Suddenly, Lemy was no longer sad - he was stunned
and shocked, as he realised that the diamond he had purchased
earlier was... a fake.
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"How could
he??!!! spluttered Lemy
indignantly*(1).
"I'm going to go
back there
and....and..." |
Hold on a minute," said
Rascal in a concerned voice. "Who sold you that piece of fake
jewelry??"
"It was a duck - said that
his name was D...Desmond??..no, ....David??" answered Lemy, still
upset.
"No, I remember - he said
his name was DEVIOUS!!"
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Rascal looked at his friend and shook his
head. "Lemy, how could you ever buy anything from a person
whose first name is Devious?"
"Well, how was I to
know - what does "devious" mean? And besides, he looked so
honest." |
| Rascal
could not help but laugh at his friend. "You silly
Lemur...OUCH!!"
Lemy gave Rascal a
knock on his head "How can you laugh at me!! I'm already so
upset." |
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"C'mon, there's no need to
get so upset - afterall, I just helped you in a way" responded
Rascal rubbing the top of his head.
"Oh yeah?? And just HOW did you
help me?" demanded Lemy
Rascal cleared his throat,
and began speaking in his best lecturing*(2) voice. "Lemy, if I
hadn't accidentally smashed that diamond, you would still have it
now, and you would never have known it was just
glass."
| "Imagine how upset Lemu would have been if
she found out that the precious jewel you gave her was
actually a FAKE?" |
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"Hmmmm....."
Lemy considered. "You have a point there...."
"So, let's just go back
there and get a refund - and you can conk that duck on the head too,
for trying to cheat you."
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As Lemy
was about tp pick up the other little pieces of glass, he
noticed a little metal chip that was among the shards.
It was too
small to identify, so he took out his magnifying glass and
studied the metal
piece. |
| "Hey, where did this magnifying glass come
from?" Lemy asked himself, because suddenly, he had a
magnifying glass in his hands.
"Oh...it's that guy
who's writing the story - he just keeps adding in stuff like
that." replied Rascal. |
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As they examined the metal
piece, it was obvious that this was a transmitter, and to make
matters worse, it was also clear that the thing belonged to Mr
Weasel.
"See...it's printed on the
chip...THIS BELONGS TO MR WEASEL..."
"Looks like we're going to
be in trouble again." sighed Rascal |
Devious
was listening very closely to his transmitter, when suddenly,
a loud smashing sound came through the headphones.
"Yeowwwccch!! My ears!!"
he muttered to
himself. |
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As he took off the
headphones, he tried to adjust the knobs on the piece of
equipment in front of him.
"Oh oh," Devious
exclaimed aloud. "Looks like they've discovered the secret
microchip*(3) I placed in the diamond. Looks like I'll have to
work pretty fast now."
Having said that,
Devious picked up the phone and placed a number of calls. He
activated*(4) his whole gang of ducks and told them about his
plan to capture Lemy and Rascal.
"Mr
Weasel will offer a really big reward if we succeed in
catching those stripy tailed critters." he told them.
Of course, the other
ducks were only too willing to go along with the plan because
the idea of making lots of money was very tempting indeed.
And, the ducks had no choice but to follow the instructions of
Devious, because he was the only one who knew the location of
the lemur and raccoon.
How did he
know?
Well, the transmitter
that was hidden in the ring was also able to send out signals
which helped Devious plot the exact hiding
place. |
Mr Weasel was quite correct in putting out WANTED
posters all over the town because it was the quickest way to
find someone you want.
What he didn't
realise was that Devious intended to capture Lemy and Rascal
first, and then bargain with the weasel in order to raise the
amount of reward money being offered.
So, it looks like the weasel was about to be
"outfoxed" by one very smart and cunning duck!
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