The Missing Turkey Leg (standard:mystery, 1891 words)
Author: norm yantis	Added: Jun 19 2008	Views/Reads: 4017/2289	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Did Beth's best friend in the world really steel the the Turkey Leg?

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the utility room door to if Pepsi was in the back yard. I jumped and 
turned very quickly when I had heard my granny yelling “Someone has 
taken one of the turkey legs.” I started back down the hall when she 
asked me if I had taken the turkey leg or if knew who had. I said “No 
maam I hadn't taken the turkey leg and I don't know who did.” Granny 
turned and walked into the sitting room. Where she asked mom, uncle 
Fred and Jimmy about the turkey leg. I heard some whimpering coming 
from the basement. I went to open the door and Pepsi scrambled up the 
stairs. I went back to the TV room and there sat Pepsi. I wanted to sit 
beside her and continue to parade. However, as I was walking around 
her, that is when I saw it. 

It took my breath away. I crumpled to the floor and grabbed the turkey
leg and looked at her and asked “Why?” Then I started to cry because I 
knew that everyone was going to blame me for bringing her with us to 
granny‘s. So I started to take what was left of the turkey leg to 
granny and get this over with. Then I remembered that Jimmy came out of 
the basement sucking on his fingers. He also was wiping something oily 
on his pants.  I needed more proof but I didn't know how to get it. I 
learned something that day, that a great detective follows his or her 
instincts. Then I remembered Uncle Fred coming down the hall. He was 
doing something. What was he was doing. I sat there and thought about 
it, and then it came to me a few seconds later. He was closing the 
basement door. I thought at first that he was closing it because Jimmy 
had left it open. He might have been closing the basement door after 
leading Pepsi into the basement. Then he locked her in there because 
she got his shirt dirty. I was just sitting there looking at the turkey 
leg or what was left of it. Then I saw it. I knew then who had done it, 
but I had make sure of one thing first. 

So we all gathered around the table. After dad had said the grace we
passed the plates of food around. When the plate of dark meat reached 
my uncle he said “Yuk!” 

Then I spoke up and asked “Granny did anyone admit to taking the leg?”
Granny said “No, but I think I know who did though.” Then I asked “May 
I ask who you think it was?” “I don't want to get into it with you 
right now” answered granny. “Yes maam. May I say one more thing 
though?” I asked knowing if she said no my dad would ground me for 
keeping it up. As my dad started to say something to me, granny said 
“Yes you may.” Then I went on, “Please correct me if I am wrong, you 
think it was Pepsi right?” Granny nodded her head. “I can prove it 
wasn't. May I continue?” I asked. “Go head child say what it is you are 
going to say” said granny. So I took a long deep breath and let it out 
slowly. “Ok, I thought Pepsi done it also. Especially since I found 
what was left of it in her mouth.” Everyone then stopped eating and 
looked at me. My dad said “Mom I am sorry, Pepsi has never done 
anything like this before.” I quickly interjected “That's right granny, 
dad said it. She has never done it before. That is what bothered me 
about it. Why start now? I was on my way downstairs to bring you the 
remains of the leg when I remembered something. I was watching the 
parade and I noticed that Pepsi was gone. I first thought she was out 
back doing her business. She may have been at first, but my guess is 
that she came in and saw the basement door open and went downstairs. 
Then I saw Uncle Fred shutting the basement door and thought he lead 
Pepsi down there with the turkey leg so he could lock her in the 
basement for getting his shirt dirty. Something didn't feel right about 
that. So I was about to just give up and then I saw it, and knew it 
couldn't have been Fred. You see I saw human teeth marks. Everyone 
knows that Fred does like dark meat. Mom, you can't touch turkey 
because it makes you sick and dad you were gone to the store. Granny, 
you were making such a fuss over it, I don't think you would have done 
that. So that leaves only one person” 

I had said all that very quickly as everyone started to looked at Jimmy.
Jimmy just put his head down and said “I would have gotten away with 
it, if wasn't for that dog. She came down in the basement and barked at 
me, it scared me so bad I dropped the turkey leg. So I came back up 
stairs.” “Then that is when I saw you and you were still licking your 
fingers for the turkey flavor. You saw me, and hurried up and wiped 
your fingers on your pants” I stated. 

For about two minutes no one said anything. Then granny started laughing
so hard I thought she was going to fall out of her seat. She pulled 
herself together just long enough to repeat what my brother had said “I 
would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for that dog.” Everyone 
looked at each other in confusion, so granny yelled in her laughter 
“Scooby Doooooooo!” Everyone broke out in laughter. That is how I knew 
I wanted to be a detective.” 


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