December 20th prompt by Stutley Constable: A model boat.
A drabble.
A model boat
A tattered sail,
A battered keel;
Some patches bare
On painted wood.
He held it to the light,
And saw the splintered mast,
And understood.
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A favourite toy was
Left behind;
A well loved treasure
Dropped in flight;
He gazed around
The room,
And tried to link the
Strange events that night.
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The frantic fear
Which drove
Them out;
Two children,
And the victim's wife.
No trace,
No sign,
Of where they went;
Impelled by
Sudden
Threat to life.
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A case uncovered
Quite by chance;
The Abernetty's
Tragedy.
Suspicions raised
By parsley,
Sunk in butter,
Where it should not be...
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You will remember, Watson, how the dreadful business of the Abernetty family was first brought to my notice by the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day. ยป - Sherlock Holmes