BOOK REVIEWS #11 (The Burglar's Breakfast)

This story is a burglar, Alfie Briggs' one day. He only wanted to have breakfast... But?!

Alfie finished night thieving, and came home to have breakfast. Having breakfast is important thing for him. On his way home, he decided to eat cornflakes as breakfast. But he found that there was no box of cornflakes! And then, he found that there was a trail of cornflakes on the street from the door. It was definite that someone stole his cornflakes, so he started to hunt down the culprit. He traced a trail, and finally found the culprit! It was a dis pleased goat with two sharp horns! Alfie gave up his cornflakes, and changed his mood. He decided to eat scrambled egg for his breakfast.
On his way home, he stepped on shells of eggs beside the hedge. On the other side of the hedge, there was one good-humored fox surrounded many shells of eggs. At that time, he noticed one thing. The eaten eggs was Alfie's! Alfie decided to eat sardines as his breakfast with anger.
But there was no sardine in his refrigerator. He had somebody who stole his sardines in mind. His expectation was right. A cat stole his breakfast! He became very angry, and kicked it out of the house. The left alternatives of breakfast menu was a few. Next, he choose waffles for his breakfast.
There weren't waffles he wanted. There were just beaten waffles. Two mice were culprits, but they didn't eat whole waffles. Still, Alfie had no mind to eat waffles. Then, he spotted one thing in a kitchen.
It was a juicy grapefruit! So, he need only the sugar now. But the sugar was stolen by creepy ants! Furthermore, the ants stole the sugar under Alfie's nose! Alfie was roused to anger, and threw away the grapefruit with breaking through the window.
Finally he went out to have breakfast, and had enormous breakfast at a cafe. But he was not in the mood, because he felt the feeling of burgled people for the first time. He decided to wash his hands of burglar. At that time, he found an article on a newspaper. It was an advertisement offering employment of a detective service office. He thought back to what he did today. He followed a trail of cornflakes, tracked down his eggs and devious fox, caught a cat which stole Alfie's sardines, and spotted that creepy ants stole the sugar. He had confidence to be a detective in himself.
In fact, the detective office hired Alfie the same day. There was no precedent like Alfie. But he became an expert detective, and he was actively involved in catching many crooks.

This story is one burglar's one. But there is somehow a warm, friendly atmosphere in this story. Alfie is lovable person, I think.



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