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Stop, stop! I had my sadness Now I could tie it in with the role Bea wantedpanda had been my most treasured possession for years I loved it and had been a wreck since I lost it If I didn't find it here in the city's lost and found, I'd be devastated

Interestingly, the lost panda story alsoof ave the officer a little sniffle and began my sorrowful tale

"My panda! I lost it last week Do you have it?" I curved "

Now so for a stuffed anie 24 So what if it was a little immature? And if Officer Lost-And-Found asked about it, I had a story all worked out

But he didn't care "Yeah, we have it" He flashed a smile and started to type into his computer

I knew he had the panda It had been there for a week, ever since Carl and his grandson had brought in But the officer's quick recollection of the pandastuffed pandas are hard to ignore-which would be good-or they'd discovered so for it to be claimed And that would be bad, possibly prison-time bad

I started to sweat from the con tension Funny how this never happened to ain, wrapped around my spine like a serpent I reuns were involved, when the people I was conning were dangerous or powerful When, for exa full of arave any indication that he thought this was an unusual claim, I needed to leave But for now, I continued to play ether with a relieved sigh "But are you sure it's ns about this, I'd simply say it wasn't mine

"We have someone's panda Could be yours Let's see" He consulted the screen "When did you see it last?"

"Tuesday, in the park" I gave hi story so I could watch him more closely and sense for trouble "I know I shouldn't take it outside like that, but I'd just broken up with ave hih "She never liked him"