Fic: The Ferret's Hat: G

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Title: The Ferret's Hat
Form/Word Count: 200
Characters/Pairing: Dr John Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes, the Ferret
Rating: G
Warning/Content: The Ferret is most displeased.

 

Dr Watson and the Ferret had been out once again with the barrel organ.  Their musical offering had been received about as well as it usually was, but they were only required to generate sufficient distraction for Holmes to enter the back of a small shop without being noticed, so Watson wasn’t too bothered. 

Watson kept half an eye out for when Holmes re-joined the crowd and, as soon as he saw Holmes nod, he breathed a sigh of relief and told the Ferret to take his final bow.

At which point the Ferret’s little red felt hat fell off his head and a cheeky pigeon swooped in and stole it, flying away before the Ferret had time to grab it back.

There was nothing more which they could do, so, chittering, the Ferret had climbed into Watson’s coat pocket and Holmes and Watson walked back to Baker Street, the Ferret complaining bitterly all the way. 

Once there, they found Mouselet and Aemelia Vole looking out of the window and giggling.

“Come and see,” Mouselet called.

They went over to find out what the two little rodents were looking at.

“That pigeon,” the Ferret exclaimed crossly, “is wearing my hat!”