we were a formidable team
my two sisters
one friend
and i
an ad-hoc precinct
fashioning ourselves
the finest of sleuths
solving crimes
all around
our neighborhood
it was our job
our destiny
the four crows
walked the streets
the fields
the woods
looking for clues
to crack puzzles
imagined
and
created
as we
dreamed up
our cases
finding empty pill bottles
asking a neighbor
if he killed his wife
as we hadn’t seen her
found out
that she had died
left a note
for a woman
who yelled at her children
telling her she was too mean
found out
they were adopted
asked her to give them back
we clearly
way overstepped our bounds
as detectives
sometimes
tend to do
all
in pursuit of justice
in an attempt
to right the wrongs
to restore balance
in a community
that didn’t know
they needed us
or that we were
always looking out for them
in the most secret of ways
plainclothes
and
undercover
as a
murder of four crows
all under age 8
—
“the case called for plain, old-fashioned police leg work!”
― donald j. sobol, encyclopedia brown, boy detective
Ha! I collected all the Hardy Boys and Tom Swift at that age. Mysteries were everywhere.
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ooh, and i loved nancy drew
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Hey,I nominated you for the versatile blogger award. 🙂
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thank you so much, that was really kind of you )
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My Pleasure. 🙂
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Oh our sweet childhood and the terror that we caused. I liked your investigatory work -all in the name of justice 😊 K and her equally young cousin disappeared one afternoon at a family BBQ. My brother was a leader of Neighborhood Watch at the time. We thought the terrible 2 were in the bedroom playing, they were 6? Brother received a phone call from a neighbour saying, some children have been going round saying there has been a double murder…. We took terrible 2 when they got back home straight tot the Police Station..so they could have a bit of a lecture. Scared the **** out of them. Sorry went a little overboard. 😔
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i think that’s great! we were kind of running rampant and caused all kinds of trouble, more than really solving things i think!
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We weren’t that helpful at eight. We borrowed a wagon and went from door to door asking for magazine. Then, we went back and tried selling them. 😀 😀 😀
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oh, i love that so much! and i don’t think we were really helpful, either )
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Kids just wanta have fun.
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that’s it!
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Oh my…..the older I get the more tame I realize I was. 🙂
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and i realize how out of control we were )
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Oh, that is fun!
>
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it was for us, not sure how much the adults enjoyed it!
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you’re still
formidable
at
any age
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thanks, and i’m going to take that as a compliment, ann )
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you’re taking it the right way!
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thanks!
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Sounds like you had some fun adventures!
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oh, we sure did!
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Very sweet. Did your group have a name?
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we were the four crows, sue )
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Oh, that was your name! I thought… well, I guess I don’t know what I thought. Sleep didn’t go well last night. Note to self: don’t comment when exhausted.
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no worries, sue )
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This made me laugh hard. Excellent.
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happy to hear. hope it was a hearty chuckle.
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It was a good one. It’s not often that I laugh out loud that hard.
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good for the soul )
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Sure is.
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Ha! I love that you did that Beth! Out of the mouths of babes… ❤
Diana xo
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thanks, diana!
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Well, crows are quite clever… 😉
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you are so right, lorna )
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That’s so sweet and vibrant and full of mischief. Your characters came out really vividly
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thank you, peter –
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I can picture the formidable sisters and a friend, investigating. You told this so well, love the details and the fun way you told this. Kind of scary and serious stuff mixed in there, too. Just like a real crime story!
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It really was a mix – thanks, robin )
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Loved it! A cool bunch of kids with big hearts.
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thanks, tiny !
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adore this!!!!
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thanks, susie. we were into social justice even back then )
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Beth this is so gorgeous I really think you should write a children’s novel based on what you did. I think it would make a wonderful story. Kath.
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aw, thank you so much, mm. what a kind thing to say )
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What fun. What talent. What imagination to be a detective and saving the world at 8-years-old. 🙂
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thanks, it was all pure fun and adventure.
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And now you all are older crows, my friend. Wiser, too, Beth. And you still hold that sense of adventure. 🙂
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yes, older and hopefully wiser )
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Oh, wiser, yes, Beth.
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That is so cute! And how embarrassing about the man’s wife! 😉
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thanks, rachel. and yes!
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You were brave, and wanted justice…even if your intentions misfired.
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That’s a great summary of us – thanks
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You’re welcome, Beth.
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