Fic: Left, right, left, right!: G

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Title: Left, right, left, right!
Form/Word Count: 221B
Characters/Pairing:  Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson, Ferret, Mouselet, Aemelia Vole
Rating: G
Warning/Content: The Ferret is practising his marching

 

“Left, right, left, right!”  Crash!  “Oops!”

Dr Watson hurried into the room.  “Oh no, there’s ink everywhere!  For goodness sake, stand still, you’re getting inky footprints all over the table.”  He swept the Ferret up with one hand.  “What happened?  No, don’t tell me now, let’s get rid of this sticky object first.  Holmes!”

Sherlock Holmes appeared, and Watson thrust the disgruntled Ferret at him.  “Here, you can sort him out.  It was your plan.”

“I’d almost got it that time,” the Ferret objected.  He waved his paws and Holmes held his arms further out to avoid getting his shirt splattered with ink.

As they departed, Watson said, “Tell me what happened.”

Mouselet had been watching from a safe distance.  “He was practising his marching again,” the ‘again’ was heavily emphasised.  “When he found he was standing on only one leg.”

Aemelia Vole was sitting next to Mouselet.  “Any normal creature would have put the other three feet down and started again.  The Ferret, however…”

“Appeared to be trying to work out which foot he should use and gravity took over.”

“I really think Mr Holmes should reconsider his plan.  I know it only needs to work for five minutes, but he’ll be lucky if the Ferret manages five seconds.”

“I’ll have a word with Holmes, there must be something better.”