then finally tipped it over It was absolutely forbidden to make noise at night This would have to be investigated Hmm Buffy said quietly to herself Maybe a deer happened to push over the can Or it might have been that crow looking for something edible Who who Hmm Detective Buffy had a friend called Gordon an old toad He used to be Chief Detective but he was now retired Gordon still lived in the police house and could help when necessary
Although lately he had mostly been lying in bed reading books He'd cleaned out his attic and found a whole box of books about trolls Gordon had become so engrossed in the troll stories that he'd soon read them all Now he lay in bed like a round lump He was also humming Hmm I think it must be Bang he said Ha I always figure out what's going on What said Buffy looking up from her report Bang is the richest troll Gordon explained to his friend The two police looked at each other You're not talking about Badger's trash can are you said Buffy No I'm reading an adventure story about trolls And I think Bang has hidden all the gold in question said Gordon I've read all the troll books now and I'm beginning to understand how trolls think Long before the end of the story I figured out what would happen Buffy jumped down from her swivel chair and stretched her arms wide No one thinks the same as oneself said Gordon 7
Everyone is different We must understand that otherwise we make mistakes in our police work You and the crow for example think completely differently In what way Buffy asked You always want to solve problems The crow looks for terrible things she can tell others about Buffy put on water for tea and took eight cakes from the cake tin Two for herself and six for Gordon as usual Gordon went on reading Ha he said It was Bang I knew it You have to watch those trolls Buffy poured them each a cup of tea Gordon climbed laboriously out of bed His legs creaked and he had to adjust his ample stomach 8
Gordon was a very wise toad who thought a lot There was no one who thought exactly the way he did Trolls don't exist said Buffy Do mice said Gordon and he laughed Mice do said Buffy Of course said Gordon It's easy to deduce that mice exist You only have to talk to one to find evidence of it Buffy nodded pleased She was a police officer and she liked evidence We have not seen any trolls to date but that doesn't prove anything We haven't ever talked to a monkey either Do monkeys exist Well said Buffy Swallows often talk about monkeys when they come home from Africa That's a form of evidence But I still don't think there are trolls Ha but what do we know about the future Maybe we'll meet a troll tomorrow even Or tonight because trolls can't be out in the daytime You have to be prepared for the unbelievable Who would like the last nut cake Buffy didn't want to talk any more about trolls Gordon chuckled 9
