I want to make it clear that the following stories are NOT MINE, but are the product of a group of hard-working young Holmesians who have eagerly listened to many a Sherlock Holmes tale.
As I mentioned in the Author's Note of Dinner at Simpson's (see Tales of Random on my profile), I have been telling stories (unofficially) to a group of youngsters for two years now. This year the stories have been about Sherlock Holmes; naturally, I was at first skeptical about my idea for telling them "old-timey" stories, but they have made me so happy by falling in love with our dear Holmes and Watson and their adventures!
In fact, believe it or not, they have gotten so excited about the stories, they have each named themselves according to the characters! They make me laugh hysterically because each of them actually look like Holmes, Watson, Lestrade, etc.
We were debating one day on who I should be (there aren't very many well-known female characters), and I recited to them A Scandal in Bohemia; when the story was over, they looked at me and said, "Your name is Irene Adler, because you're so smart you could outsmart Sherlock Holmes too!"
Needles to say, I don't believe they're right *giggles*, but it was the sweetest thing I've ever heard, and so I now answer to Irene as much as my own name, since they nearly refuse to call me anything else. (I would have made my penname Irene Adler, but it was already taken *sigh*.)
The first story will be the original manuscript they gave to me, and the second will be the same story edited by me, just in case you could figure it out.