The Pet Thief

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lack shoes run come. In red beard, shiny whistle whistles Fweeeet. Ho, ho. Raggedy Andy cried. Its the Policeman again with false red whiskers. Squealing drainpipe my hand pulls from wood. Rust flakes fall. Yellowgreen he from my shoulder falls, hollers Wahwahwahwahwahwah. Windows holler above. Tomatoes, cabbage, onions hit bricks, hit stones. Hit my back. My mouth hollers. My foots run. Clucking chickens scat sidetoside. Corner comes. My legs crouch. My eye orange supermiracle bubble wand hides. In windows hand hand fingers thumb holler, Stop him The Gypsy Hes getting away. Cobblestones Metal helmet bang bang bangs. He hollers, yellowgreen sleeves slap slap, black stripe shoes kick, helmet bang bang bang. Black cap blue sweater stands over yellowgreen jacket, hands out, shiny whistle in red beard mouth. My son My son. says red hair brown dress, pushes blue sweater, kneels beside hollering he. Yellowgreen jacket Brown dress hugs, Brown dress Red hair Freckly hands hit, hit metal helmet Poor mouse, my poor dear joli souris, you must have been so frightened. My eye orange supermiracle bubble wand hides. The kind hearted Policeman took a little blue book from his pocket. The book told how to be a detective and the Policeman read it carefully. After a minute or two, he followed the footprints which led up the cobblestones. On and on went the Nice Policeman following the well marked footprints below the crookedy walls of the village. B My eye supermiracle bubble wand hides. Ha, ha. the Policeman laughed in a loud voice, You are just silly if you think you can fool me with your disguises. My eye Bubble wand hides. Black cap red beard blue sweater come. To my eyes Eyes go. My hands foots run, hopping chickens holler, co co co. Fweet. whistle mouth says. My ears Earplugs hide. Black cap black shoes clonk clonk clonk. I seen you before. Your picture. Youre missing. Arrête. Alto. Warten. Windowsill. Drainpipe. Lamppost. Blue sky. Whos your caretaker. says red beard. Hands show. Black shoes shuffle. Scratch. Scratch. Come. The Nice Policeman whispered, Are you all alone. Raggedy Andy made no reply for he knew it would do no good. On pavement behind, black cap blue sweater comes. Blue sweater hides big tummy. Baton hand holds. Comes. Whats this now, Ludovic. A kidnapper. Put that buzzer away, Jérôme. red beard says. I seen him. The bulletins. Hes one wots gone missing. Cest bien, young man. We are friends. Amis. Freunden. Understand. No worries. We only want to help you get back to the right place. Raggedy Andy looked right at the Nice Policeman and said with a smile, So you came to arrest me, did you. Eyes get dark. Hand hand fingers thumb. Big arms black cap red beard come. Dirty yellow nails. Red cut on thumb. Blue sweater cuff blue thread hangs from. Lamppost jumps, hitting my bum, bitty bum bitty bum, bum bum bum. On tiptoe spin, my knee comes up Arms go up My coat Blue sweater bumps, spins me dum ditty dum ditty big tummy comes Allee spins Red beard runs Dum ditty Ugh Lamppost Blue sleeves hug My foot climbs hip We like to hop Blue sweater Black cap We like to hop on top of pop Red beard hollers Stop you must not hop on top of pop. Lamppost my hands foots climb. Wha the bloody ell was that. says little black cap little black baton big tummy below. Red beard tips, lamppost sits between black pantlegs. Black cap Hand pushes, eyes show. As he sat thinking very hard, the Nice Fat Policeman pulled the little blue book from his pocket. He looked carefully to find a way to catch Raggedy Andy and arrest him. Down below, big tummy bends Help you up sarge baton slips under blue sweater arm. Blue sweater red beard Blue sleeves lift Opah Ludovic black shoes clap clap stones. Black caps blue sweaters stand little, below. Lets get you dusted off. Hand slaps big black botty. Merci, Jérôme. Okay, thats good. I said thats good. Hand slaps hand. Ça suffit, Jérôme. Its cos Im holding my baton in one hand and touching your arse with the other, sint it. big tummy says. You should be more secure in your masculinity. Red beard, hands on hips says, O. Perhaps youd show me the way. You could answer the phones while Eugenia...