Outstanding Stories » Inspector William and the Stolen Crown Jewels

“Inspector William and the Stolen Crown Jewels” is one of the outstanding stories (sub-junior) of the second biannual International Short Story Contest 2018 written by Syed Arsalan Sabiry, BISB (British International School of Brussels), Belgium.

Inspector William and the Stolen Crown Jewels

It was a cold winter night in London. Suddenly burglar broke into The Tower of London. There were security laser beams and security cameras. Despite these facilities, guards couldn’t notice that the burglar entered the tower. Unfortunately the burglar carefully went through the laser beam. Carefully he took out the circuit boards from each camera. Luckily one of the guards was in the security footage room. When he suspected a movement, the guard rushed to the Crown Jewels. As he reached there, he found that the Crown Jewels were stolen already. The guard was shocked. “The Crown Jewels are stolen” shouted the guard!

The next day of the incident was breezy winter morning. Inspector William was having a cup of coffee in his office. Worried his chief rushed to the Inspector's office. “What happened chief?” asked the Inspector taking a sip from his coffee? “The Crown Jewels have been stolen from the tower of London”. Shouted the chief!

Quickly Inspector went on the case. He drove to the tower of London. While investigating, he found circuit boards leading to a trail. The circuit boards led to the window. He noticed that there was a kung fu ninja grappling hook rope. He thought that the burglar must have quickly escaped out the window with kung fu ninja grappling hook rope, sliding down and ran away as quickly as possible. He slid down and finally reached the ground. Later he took the kung fu ninja grappling hook rope. He found there another circuit board on the ground. He picked it up and under it was a note that said, “Bank 15 Street”. Although without wasting time Inspector rushed to the bank yet it was too late the bank had been already robbed. The burglar stole 90000 dollars from the bank. Starting his investigation he asked some questions from Mr. Odoors who worked in the bank. He asked what time had the burglar came in the bank and robbed the bank.

The man replied “It was 12:00pm”. The Inspector looked at his watch it was 12:35. While investigation he found another note that said Market 50 street 1:40pm. Oh no! It was 1:35pm he had 5 minutes left to reach the market. He drove faster than ever and saw the burglar, he chased him but suddenly, he disappeared. He went to the market and asked the Shopkeeper Jim how much money the burglar had stolen. Shop keeper replied “500 dollars”. The Inspector found another note that said London Helicopter leaving 2:10pm. It was 1:40 pm but he had time.

Within minutes Inspector called for backup. He drove to the London Helicopter when he reached there it was 2:09pm. He saw the burglar getting inside the helicopter he quickly hand cuffed burglar who was named Henry. Finally due to his bravery and courage Inspector William was awarded which will be life time achievement for him.