruped with ‘one hump or two, and Homer, I think you are .a beautiful one hump camel. I purely do believe." "Oh," cried everyone, "we didn't know you were beautiful. You were always old big nice Homer N, and we all love you, Homer N, we all do!" "Blast my banoonie boons" roared Big Basil, who was walking down the tree upside down. "All this banoonie talk isn't doing anything to clear up my suspicion, and I'm the one who's got the most to be suspicioned of." Flash Palloo stood up and waved one superbly elegant paw. Up to now he had been sitting a little to one side, watching and wearing that enjoying smile of one who is smart enough to en- joy everything. "Ahem" he said to Miz Pinky. "May I have the dew besprinkled floor, Ma'am?" “Why certainly, Mr. Palloo"” replied Miz Pinky. "I purely do believe sir that you have something that is somewhat of importance to say." Flash nodded his head and looked down at the dew besprinkled floor. "The circumstance" he said, "must fit the facts. But the facts do not always fit the circumstance. It is impeccable and unchanging. What is more unreasonable than to say guilty until proven inno- cent or innocent until proven guilty. 778-7345 v, ce atenatet es Se ates Geant Bead ..- Closed Tuesday afternoon and all day Sunday... vy 2s, . < 5 In each case the desire is to prove guilt. And why? Because always there is the attempt to make the facts fit the circumstance. Because innocence is less interesting than guilt!" Miz Pinky looked at him. This was age old Mother Earth watching her living son. Even if he was a sly slinky fox. "Why, Mr. Palloo" she said, "whatever do you mean?" "Well, Miz Pinky" replied Flash, “it"s simple, you ain't got no criminal un- less three denizens see him do it." "Utter flaming nonsense” shouted Dr. Squawky-Rawkus. He stepped into the_ circle and marched slowly around the Acorn Hoard Hiole Tree three times. Each step exactly the same - exact time, exact pace. A living metronome. His wings clasped behind his back, his head bowed. " What about ants" he asked, "they don"t smell, they don't leave footprints, they work day and night, they are im- pervious to rain because they're made of crunchy plastic, one ant can lift a house, 5 ants can eat it." Flash sat up enraged!He glared at Squawky-Rawkus with sinister overtones in his glare of angry potency! "Are you talking. about Uncle Ernie Ant and Uncle Edgar Ant?" he roared. "Are you casting the dry stones of aspersion at their revered sister aunt Minnie Ant, and grandfather Bartholomew Ant and grandmother Tessie Tee?" 3 "Now, now, now," soothed Miz Pinky, "I declare I purely do believe that you animals are starting to behave like — children!" 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