The Five Orange Pips: The Spider at 221B

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Five Orange Pips
Title: The Spider at 221B (part of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

It is a good job I am better at trapping things in my web than Holmes is.  His client is dead and his so-called flies have been caught by natural causes rather than by his clever spinning.  If I were like him I most certainly would go hungry. 

Now I must go; I can see Mrs Hudson wielding a duster.

Comments

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

So now Mr Holmes has been beaten by three men, one woman, and a spider. He should work on the man-statistics. ;)

I've always secretly believed that dusting is evil.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I have the same feelings about dusting!

[debriswoman]

Yes, a reflection on one of Holmes' most tragic cases. Even a spider sees this as a failure.

Nicely done:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. There seemed to be no particular redeeming features.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Now I must go; I can see Mrs Hudson wielding a duster.

I love the image this conjures up. The spider, resting its head on one of its many legs, chatting and gossiping about its flatmates with a visitor until trouble approaches.

The question is: who is the listening visitor?

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Possibly a fairly large beetle that didn't feel threatened by the spider.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Poor Holmes, there is at least one denizen of 221 who has no sympathy for him. :-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yes, this spider felt there was rather more talk than timely action.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Superb! I love all the spider analogies here. Perfect for Halloween too! Have a particular fondness for spiders anyway.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I suspect you are more sympathetic to spiders than Mrs Hudson is.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Most likely! LOL!