Who stole Kitty's Whiskers? Part two.
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Zelda screamed. "Sabrina wouldn't do that!" she said, putting her arms round her. Then she took them away and turned her around so she was facing Sabrina. "You wouldn't, right?" she said.
"Why did the cat have to suffer?" moaned Salem. "She didn't do it. My Sabreeny wouldn't take my whiskers! Uh-huh huh huh huh huh!"
"He's right," said Sabrina, a little outraged, and slightly flushed. "Sabreeny... wait a minute!" she turned to face the cat. "Who's Sabreeny?"
"Umm..." Salem turned away. "Uh-huh huh huh huh huh."
Sabrina ignored him. "You have no proof," she said.
The officer nodded. "Oh yes we do," he said. "We saw a female figure sneak into the kitchen. You know those telescopes in your kitchens have cam-corders?" he said. "A BLONDE female figure, may I add. Small and delicate like you."
Sabrina shook her head. Her mind raced back to what she had been doing. "What time did this happen?" she asked.
"Around two this after, while he was asleep," said Hilda, not looking at Sabrina. "I'm ashamed of you Sabrina."
"But I was at school!" she said. "Valerie, a mortal, can vouch for that! I'll ring her now!"
Sabrina dived for the phone. The officer tapped his foot.
"Excuse me," he said. "Normal procedure is, when I arrest you, you come to court. This isn't Kilroy, or something like that. But I will give you two minutes to phone this "witness.""
Sabrina quickly dialled the number. "Hello? Val! Look, this is gonna sound real strange, but can you tell Aunt Zelda where I was 2 o'clock?"
Sabrina passed over the phone. She heard chatter. A wave of relief flooded into Zelda's face.
Zelda put the phone down. "Sabrina was in school," she said.
"Right," said the officer. "I will need to bring this Valerie to court. Don't worry," he said, as panic flooded over Sabrina's face. "We will put a memory charm on her."
He snapped his fingers and a pikachu appeared. "Oops," he said. "Excuse me. Magic hasn't been working well lately." He zapped it back. He snapped his fingers again, and Valerie appeared, wearing her purple blouse and her blue jeans. She had a spoon in her hand. She looked up.
"Ah!" she said. "Where am I? I was just eating soup!"
The officer snapped his fingers again. The spoon vanished, and Valerie became normal. "Why am I here?" she asked.
"You have to come to court," said the officer. "If you don't mind. You just have to give evidence that Sabrina was at school at 2pm this afternoon. OK?"
"Yes," she said. "Come on then."
Zelda looked shocked. "I really do believe..." she began.
"Oh, who gives a toss about what you believe?" said Aunt Hilda. "How are we getting there?"
"In my supa-doopa jeep," he said. "Complete with pop-corn and soda!"
"Ooh," giggled Hilda. She pulled him over to one side. "Are you married?" she asked.
He shook his head. "OK, you can sit in the front," he sighed.
"Woohoo!" said Hilda, smiling. "I'm sitting in the front, I'm sitting in the front..."
"Aunt Hilda!" called Sabrina, as Hilda opened the kitchen door. "Aren't you bothered about me?"
But Hilda had already run upstairs and was waiting at the linen closet. She opened the door, and there was a black Jeep inside.
Zelda came up, holding Salem, who was crying again, followed by the police officer (whose name was Mr. Waddle) followed by Sabrina and Valerie. When Val saw the linen closet and the jeep inside she didn't look surprised. She pointed. "I guess we sit in there?" she asked.
"Yep," said Salem. Valerie petted the cat. "Aw," she cooed. "He's just a big ball of fluff."
"That's what he is all right," chorused Sabrina, the aunts and Salem. Salem looked hurt. "You mock me?" he said. "Just because you know when I am a man I will be bald! Uh-huh huh huh huh huh!!!!!"
"No, silly," said Sabrina. The officer was in the car. "Get in here!" he said.
"Just a normal day out," said Sabrina, smiling at Val and helping her in. She closed her eyes.
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When she opened her eyes Salem, Hilda and Zelda, Valerie and the Officer were sitting in the audience, as Sabrina called them. She was in a box she had often seen on telly, where the defendant stands. She felt like she was going to faint.
There was no-one sitting where the judge should sit. But soon a voice called : "Judge Springer! Judge Springer!"
Yep, you're right. Jerry Springer came out from behind the curtain. He stared at Sabrina, then sat down.
"I remember you!" he exclaimed. "You were the one who brought back your vice-principal..."
"Principal now," corrected Sabrina.
"Whatever. Your principal's ex-wife. Well, let's see what you've done THIS time, dear Spellman. You are charged with stealing a cat's precious whiskers, a cat who is a man in kitty's clothing. This means that..." he paused, then coughed. "He will not have any hair when he comes back. Not one hair, anywhere on his body."
Sabrina heard soemone giggle from the audience. Looking, she saw it was Hilda, as she had a sock only suitable for a giant with feet size 100 (US) in her mouth. She also heard Salem's crying. She stood up.
"How do you plead?" he said.
"Not guilty," she said. The judge looked at the jury in astonishment. Then he turned back to Sabrina. "My dear," he said. "In The Other Realm, if you didn't do it, you say "youmustbejoking" and if you did do it, you say "i'masadloser."
"Okay," said Sabrina, giggling. "Youmustbejoking."
"Ooh, so you plead not guilty," he said. Sabrina sighed. "That's what I said..."
"Tsk, tsk! I can only have your last answer."
"But.."
"Silence!" He banged a razor on the table, which broke in two pieces. "You have a witness to say where you were, I gather? Valerie. Come up to the witness box."
Valerie came. "Sabrina vaz een zee sossage lob hart doo hocluck," she said. Sabrina was astonished. But Jerry Springer seemed to understand. "Good," he said. Sabrina partly understood.
"My lord..."
"You may call me The Father."
"Hmm...okay, The Father, this is very different to courts in the mortal Realm."
"Indeed! Our court should not be compared to Mortal Courts. They are cofuffle and annoying. They should all be burnt down to the ground!" he said. "Anyway, let us now look at the video."
Sabrina saw it. She had to admit, it did look like her. But there was one thing wrong.
"The Father!" she said, after watching the video. "I would NEVER tie my hair back like that. And," she added, "from that video, I think I know who the culprit is!"
Jerry turned round and glanced at her. He looked at the jury. They all nodded. "Ok," he said. "Who do you think it is?"
Sabrina leaned over, so she had full view of the audience. "The Father," she said slowly. "I'm sorry to say, it was, I think, and I should know...my Aunt Hilda."
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