Chapter 3 - Police

Finally the car turned a familliar corner, he was taking him home. The car stopped, and the cop turned around towards him. His face was angry as he said, "Ok, you can get out of the carr, but don't do anything."

Zero frightendly got out of the car and headed up the apatment building's stairs. When they got to his apartment the cop gave a quick loud knock on the door and it swung open instantley. "There you are!" his mother cried.

Then she saw the cop and her eyes filled with worry, and she muttered, "Oh no."

Then she said in a worried voice, "Come in officer, would you like me to get you anything?"

"No," he replied in a raspy voice. "Your son has stolen a famous athletes shoes, named Clyde Livingston.



"No!" His father gasped.

Zero, still in shock exclaimed, "It's not true, the shoes came out of nowhere!"

The cop chuckled, " yah right, just like...then he paused and smelled. then he exclaimed," Ugh, what's that smell?!"



"Well, Zero's father said nervously, I've been trying to find a way to recycle old shoes."

"Oh, the cop said unsatisfied, Well, anyway your son was running with the shoes of Clyde Livingstonin his hand, when I found him and pulled him over."



Then after a lot of discussion, the cop finally said, "Ok, your going to testify in court, on the twenty third of September."



Today it was the 12 of December. "What!, Zero's father exclaimed, why so late!"

The cop announced, " Because Clyde has a lot of baseball games and things he needs to attend to."

Well, alright." His mother replied.

Then the cop left, and the family had a long discussion, then Zero's parent's believed that he was telling the truth.

Then his mother announced that it was time to go to sleep.

she sang the song to him that she sings every night. Which is, "

If only If only the woodpecker sighs,

The bark on the tees was as soft as the skies

While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,

He cries to the mo-oo-on

If only if only.



Zero finally drifted off to sleep, thewn all of a sudden had a horrible thought, "What will Kimberly think?!!!