Bowl

The crime was a strange one.

Although basically a break-in, there were peculiar aspects to it, and despite having a brief description from a neighbour, they never actually found the perpetrator. It began when the Bair family, the parents and their son, left their house and went out for their regular morning walk. They would do this during the Winter months, when the weather allowed. The idea was to take a brisk walk together around the local streets for twenty minutes or so, then return home to a hot breakfast. On this particular occasion, when they entered the house, they were surprised to find that things had been disturbed.

First, they found an empty bowl. It would be Mrs Bair’s habit to prepare three bowls of porridge oats soaking while they were out. Returning, she would microwave them. The bowl in question was still warm and only contained a used spoon. It was also noticed that the oven door had been left open.

Next, when things had been put right and they sat down to their hot food, one of the chairs toppled over because one of the legs had been broken. It was then that the mother had got angry and shouted at her husband to call the police. Before he had a chance to do this, they all heard noises coming from upstairs.

At this point, the three Bairs climbed the stairs together. In the main bedroom they found the window wide open and signs that someone had been asleep on the bed.

What did the Lead Detective on the case think.

“Yes, as you say, looking back, it was a strange case. It seems that on that occasion, the family, that’s the parents and their son went out without locking the house. We suspected at the time that the girl who was seen entering, was just a street person, sleeping rough, when they saw the opportunity to go in. Not much of a description except she had a shock of golden hair. The girl didn’t do much really just ate a bowl of porridge, broke a chair, then had the cheek to fall asleep on one of the beds. We were asked at the time how she got away. We were never really sure, but suspected the commotion going on downstairs by the three Bairs, when they found the empty bowl and damaged chair, woke the culprit up. She probably went out through the bedroom window, climbed down the drainpipe and legged it. We spoke to a number of homeless people. Most of them said what a nice kid she was. One of them told us she had died her hair. As you know, she was never caught.”

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