Officer Bruno

The suspicious squeak

Officer Bruno heard a sharp squeak near the airport's lost-property desk. He stood still and listened. Squeak. It came from behind a row of suitcases. He checked each one, slowly and carefully, while the clerk watched.

At the last case, he found a small rubber duck. Someone had packed it in a side pocket without closing the zip. Every time the suitcase rolled, the duck pressed against the handle.

Bruno carried it to the clerk and filled out a lost-property form: ONE YELLOW DUCK, VERY VOCAL. Just then a child came running up. “That's mine!” The duck squeaked as Bruno handed it over.

He kept his stern expression all the way back to his post. When nobody was looking, he wrote one more note: OWNER AND DUCK REUNITED. Both appeared delighted.