All the townspeople were talking, no one could believe it. Miss. Bloomfield was dead! How she died was a mystery. She was found down by the river with flowers around her. She always loved flowers. Had a beautiful flower garden, and you often saw her with flowers in her long, chestnut brown hair. She had been especially proud of the Sunflowers that she had grown this year. In fact she had been planning on entering some of them in the contest at the fair, for they had grown so very tall.
There was no one around her when her body had been found. No one , besides her little dog Clarabelle, running around barking her head off. There had been a couple of hikers walking through the woods to the river and they were the ones who had found her. Poor Clarabelle had been running around Miss. Bloomfield, barking her little head off.
The detectives had not found any clues leading to a suspicion of foul play, it looked like she had just gone out for a walk by the river and died of natural causes. It seemed perplexing though, for she was so young. There was a book lying by her and a picnic basket that had some pieces of Miss. Emily’s prize winning peach pie inside it. She had bought it at the fair, Miss. Emily was well known for her pies.
Had Miss. Bloomfield seen something that had frightened her so badly causing a heart attack? Rumors flew around the town of what she may have run into when going for a walk in the woods. Some had said it was a snake, and Mr. Dallydiddle had said a lion, causing everyone to laugh and shake their heads. It was no secret, that he was known as the crazy man in town.
Miss. Bloomfield didn’t have a very good reputation. It seemed that she was pretty standoffish and kept to herself most of the time. Always wore a frown with her head held high as she walked through town carrying her little Clarabelle with her wherever she would go. The dog was really sweet, but sadly no one said the same about her owner.
Still, no one thought that anyone in the small town would ever think of harming someone. Sure people had their squabbles with each other, but overall it was a really friendly town. Giving out traffic tickets was about the only job the police had to do.
Mr, Snodapple was very popular with the police. He held the record for the most speeding tickets. The police usually would catch him speeding going down Mulberry Hill. He would keep a box of cream filled donuts in the car and would offer the cop one each time, hoping to bribe them. Most times they would take the donut and he would still get the ticket, but sometimes they would be in a generous mood and let him off the hook. Everyone liked Mr.Snodapple, he was an older gentleman that usually had a sparkle in his eye, and a dance in his step. He might be old, but he still could dance a little jig pretty well.
The town was quiet and peaceful for the most part. In fact when that strange cow appeared with sunflowers around her neck, in the dog parade that other night, that was one of the most exciting things that had happened in awhile. No one had seen the cow around town since then.
So what had happened to Miss. Bloomfield by the river? Would anyone ever know? Rumors would keep circulating for a bit, but in time they would probably die down. For now people were enjoying seeing Mr. Snodapple with Clarabelle! He lived alone and the town agreed that sweet Clarabelle would be perfect for him. They were right, his smile was even brighter now while walking around town, with little Clarabelle prancing along beside him.
Whenever a young lady dies of natural causes, the first thing I think of is too much coffee. After all, Miss Bloomfield was energetic and perky, a bit standoffish and filtered, and was found on the town’s grounds. Although her death was unexpected, it’s perfectly explainable, so nobody should have a cow over it.
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Oh my gosh! I just never know what to expect do I! “Standoffish and filtered….on the town’s grounds….” Yeah, I won’t have a cow I just may 😶🤚!
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Moooo! Quack!
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…mmm…!!
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I didn’t think Betsy would ever murder anyone. A pig maybe, but not a person.
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Betsy….sweet Betsy….murder a person??? Noooo! You are going to make poor, sweet Betsy cry.
And I am sure she must have had a good reason if she actually killed a pig! The pig must have done something awful!
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She had always loved flowers, had a beautiful flower garden and often had flowers in her hair. She was thinking of entering her sunflowers in the contest at the fair. Sounds like a cheery woman but, always wore a frown with her head held high, was standoffish and had a bad reputation. I’ve got it. She suffered from multiple personality disorder and she was choked to death, internally, by one of her personalities…or Mr. Snodapple did her in with a donut so he could have Clarabelle…or Dallydiddle’s Lion, perhaps? No. She had an aneurysm because she struggled with all the weird names.
Betsy hasn’t been seen since because she was sent west…remember?
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I think she got a ride from Tucker after this unpleasant business with Ms. Bloomfield. Myrtle probably witnessed the entire event but who listens to a turtle.
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I think I need my salted caramel latte!
Tucker was just an innocent truck driver driving down the road. I don’t think he makes a habit of giving rides to cows.
How do you know that it wasn’t the peach pie that did Miss. Bloomfield in?
Oh gosh, how did Myrtle get into the story? How could she have made it the whole way out West, turtles move pretty slowly I do believe
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Myrtle hitched a ride with Tucker
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So Tucker has unknowingly become an accomplice in Betsy and Myrtle’s plan now?
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That is what I am forced to conclude.
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“Forced to conclude..” yeah, right! 🙂
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Okay I am more awake now. Had my Dark chocolate banana coffee. 🙂 Does that sound better than salted caramel?
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It sounds like something that you would like, so…
Are you awake enough to figure out what Betsy did to Ms. Bloomfield?
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LOL! Yes, that is about the same response that my husband has.
I may have to think a little more about Betsy. 🙂
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Sounds good to me.
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Yay! Someone that agrees with me on the yummy sweetness of coffee! 🙂
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Dark chocolate? Banana? Coffee? I’m there.
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I would believe the pie explanation if it was shoe-fly pie.
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…mmm…!!
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You know, I considered poison peach pie…
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LOL!
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Oh my gosh, my head! LOL!
You are accusing sweet Mr.Snodapple who always had a sparkle in his eye?
Miss. Bloomfield and all the other townspeople live out West! Betsy was sent West, before the fair, remember! 🙂
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I didn’t see anything in the story that indicated location. But, Ok. They are out west and Betsy has been a bad cow? She put Miss Bloomfield out of her schizophrenic misery?
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Miss Bloomfield is not schizo! LOL!
Jason thinks Betsy is a bad cow, I didn’t say she was ….
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😀
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how is Clarabelle still alive without a head? And why would Mr. Snodapple want such a dog?
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How am I still sane?!!
😶🤚!
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🙂
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IDK. Miss Bloomfield isn’t.
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LOL! Barked it right on off…
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He doesn’t need any encouragement!
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LOL!
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exactly!
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😀
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Maybe Tanya/Anna is out on parole and poisoned the pie? Sounds like we need Detective Betsy to come back from the West and get to the bottom of this.
And, I like banana chocolate coffee in the afternoon too. It’s flavored decaf without sugar (I only drink the caffeinated stuff in the morning), so it isn’t even bad for me 🙂
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Oh gosh, your imagination! LOL!
He banana is a fruit, so yup, its good for you! 🙂
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Who is Tanya? Betsy is a detective?
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Tanya is from my Anna/Annie series that will forever haunt me! Same series that Betsy and Myrtle the turtle are from.
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Ah. Gotcha.
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🙂
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