On the left was a hat stand with two stylish police hats To the right was a glass cupboard with a black pistol inside it and a terrifying baton The cupboard was always locked In front of it was a great big desk with an old-fashioned stamp on it A little further in was the old prison still with its barred door But for now this was where the police chief slept If you crept in there you’d see the chief still snuggled up in bed Mouth open snoring lightly with soft little sighs The bed was large and Police Chief BuQy was small like a cinnamon bun beneath the cover BuQy was a mouse zero years old She was the one looking after the police station while old Police Chief Gordon was away Taking a break a very long break actually Suddenly the stillness of the night was broken 2
Someone was scrabbling at the windowpane Scrabble scrabble As if a hungry animal were trying to get inside BuQy woke at once and sat up in bed Outside the window a large shapeless thing was scrambling around in the garden Grunts and sighs could be heard Still in her pink nightdress BuQy ran on tiptoe to the door Now through the other window she glimpsed the large dark head of the terrible thing Or was it two things She gathered her courage opened the door and asked into the night What have we here then No one answered It was quiet Far away the owl hooted a clue In the name of the law said BuQy Complete silence She sniQed to catch a scent Nothing although she could detect a hint of her old friend Gordon All his old things still smelled of him of course Or she might have been imagining it Because at that moment BuQy was missing Gordon 3
She was suddenly frightened A small mouse alone in the big forest The wind howled and her tail was ice-cold Her whiskers trembled Maybe she should call the police Then she remembered she was the police BuQy stared out into the darkness She was afraid But she was a police oTcer who always did what she had to do In that regard she was very brave She called out Welcome to the police station We’re here to help you Her voice was a little shaky Then she went back inside She put on her Rne police hat and sat down at the large desk A little mouse in a pink nightie A big hat with a gold badge A big stamp in her hand She bravely hummed a song she was meaning to write A marching song for police on parade She wrote a note about what had happened 4
BuQy had been working on her writing all summer She could do it very well now But scrabbler was a word she’d never written before She took out the stamp Placed it on the paper Moved it a little to the right Moved it a little to the left Pushed it with all her might Kla-dunk When morning came and the sun shone in through the window she was still sitting at the desk She hadn’t had much sleep that night BuQy made a cup of tea and ate her morning cake a walnut ball which tasted wonderful She took an extra walnut too Eating nuts made her full of energy 5
