Detectives and Thieves
Article One: Victor's "Go Away! I'm Busy!" Trick
"Hey, hey! Victor, wake up!" Scipio said, shaking him, the telephone in his hand. "Come on, dude! There's someone who wants to talk to you!"
"Huh?" The detective yawned and grabbed the phone from him. "Hullo?" He said sleepily. "Detective Vic... yawn... at your service... Heh? Say what? Ok! Uh-huh! I'm on the case!"
"What? What? What is it, Victor?" Scipio said impatiently. "What are we gonna do today?"
"I don't know... yawn... I'm going back to sleep."
As soon as his head hit the pillow, Scipio quickly shook him up again. "Come on, man! What is it?"
"Aww... Stop waking me up, Scip... Can't you see I'm busy?" He turned in bed.
"But you're sleeping! Come on! Wake up!"
"No... Now stop bugging me when I'm doing my paperwork..."
"ARGH! You're not doing anything!" Scipio exclaimed.
"Yes, I am."
"Sleeping doesn't count!"
"Sleeping is a verb, Scip. A verb. Don't you know what a verb is?"
"No! And I don't care! Now get up, you... you... you..." Scipio said, trying to lift him up. "Oh, ok, fine! I'll solve this case myself!" Then he ran out the apartment, a finger up in the air, as if he were Superman.
"Citizens of Venice! Here comes the... (drum roll please!) Thief Lord!!!"
Victor made sure Scipio was gone for sure, and then he pulled his bed covers off, stood on his bed (Superman impression), and yelled, "Finally! Now to do some detective work!" He went over to his chest full of various disquises. If he was going to solve this case, he would need these: A long blonde wig, a red spagetti-strap dress, red high-heels, and these weird funky make-up!
He better not be dressed up as Superman...