Fic: The Case of the Sooty Footprints: G

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Title: The Case of the Sooty Footprints
Form/Word Count: 200
Characters/Pairing:  Mouselet Holmes, Aemelia Vole-Watson
Rating: G
Warning/Content: There is a new case and Holmes and Vole-Watson are ready to solve it.
Part of Sloth's Christmas Miscellany

 

Mouselet Holmes and Aemelia Vole-Watson were surveying the scene.  It was one of carnage, with a mince pie lying upside down on the table, its contents oozing out onto the tablecloth.  Nearby a glass of water was on its side, the remains of the water now dripping onto the floor, creating a small puddle.

“What do you deduce, Holmes?” Vole-Watson squeaked.

Mouselet Holmes sniffed cautiously at the mince pie.  “Still warm,” she squeaked back.  “The crime has only recently been committed.”

“That’s strange,” Vole-Watson continued.  “The Ferret’s Father Christmas costume isn’t where I left it.”

“I thought you told him to wait for you before he tried it on.  Especially after he’d been crawling around in the chimney this morning.”

“I did,” she sighed.  “Are you ready to reveal your deductions to an admiring audience?”

The pair giggled, and Mouselet Holmes struck a pose. 

“I think someone couldn’t wait for the mince pie to cool, took a bite, burnt their tongue and stuck their head in the glass to grab a drink,” Holmes squeaked.  “And I think I can also deduce the culprit because those are …”

She pointed dramatically and the pair chorused, “The footprints of a sooty ferret!”