speak Insect so he said, “Ark Squark Crark?” ect. meaning arkscuse me, small crook, are you warking for Mister Twister the Farks? Or are you warking alone as a stealer? Also have you seen the ghost of Bigbad Wolf in a whisky bottle by any small chance?
The centipede said (insect voice), “It is a fair cop, misters. But I have not seen a big bad ghost and no I do not work for Mister Twister. Also, I am not a crook really. I just wanted to do loud riverdancing and get faymuss. By the way I taste horrible, hint hint.”
Then he tried to do a fast getaway but no, he tripped over his laces and got captured har har. So well done us.
Yours Xplainingly
Littly
PS He Xcaped Soonly, boo Shame. Must get smaller handcuffs.
Up the troutpool, the chilly bit
Dear Mum and Dad,
We had a good wet hunt for Mister Twister and Uncle Bigbad’s ghost today, so I bet you are going pat pat well done our cub. Yeller’s Big Ideer was to swim down and look at Lake Lemming’s bottom. Because you never know, Mister Twister is crafty enuff to hide down there. We saw some nice bubbles, also Normus caught a nice fishy tea (yum yum tasty). But no crooks or ghosts in whisky bottles, boo shame.
The ants’ football team came over today saying we can be best friends and they will give us a kick-about any time. Good, eh? Also, today we got a hansum reward because we found a lost froghopper in the long grass and took him back to his mum. She was so happy, she gave us some cuckoo spit. So now we have got some nice froth to go on cups of hot choclit, yum yum tasty!
Yours yawnly,
Laaah Waaaah Zzzzzz
Dear Mum and Dad,
It is not my fault Smells is jealous of my adventures. He always gets jealous. So go on, make him stay with you, hmmm? stroke stroke. Also, you are not fair, saying grrrrr you bet we do not earn much money being detectives because we cannot find my own dead uncle even. True we are not rich yet, BUT (big but) what about all that gold I had in my safe till Smellybreff got some gunpowder and blew it to small smithers? That made my gold go scattering all over Frettnin Forest.
Never mind, guess what? Stubbs found 3 gold coins high up in some nests yesterday! Arrrooo! So well done our Flying Squad, good searching.
Now I will tell you a bit more about what wants solving.
KIDNAPS
The Case of the Small Missing Moose
The Case of the 3 Bunnies that Hopped it
The Case of the 4 Pinched Hedgepiglets
The Case of the Lost Lion Cub
The Case of the 4 Disappeared Ducklings, ect.
Also
ROBBINGS
The Case of the Jackdaw’s Jewels
The Case of the Weasel’s
Gold Watch
SPOOKLY HAUNTINGS
The Case of the Green Bubble that Floats in the Night-time
Oo-er! What is happening? Where have the small brute beasts all gone? Who pinched the jewels and the watch? What comes floating about in the night like a green bubble? Do not fear and fret, do not get wurrid, the YFDA will soon find out. Arrrroooo!
Yours yellow-eyedly,
Little
PS Mum always says yellow eyes are friends with the dark, yes? So look out clues, we are after you even with all the lights out.
Sulking corner
Dear Mum and Dad,
Thank you for your harsh letter saying we are not proper detectives but you know somebody who is.
You say this somebody is not called a detective, but a Private Investigator which is a lot more posh. And he told you magnifying glasses are rubbish. He has got all hi-tech tools for detecting and he is called Furlock Homes-Wolf. And he is faymuss because he solved The Hard Case of the Slippery Chicks.
Now I feel all jealous.
Yours unpraisedly,
L Wolf
My desk (tidy 1 with all sharp pencils pointing same way)
Dear Mum and Dad,
Very busy work today using brute instinct and beastly senses. Today I will copy out some pages from our notebooks so you can say, hmm, nice detecting you cubs.
YFDA INTERVIEW NOTES
(Privat keep out Smells or else)
Case 1
TIME
Early
DETECTIVE ON CASE
N Bear
TIME
