December 26: "Knitting needles" (from Wordwielder)
"Doctor, have you seen my knitting needles?" Mrs. Hudson bustled into the sitting room, brows furrowed in concern.
Watson was seated on the settee, deeply engrossed in an adventure novel. "Hmm? Oh, no, I'm afraid I have not."
Meanwhile, in a dark corner of London, a great duel was taking place between the Great Mouse Detective and the cruel and powerful Rattigan. The dramatic clash and clang of blade on blade was too soft to echo through the streets and alleys, but had a human observer been present, they would have recognized Mrs. Hudon's knitting needles.