Fic: White and Scuttling: G

[smallhobbit]

Title: White and Scuttling
Form/Word Count: 146
Characters/Pairing:  Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson, Ferret
Rating: G
Warning/Content: Something white shoots across the floor

 

“There it goes again,” Holmes exclaimed.

“What?” Watson asked, looking up from his newspaper.

Holmes pointed to a small white object which started drifting across the floor before it began to roll, stopping with a thump against Watson’s chair leg.

“Ah, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come,” Watson remarked.

He picked the object up, extracted the Ferret and shook out the pillowcase.

“I am practising for our Hallowe’en pageant,” the Ferret explained.

“I thought Mouselet and Aemelia were making your costume,” Holmes said.

“They will be, but they’re too busy making their own at the moment,” the Ferret grumbled.  “So I thought I’d improvise.  If I cut some holes for eyes, I think it will be okay.”

“I am not sure Mrs Hudson will appreciate holes in her pillowcase, old chap,” Watson said.  “Better to wait for Mouselet and Aemelia.  There’s plenty of time yet.”

 

Comments

[scfrankles]

Holmes pointed to a small white object which started drifting across the floor before it began to roll, stopping with a thump against Watson’s chair leg. “Ah, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come,” Watson remarked. Some very amusing imagery ^____^ And well played, Doctor ^____^

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - just a normal day at 221B Baker Street!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I quite like the idea of Ferret in A Christmas Carol. He could play all the ghosts well, I think.

[smallhobbit]

He'd be very good at it - especially with suitable costumes, rather than a pillowcase!

[gardnerhill]

Heh! Ferret has good taste in costumes. (I've dressed as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come a few times myself.)

[smallhobbit]

Such a simple costume, although probably not up to the Ferret's usual expectations.