Meowth’s
Two-Minute Mysteries
A/N: This is my first try at
a mystery and if I get good feedback I’ll continue this series. I own
zip, got that?. Hopefully this’ll be the only disclaimer for the whole
series. Anyway, solutions are at the end so you can match wits with
Meowth.
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The Case of the
Red R
Meowth
was just sitting down to tell Officer Jenny about his latest case when
a dark-haired youth burst into the police station.
“Officer,”
panted the boy, “there’s been a robbery at the Pewter Museum!”
“What
happened?” the policewoman demanded. “Were there any witnesses?”
“Just
me,” the kid replied. “I entered a mostly empty hall and saw a man
with shoulder-length blue hair knock out a guard and smash his fist
through a glass case! He had his back turned, but I saw him put a fossil
in his backpack.”
“Describe
him,” Jenny ordered.
“He
was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a big red R on the front,
white pants, black boots and gloves, with a black backpack. It was
obvious from his broad shoulders that he was a man. He might still
be there if we hurry. Let’s go!” The boy made a move toward the door,
but Meowth stopped him.
“Not
so fast,” he said. “Officer Jenny, arrest dis kid!”
WHAT
WAS THE BOY’S MISTAKE?
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The Case of the
Wrong Attack
“My
pitch last night was perfect,” Brock Harrison, the luckless ladies’-man
wannabe, moaned to Meowth. “Where did I go wrong?”
“Tell
me what ya said,” Meowth replied. “Maybe I can figga (figure) it out
for ya.”
“My
date was Violet Waterflower,” Brock said. “She’s one of the leaders
of the Cerulean City Gym, and she won’t look at you twice unless you
have some fantastic water-type. Well, since I only have Geodude, Crobat,
and Onix, I had to figure out a good story. I even went out and rented
a Dewgong to lend credibility to my story. We were just sitting down
to dinner and I was telling her about how my Dewgong had saved the day
in battle. We were behind three to one, and the battle had become one-sided.
I sent out Dewgong, my very last Pokemon. The Venusaur we were battling
used Solarbeam, hitting Dewgong square-on. Dewgong, just barely clinging
to consciousness, used a terrific Rollout attack, fainting the Venusaur!”
“That
was when Miss Violet gave you the mallet,” said Meowth. “And no wonder!”
WHAT WAS BROCK’S
BLUNDER?
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The Case of the
Silver Chalice
“Meowth,
Meowth, we’re rich!” James squealed as he and Jessie rushed into Meowth’s
room. “Look!” James held up a shining silver goblet engraved with
the words “St. Catherine, 1977”.
“The
St. Catherine was a luxury liner that went down in 1977,” explained
Jessie. “It was the St. Anne’s sister ship.”
“How’d
youse two find this?” Meowth asked, taking the chalice from James and
examining it closely.
“James
tripped over it while we were walking on the beach,” Jessie said as
James smirked happily. “It must have washed up on shore.”
“I
bet there’s lots more underwater!” James added. “We’ll have to get
some scuba gear to go look for it.”
“Dat’s
where you’re wrong, Jimmy-boy,” Meowth replied. “Dat goblet was probably
planted on the beach to fool someone. I can tell ya now, it ain’t from
1977!”
HOW
DID MEOWTH KNOW?
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Solutions
“The Case of the Red R”: The
boy told Meowth and Jenny that he had seen the man from BEHIND, but
in his effort to frame him he had made a point of mentioning the red
R on his shirt!
“The Case of the Wrong Attack”:
Unfortunately for Brock, Violet knew what any water-type trainer should.
It is impossible for Dewgong to learn Rollout!
“The Case of the Silver Chalice”:
The goblet James held up was “shining”. However, if the goblet had
really sunk with the ship in 1977, it would have been tarnished.
