Frank and George were on their lunch break when their boss came rushing out of her office. “I have an assignment for you guys, and you have to leave immediately.” she said.
Frank was still chewing on his bologna and swiss cheese sandwich, while George was washing the last bite of his turkey sandwich down with a glass of milk. George finished his milk and then looked at their boss and asked, “What is the assignment?”
“In the town of Borden everyone is astir, a murder happened.”
Frank spit out his water that he had just taken a gulp of as he sputtered, “Wh-what! A murder in that town? You mean the town that has the Fluffer Nutter Shoppe?”
Their boss nodded, “Yes, that one. The murder happened a little ways out of town, but everyone is upset, for the guy was well known. There are all kinds of rumors being spread of who the murderer may be, but there have been very little clues to go on. That’s where you guys come in at. I want you to go to the scene of the crime and see if you can figure out the mystery.”
When their boss told him who the victim was Frank and George stared at the floor for a little.
“Oh Dear!” said George
“He was such a cool guy!” Frank said and George nodded in agreement.
“Some people are saying that some guy named Luke committed the murder, but there are several that disagree with that.” their boss said.
“They don’t know what they are talking about, they are full of it!” cried George. “Luke is a total gentleman.”
Frank spoke up, “Welllll….he did seem like a nice guy, but perhaps he wanted his gold back, I had heard he had given some it away to him and some others, so he would have a motive.”
“Hmmm…” said George, “Nah! I still can’t believe it!”
“Well the sooner you guys get going, hopefully the sooner we will be able to ax the mystery and bring it to an end, so get going!”
A couple hours later Frank and George were at the little cabin in the woods, standing and looking at the blood stained floor.
“I still can’t believe he is gone.”
“Who would want to cause him harm?”
The dog laid by the fireplace, he hadn’t moved since they came in, his head was between his paws and he had the saddest expression on his face.
The little chicken was sitting on the dog’s back and he kept repeating the same word over and over again.
“Can you please get that chicken to be quiet?” George said. “Its driving me crazy!”
“A short drive to take, eh?” Frank replied, as George gave him a look.
“I have no clue how we are supposed to figure out who had it in for the Chicken Man, there is no weapon lying around and we don’t even have a body! There is just blood everywhere.”
They both sat down on the couch with their head in their hands, trying to decide the next step. They had interviewed townspeople and got all kinds of conflicting stories. Mr. Fluffer and Mr. Nutter were devastated as the Chicken Man had visited them all the time when he came to town.
Some people even suggested that perhaps it was Mr. Fluffer or Mr. Nutter. That maybe they wanted his gold! But Frank and George didn’t believe that at all, they knew those guys pretty well and they were good eggs, a little cracked perhaps, but very good eggs!
“Anna”, “Anna’, “Anna!” the chicken kept saying.
“There might be another murder about to happen soon.” George said, if that chicken doesn’t shut his mouth!”
“Anna!” “Anna!” “Anna!”
Frank slapped his knee! “I think I know who might have done it, we gotta go find her!”
“Who?” said George.
“Anna!” replied Frank. “Remember the girl who he met in the woods once and gave an apple too.” Her name just popped in my head! Lets go to the woods, there was always something that I found peculiar about her.”
They quickly left the cabin and the little chicken rolled its eyes as he fell on his back out of exhaustion. He had wondered how many more times he was going to have to say that girl’s name, until those guys would listen! Humans sure can be slow sometimes!
They were driving home, both eager to get home and take a shower. They weren’t used to digging up dead bodies! Frank’s hunch had been right. Anna had committed the vile deed and once she knew she was caught she confessed to where she had buried the body.
Frank reached over to turn on the radio. “I don’t know about you, but I need some good music to help clear my mind.”
It took a little bit until they could find a station they both agreed on, but at last they agreed on the song that was playing. You couldn’t really go wrong with Neil Diamond. “Sweet Caroline” was the song playing. The song reminded them of someone, but they couldn’t quite think of her name.
I am guessing Betsy witnessed the entire event, or at least herd it.
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Too she didn’t come to the rescue! I think that I herd that she was upset because someone didn’t believe that she was nice, sweet cow that she was. They thought it was all a disguise, that she wasn’t even a cow! Guess she showed him! 😄
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OH NOOOOOOO!!! You promised you wouldn’t kill off Chicken Man!!! 😥 I KNEW there was something not right about that Anna kid. But … this was too easy. They found Anna and she confessed, even led them to the body. WHY? What was the motive? No, it’s too pat … I think there’s more that we don’t know …
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I didn’t promise I just said that I couldn’t! LOL! But sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do! 😄
And being that you all couldn’t stop talking about dead bodies ,….
Oooih Noooo there is not more to the story , I AXED it! 😛
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Oh, you couldn’t, but then all of a sudden you could and did! Seems like maybe that song should be changed from “Sweet Caroline” to “Devil in Blue Jeans”! And might I remind you that you thought you had axed it once before … no wait … twice before? I’m thinking there’s still some pieces missing. Jason? Tippy?
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Ha Ha! Now you have that song going through my head! “Sweet Caroline” fits much better, smartie!
And you may thinketh that there are still pieces missing, but you thinketh wrong. LOL! And Jason and Tippy apparently aren’t thinking, for they are quiet. So sorry friend, you are out of luck!
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🤣🤣 We shall see …
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Like Lizzie the Axe Murder of Luke’s previous wife?
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I don’t understand how they knew this was a murder before they found the body. And I’m surprised they didn’t start looking under the white cross, first. What was Anna’s motive? Self-defense? Robbery? Revenge? Like Jill, says, we need a motive.
There are too many unanswered questions. I think this calls for another post.
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The chicken told them of course! Remember the chicken talks and he saw all! Can’t hide stuff from him. As far as motive, Anna was just peculiar, I mean she showed up in the story and then disappeared, as Colin so nicely pointed out to you all and then came back. Self-defense? No, Though come to think of it, perhaps she was defending herself against the assault of PUNS by the Chicken Man! Robbery? Perhaps, he did have a lot of gold! Revenge? Perhaps, it was mentioned before that he may have given her a bad apple, soooo….?
Sorry, can’t do another post because there is not another name left for “The End” post! I already did a “finale”, a “epilogue”, a “conclusion”, and “The End” twice, there is nothing left, so I am sorry my friend, but like Jill you are out of luck! 🙂
You all can be persistent though, so you get a gold star for your effort!
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Okay, but you can at least write an Afterword, explaining why Anna killed the Chicken Man, and solving the mystery of just who Betsy is, and maybe including a few good puns.
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Oh gosh, you just had to find another word!! There is no mystery as to who Betsy is, don’t listen to Jason! She is a COW! A plain, sweet, black and white cow. Very simple. 🙂
Including puns, HA! I leave that to the experts! I resist the temptation!
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At least one more, but frankly I see this going on for quite a while … so many unanswered questions …
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It definitely requires one more installation. I think she could wrap this up in just a few paragraphs, but the problem is, she keeps leaving dangling threads that need to be tied up.
It’s a good thing she has us to point this out, as we’re protecting her reputation as a writer. And I think we’ve been encouraging her to write a full-length novel.
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Oh I can’t find the words to show the appreciation of “protecting my reputation… and encouraging me to write a novel. ”
Yes, you all are doing this with the best of intentions, right?
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Yes of course! 👼
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LOL!
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I know … she keeps opening new doors and leaving us to wonder what’s behind them. (Don’t tell her, but I think she is secretly doing this on purpose, that she is having great fun with this)
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Either she’s having fun at our expense, or we’re having it at hers. I’m not sure.
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Let me assure you its the latter! LOL! Well mostly that is. I may have enjoyed killing the chicken man, ( sorry Jason) 🙂 knowing it would shock you all …. and Mr. Fluff and Mr. Nutt are “cracked eggs” and there may be a story behind the term “Fluffer Nutter” and I did. enjoy bringing Neil Diamond into it…BUT…..you all have made me ….smack my head…. with this story many times! I do believe its you all opening the new doors, I TRY to close them!
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I think if you include in your story a giant asteroid annihilating our planet, you could make that the final ending.
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Haha! I heard you! See my reply to Tippy. 🙂
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I did see it … and I still say you’re having too much fun with this to stop it now! 😉
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How can I continue the story without Chicken Man. Do you really want me to blow everyone up with some giant asteroid like Tippy suggested?
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Don’t you dare!!! 😱 Y’know … there is one way you could move on past this storyline … start a new one! Give us new toys to play with!
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LOL! Hmmm…..new toys, eh?
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I’m glad the town of Borden is astir; usually, it’s full of students falling asleep after another accounting lecture. And is this Neil Diamond fellow somehow involved in the murder?
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LOL! Yup, accounting would put me to sleep as well!
Oh gosh! With this story, who knows maybe the Neil Diamond fellow is involved somehow, he is masquerading as a singer.
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if Neil Diamond is involved, then that makes all Red Sox fans guilty by association…
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Okay, this is definitely a fun and crazy rabbit hole! 😉
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😉😄
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Ok. Got it. Moving on to the next one.
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Luke???? Seriously? Tippy is right? Noooo! 😱
But George is hilarious 🤣 Murder a chicken? Wouldn’t it be dinner? Haha
Sweet Caroline is one of my favorite ❤
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Don’t be foolsd by Tippy!
The only thing that would make the song Sweet Caroline better is if it was Sweet CAROLYN 😄
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True. I’m sure the songwriter made a typo and they had no chance to change it anymore after they discovered that it should have been Carolyn 😆
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Finally! I Meet someone that agrees with me!! 😉
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Oh my god, how the hell can anyone say otherwise? It’s so obvious! 😂
PS: re-reading to reprise my memory, then I found this comment. Hadn’t seen it. I think I’ve turned on too many notifications this one got push away 😅
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