The Valley of Fear, Part 2: Christmas Morning

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Valley of Fear
Title: Christmas Morning
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: “You need not be ashamed to be frightened of him. It is Teddy Baldwin.” “Just the same old Teddy Marvin, at your service.” Holmes wouldn’t have had a teddy as a child as they weren’t invented until 1902. But he could still have had some kind of toy bears…



Mama smiled. “What did Father Christmas bring?”

Sherlock held up two bears.

“This one’s a policeman!”

“Lovely!” said Mama.

“And this one’s a murderer!”

“I see...” said Mama.

“I’m helping to investigate.” Sherlock stared into his stocking. “I need to question the witnesses now...”



“Is he enjoying his presents?” asked Papa.

Mama nodded. “I’ve just left him cross-examining his satsuma.”

Comments

[debriswoman]

Excellent
I hope the satsuma has a lawyer.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I believe a sugarplum will be looking after its interests :P

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the sugar mice was quite innocent.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes - absolutely. They were far too "sweet" to get involved ^_^

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

Satsumas could be awfully shifty in those unregenerate days.... and what was Mycroft doing?

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Mycroft was seven years older and naturally far too grown up for playing Policemen and Murderers.

He was playing Government with his knitted kittens.

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

*snorfle* Yes, of course...

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

I'm not a huge kid!lock fan, but I always enjoy the stories about young Sherlock being detective/playing crime scene with his toys. Well done.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^_^ I just couldn't resist using the coincidence that two VALL characters were called "Teddy" ^_^

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

"Come along, you rascal," said the Police Bear. "We found your little pig friend's body in the dustbin."

"Oh, bother," said the Murderer Bear.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

And as another part of my innocent and happy childhood is chipped away... *goes for lie down*

(^__^ I don't know if you've read Small Hobbit's Winnie-the-Pooh slash fics...)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

:O ...Can't say as I have. Something new to look up.

I did once write the Council of Elrond in the style of a.a. milne.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, we've all done that :P (Your writing never ceases to amaze me ^^")

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Thanks! You write for nearly 40 years and you start to get good at it.