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Tuesday 21 August 2012

day forty-eight and the charges



The sardines were slightly off. Ron and Benny's circumstances seemed to be getting more miserable by the minute now.
Ron still wanted to know what Benny was going to say about how he survived the fall. “Well, it’s like this, you see. “ said Benny. “You fle... “
Just then there was the rattling of a key in the lock and the door of the cell was opened, making a loud screaming sound. In came a large penguinman with a candle whose flame writhed and flickered in the bad air.  He was followed by a smaller penguinperson.
“I am sent to represent you in this case”, said the first. “I am the Emperor’s uncle.” he said.
“You should call His Niceness “Your Niceness”,” said the second.
“This is my butler, Shortstaff,” said the Emperor’s uncle.
“Don’t try anything - I’ve got a poker,” said Shortstaff.
“You will go on trial tomorrow morning,“ the Emperor’s uncle said to Benny. “You are charged with striking the Emperor with a missile, which is obviously a serious matter.” He turned to Ron. “And you, despite your heroic antics, are charged with being an accessory to the crime. If you don’t mind me saying so, I don’t think you have got much chance. I will do what I can to help you, though, as we penguins believe in fairness and justice. The Emperor wishes this trial to be an example of respect for birdman rights. If you plead guilty you may be treated more leniently.”
“But we didn’t do anything!”, said Ron.
“We are completely innocent!” said Benny.
“Then how do you explain it? The Emperor was hit in the eye by a snowball containing a silver button identical to the buttons of your tunic, one of which is unaccounted for.” said the Emperor’s uncle. 
“Yes, get out of that if you can!” added the butler.

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