Prompt: A 221B containing the words rephrased, unclothed, and bedraggled and it must include a dog. - From Demon Shuriken.

It was during a pleasant walk home Holmes suddenly grabbed my sleeve and pointed. Five older boys were chasing Bernard, who was unclothed, Alfred, and a scruffy dog.

I called to the boys and they changed their paths to intersect with ours. They ran past Holmes and when the older boys followed, he used his walking stick to force them back. The boys decided it was best to flee the furious looking detective. I knelt to inspect the two irregulars.

"What happened?" I asked.

Bernard mumbled something incoherent.

"Those boys were pickin' on us. All we wanted to do was save the dog, but they made Bernie give up 'is cloths and then chased us." Alfred said.

"They chased us cause you called them bedraggled mama's brats." Bernard rephrased, looking angrily at Alfie.

I held up my hand to forestall any further explanation and lent Bernard my jacket so he would not have to walk naked. We took them back home and let them stay until Bernard's mother could bring him a change of cloths.

They argued over what they would name the dog while they ate a small lunch Mrs. Hudson had prepared.

"The dog will be named Trouble, since that's what he's brought you." Holmes suddenly snapped.

The boys found that name to their liking, and Trouble he became.