"Fancy those crooks stealing my crown jewels" growled the King of Turkey swallowing hard.

"They must be cuckoo!" "What a hope!" "A cockeyed plan!" said the king sternly, still smarting

as he wrenched his lapel.

"I can catch them whenever necessary, however, it was a brave notion to rob in daylight" he

muttered.

"Devilish awkward", said the queen sipping her tea gleefully. She had no regrets and thought

it a bit of a lark.

"Do double-check and take a gander at the rockery". Their gazes wandered further on in that

direction as the king craned his neck to look.

The thieves had scooted and they had raked over the earth and hidden the lost riches under a

Half inch of soil during the night. In gale conditions it had not been worth rushing away. It did

mean, however, the jewels were swiftly recovered.

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