Baa'd to Death_A Cozy Mystery Novella by Sarah Jane Weldon

Author:Sarah Jane Weldon [Weldon, Sarah Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Isla Britannica Books
Published: 2018-10-04T23:00:00+00:00

14

It took me a long time to find aunty Gwawr. She had been searching everywhere in the fields and around the farm for any place at all that a sheep might hide. She didn’t think that Seren was likely to hide in or near the chicken shed, but it was the only place that she hadn’t searched, and she wanted to be doubly sure.

“Aunty Gwawr. Aunty Gwawr” I barked. “Come quickly. Up by the river, I think I’ve found something”. It was hard to bark with being so out of breath from my fast run, but I wanted to get aunty Gwawr and Mr Shepphard to come to the river as quickly as possible. If Seren had indeed slipped into the river, then there might still be a chance of helping her, especially if she had managed to find a branch to cling on to.

Aunty Gwawr ran off to get Mr Shepphard and as soon as he appeared, he instructed us to jump onto the back of his quad bike. It was the quickest and easiest way to travel across the mud and fields on the farm. And there was just enough room for me and aunty Gwawr if we budged together tightly.

Mr Shepphard revved up the engine and drove as fast as he could towards the river where I had left the twins Blodwen and Heddwen. I hoped that they hadn’t gotten into any trouble in my absence. The last thing the farm needed was for the two young lambs to fall in the cold river and drown.

“Over there” I instructed, “by that tree on the river bank”.

Mr Shepphard came to an abrupt halt as he cut the engine and slid himself off the plastic moulded seat. But it seemed as if he was already too late.

Blodwen and Heddwen appeared at the top of the slope, both bleating uncontrollably. Blodwen managed to get her words out as she comforted her sister. “Over there. In the water at the bottom of the river. It’s Seren, she’s dead”.

Heddwen held up a shiny metal object, covered in blood. “It was Briallen who murdered Seren. Look this is her bell. The murder weapon”.

Aunty Gwawr ran over to the twins and comforted them as best she could. But she did not believe for a moment that Briallen could do such a thing. Briallen was good friends with Seren, they were close, and there was no reason at all for Briallen to do such a thing. But she had to admit, the evidence did indeed point to Briallen and it clear how Seren had died.

I took the silver bell and collar from the twins, and examined it closely. It certainly had Briallen’s name on it, and there was a large dent and some blood, presumably Seren’s as if she had been struck on the head with it. But there was something not quite right about it, and it could be that Briallen had lost it here on an earlier visit, not connected with the murder. And then I spotted it, the thing that was odd.

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