Thursday, December 21, 2006

The Ming Poodle: Chapter XXXV

Ben Hansen

"AIEEE!" shrieked Ben. My money has been stolen!" He then wondered idly why somebody would break into his house and only take $25 from his wallet and not the other $400 or any of his other belongings. He dismissed it as unimportant. Today was, after all, the day when Hugh and Ben would discover who it was that Neil Craper was meeting on the Orwent express. Ben was so excited he decided to find Hugh, wake him up and scream in his face a little.
He found Hugh in the park conveniently located next door to his house, sleeping on a bench. Ben woke him up and screamed at him a little. Hugh punched Ben in the face.
"Why are you here?" asked Ben, dabbing at the blood running from his nose with a tissue.
"I wanted to sleep."
"Why not at your home?"
"I forgot that I had one."
"Right..." Ben looked awkwardly at Hugh. "By the way, did you steal $25 from my wallet?"

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