“Where did all these footprints come from?” mused Detective Sam Smith. He had been called because all the silver coins had been taken from the fountain. The footprints should have been a good clue, except for one thing. The wet prints were walking toward the fountain, not away from it!
Meantime behind the heavy hedge Wiley Wallace looked into his bag, smiled at his loot, removed a damp towel and a pair of shoes, and dried his wet feet again.
He could have just got into the fountain, got the silver, then dried his feet when he got out, but Wiley loved leaving misleading clues. Wiley loved being wily – wily as his name. So he had walked barefoot across the wet, dewy grass and across the concrete, leaving the deceptive tracks.
“Hands up,” called Det. Johnson. “Not so wily this time. Your steps led straight to you.”
“How is that possible?” wailed wily Wiley Wallace. “They pointed the other way.”
“Not if you walked backward,” smugly smiled Det. Sam Smith.
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Well, Dear Bloggers, my story shows you how “Two wrongs can make a right!” 😀
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And the moral of the story is….
Perhaps, “Don’t be so cocksure of yourself.” 😀 I don’t think I had one identified very well. It just seems that things work out well or not so well in spite of our stupidity, smugness, or smartness.
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I consider myself high-fived. I remembering “don’t get so cocksure of yourself.” But a three emoji from you if big stuff. 😀 😀 😀
because I liked the story😊
Awesome!
😀 Thanks.
This is thought provoking and fun. My moral gleaned from this is. Walking ever onward with your eyes fixed ahead. The forward goes towards eternity the backward leads you to the hedge of the past. Great Story!
Wow, you gave some extended thought to this little piece of fluff. It was very different for me. I almost tossed it, but reworked a bit instead.
Wily was over confident! He should’ve known that the detective can’t be so easily fooled! 😃
His reasoning was wrong but his conclusion was right so all’s well that ends well. 😀