A Game Of Cat And Mouse

It was 1:58 when he bolted straight up in bed, wide awake, from a dead sleep. Something was wrong, but what?

Detective Addy Boi was on the last day, of a mandatory leave from his job, as head of security for an upscale distillery.

He had a 6th sense when it came to "sniffing" out clues. Sometimes he didn’t know where to draw the line.

He'd been suspended, following an investigation into a complaint that he had been too "ruff" on his last perp, a suspected - criminal lowlife from Alley Row, Tom Feline.

They have had several run-ins over his career.

Addy's boss made a special request for him to come back, as soon as possible.

Surveying the scene, Addy noticed traces of a substance around the window ledge, along with some hair. Touching it to his tongue, he "mutt"-ered, “catnip!”

He began to sneeze. He called his hounds for back up; they had Feline "treed," before he knew what was happening.

Addy growled, barking at Tom, “you’re getting sloppy, Tom, what’s the catch?”

Tom smiled and popped a golden chunk of cheese into his mouth.

Addy knew he’d been hoodwinked.

He watched helplessly, as Minnie Mouse, squealed away.