The Case about
Charlie’s Owl
By Eric
Charlie’s
housekeeper drove me to the station.
“Why are you
driving me here?” I asked.
“Charlie has a
mission for you.”
“What? A
mission?”
“He needs you to
be a bodyguard.”
“For whom?”
“For his owl.
Yesterday, a note on the owl’s cage said: Tomorrow is a nice day, if the owl
flies away. So Charlie thought the guy who wrote that note wanted to catch his
owl on today’s train.”
“How could he
know that?”
“Because his
neighbors all know that his owl is going to the hospital for examination on
this train. Charlie is very very busy, and he needs you.”
“I’ll complete
the task and find out who wrote the note. Where’s his owl now?” I asked.
“Here you are.”
He gave me a cage covered by a blanket and said, “It needs some rest. It’s
sleeping. Do your best to keep quiet.”
“Okay.” I said
and got on the train with the cage. A few minutes later, that housekeeper got
on the train too.
“I’d better go
with you.” He said.
“I don’t mind.”
I said.
The train
started. I don’t like this kind of case. I have to be a bodyguard for an owl
while I couldn’t see it with my eyes at all. And I don’t know Charlie’s
neighbors, either. I liked clues; I need some clue.
“If the guy
wanted to catch the owl, he or she must in the same train carriage with the
owl. How many neighbors of Charlie are in this carriage?”
“Three. They are
a fat woman, a musician and a biologist. Well, the train is starting, and I
have to go to my seat. Goodbye.” He said and went to another carriage.
I find them.
These three guys look very normal. I should be careful. But it’s not my style.
When I solve cases, I ask everyone I could ask for clues.
Maybe I should
talk with these guys.
(To be
continued)
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