There was a moment of silence, tense and breathless--and then Sherlock slid his hand into John's and squeezed gently.
"And I beat him," he finished, with a sly grin. "I took the right one. The murderer was killed by his own weapon."
Some of the adult Watsons were clearly a little uncomfortable with a story that ended in a dead murderer (at least while the kids were still up), but everyone under the age of ten was instantly won over by this incredible ending. How many stories did they get to hear, after all, where the bad guy died because somebody else was clever?
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There was a moment of silence, tense and breathless--and then Sherlock slid his hand into John's and squeezed gently.
"And I beat him," he finished, with a sly grin. "I took the right one. The murderer was killed by his own weapon."
Some of the adult Watsons were clearly a little uncomfortable with a story that ended in a dead murderer (at least while the kids were still up), but everyone under the age of ten was instantly won over by this incredible ending. How many stories did they get to hear, after all, where the bad guy died because somebody else was clever?