“If you crack his head open you'll probably find that his brain's gone AWOL as well,” said Stitches. “He'll be able to challenge Flug in next year's densest being competition if he keeps this up.” Flug had won this year by being so dense that he'd turned up on the wrong day of the wrong month in the wrong village.
Gullett had given up on the note and was now talking to various people in the crowd. After he'd enquired if any of them had anything to eat he thought he better try to find some witnesses, thus affording Ollie and his colleagues a chance to examine the scene. Even a cursory glance told the story and it quickly became evident what had happened to Mandrake's leg. It was also evident that Gullett would remain a simple village bobby until the end of time because he'd missed not only
