Sherlock Hemlock and the Haunted Forrest

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One day, Ernie was walkign down the street, when he saw a trail of jellybeans.

"Oh, wow", said Ernie, "a jellybean trail! I wonder where they lead to. In order to fidn out, I'll need to find a detective!"

And then, right on cue, Sherlock Hemlock and his faitful dog, Watson, appeared.

"It is I, the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Hemlock. What is it you want?"

"I was wondering where this trail of jellybeans leads to", said Ernie.

"Egad! Jellybeans!", exclaimed Sherlock, "Somebody is probably taking a hike, and using a jellybean trail in order to know how to get back and not get lost."

"But who could be doing such a thing?", asked Ernie.

"Woof!", barked Watson.

"That's right, Watson", said Sherlock, "We'll have to follow that trail of jellybeans."

"Well let's go", said Ernie.

They followed the trail, but then came to the end of the trail, with nobody to be found.

"Egad!", said Sherlock, "This trail must be the work of an invisible man".

"No, I think that whoever made this trail ran out of jellybeans", said Ernie.

"That too", said Sherlock.

They then heard some crying.

"Who could be crying?", asked Ernie.

"Another mystery to solve",s aid Sherlock.

"Woof", said Watson.

They saw Prairie Dawn, crying.

"What's wrong, Prairie?", asked Ernie.

"Well, I had bought a bag full of jellybeans, and now they are all gone", said Prairie.

"I wonder how that happened", said Ernie.

"A hole somehow got in my jellybeans bag, and they must have spilled out, one by one.

"Hmm, just like how we saw a trail of jelybeans, one by one", said Ernie.

"Egad!", said Sherlock, "I've figured out the mystery!"

"You have?", asked Ernie and Prairie.

"Yes", said Sherlcok, "Prairie Dawn had a bag of jelybeans. A hole was somehow made, causing each jellybean to fall out one by one, leaving a trail".

They walked back to the end of the jelybean trail.

"Amazing!", said Ernie, "You've solved two cases in one!"

"That's true", said Sherlock.

"How can we ever repay you?", asked Prairie.

"How about with these jellybeans?", asked Sherlock.

"That's not such agood idea", said Prairie, "Eating off the ground can cause you to get sick."

"Oh, well, no reward is neccessary", said Sherlock, "Just be thankful that your mystery was solved by the one and only Sherlock Hemlock".

"Did you say your name was Sherlock Hemlock?", asked a man who was standing behind them.

"Yes, I am Sherlock Hemlock, the world's greatest detective".

"Well, I am the lawyer of your late uncle Edgar", said the lawyer, "Your uncle Edgar just passed away".

"This is news to me", said Sherlock, "I didn't even know that I had an Uncle Edgar".

"Well, your uncle told me to find you", said the lawyer, "He said that you will inherrit five million dolars".

"Egad!", said Sherlock.

"...If..", added the lawyer.

"Oh, if what?", asked Sherlock.

"If you go on a hike through the haunted forrest", said the lawyer.

"Oh, I cna do that", said Sherlock, "I fear nothing".

Watson then barked.

"Aaah! Oh, oh, it's just you, Watson", said Sherlock, who was startled by Watson's bark.

"You will need some witnesses", said the lawyer.

"My dog Watson will be a witness",s aid the lawyer.

"Oh, I'm sorry", said the laywer, "But testimony from a dog isn't allowable."

"Well, then... why don't you come with me?", asked Sherlock.

"Are you crazy?", asked the lawyer, "I don't want to hike through that haunted forrest."

The lawyer then gave Sherlock his buisness card and left.

Sherlock then turned to Ernie and Prairie Dawn.

"You want to know how you two can repay me?", asked Sherlock.

 

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chapter 2

Sherlock Hemlock had gotten a few witnesses to join him, including Ernie, Bert, Prairie Dawn, Forgetful Jones, and of course, Waston. They made it to the gate of the forrest entrance.

"Well, here we are", said Sherlock Hemlock, "The haunted forrest."

"My, it looks so spooky", said Ernie.

"I can't believe you talked me into going here, Ernie", said Bert.

"I forget what made me come here", said Forgetful.

"Well, let's get this over with", said Sherlock Hemlock.

They walked into the forrest. It was very dark and gloomy.

"Oh my, it sure is dark and spooky here", said Prairie Dawn.

A heard of bats then flew past the group.

"Aaaahhh!", they all screamed.

"After looking at this forrest, I promise to keep the planet clean", said Ernie.

"God", said Bert, "You can start by cleaning the living room", said Bert.

"Uhhhh...", said a shaken Prairie Dawn, "I'm just going to give up".

Praire Dawn turned around and attempted to walk out of the forrest, but then Bad Bart at the entrance, holding a knife.

"AAaahhhh, it's Bad Bart and he's got a knife!", screamed Prairie Dawn, who ran the other way scvreaming. The others followed.

"I wonder why she'd so scarred", said Bad Bart, "Could there be a monster behind me?"

Bad Bart turned around, and didn't see any monsters. A live-hand fat bleu anything muppet then showed up, carrying a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread.

"I've got the peanut butter and bread", said the live-hand fat blue anything muppet.

"Did you remember the picnic cloth?", asked Bad Bart.

"I'll go back to the car and get it", said the live-hand fat blue anything muppet.

Bad Bart then looked at his knife.

"Hmm, maybe I should keep this in my pocket until the picnic begins", said Bad Bart.

The others had run very fast through the forrest.

"WEll, I think we're almost done", said Prairie Dawn.

"I hear that the forrest is big enough to keep us walking for fourteen miles", said Sherlock.

They then saw a sign that said "You have walked four miles".

"Oh, dang it", said Bert.

Two deformed pigeons then flew onto the sign.

"Hey, look", said Bert, "Pigeons!"

"Uh, not only are they boring", said Ernie, "But they are also scary."

"Don't be such a crybaby, Ernie", said Bert.

Bert then looked down.

"Oh, boy!", said Bert.

"What is it now, Bert?", asked Ernie.

"I found a bottlecap and a paper clip!", said Bert.

"Well, Bert, I think we should keep going", said Prairie Dawn.

"Going where?", asked Forgetful Jones.

"To the end of the forrest", said Ernie.

"What forrest?", asked Forgetful Jones.

"This forrest", said Bert.

"Oh, yeah", said Forgetful Jones, "I forgot."

They walked for a long time. Eventualy, they got to a sign, whiuch read "End of forrest - half a mile".

"Well, we're almost at the end of the forrest", said Sherlock Hemlock.

"Woof!", said Watson.

"And it's about time", said Prairie.

"About time for what?", asked Forgetful Jones.

"About time we got out of here", yelled Ernie, who ran to the exit. However, he soon fell into a hole, and then a net shot out from underground, up into a tree branch. Ernie was now caught in that net, hanging.

"Egad! A net!", said Sherlock Hemlock.

"Don't worry, Ernie", said Bert, "We'll get you out of there."

Ernie looked at the nearby exit sign.

"So close, and yet, so far", sighed Ernie.

 

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Chapter 3

Ernie was trapped in a net hanging froma tree.

"Hmm, I wonder how we can get him down from there", thought Sherlock Hemlock, who then looked at the tree, "I know! We can climb this tree and save him!"

"But I don't know how to climb trees", said Bert.

"Yeah, neither does Watson", said Sherlock Hemlock.

"I know how to climb trees", said Forgetful Jones.

"Then go save Ernie", said Sherlock.

Forgetful Jones walked to a sign and started climbing it.

"That's not a tree, you nitwit", said Bert, "That's a sign".

"Oh, yeah", said Forgetful, "I forgot".

Forgetful Jones then went to the tree, but tried to go down.

"Uh, you are going down, not up", said Prairie Dawn.

"Oh, yeah", said Forgetful Jones, "I forgot".

"Wait a minute", said Ernie, "But why don't you just untie that rope?"

Ernie pointed to where the rope was tied to.

"How could we have missed that?", asked Sherlock.

"I didn't miss it",s aid Forgetful Jones.

"Then why didn't you say something?", asked Bert.

"I forgot", said Forgetful.

"One of us should untie it and hold onto it, slowly bringing Ernie down", said Bert.

Watson went to the rope and puled on it with his teeth, only the weight of the net puled Watson up in the air as the net fell back into the hole, and Watson falling down intop the hole.

"Oh, no", said Bert.

However, Ernie was able to climb his way out, and brought Watson with him.

"We're safe", said Ernie.

"Thank heavens", said Bert.

"Well, I'm still scarred", said Prairie Dawn, "Let's go to the exit over there".

"Oh, good idea", said Bert.

They all then ran to the exit, but then a group of big, frightening monsters suddenly got in their way.

 

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chapter 4

The monsters gave mean looks at them.

"Where are you going?", asked the biggest monster.

"We... We are just going to leave the forrest", said Bert.

"What were you doing here in the first place?", asked the slightly smaller monster.

"I forget", said Forgetful Jones.

"I had to take a hike here in order to inherrit a big fortune", said Sherlock Hemlock.

"Makes sense", said the slightly smaler monster.

"May we go now?", asked Prairie.

"Of course you may", said the smalest monster, "But... our forrest is very nasty. Do you all think you can come back and help us clean up?"

"I guess so", said Sherlock Hemlock.

"Okay, then you are free to go", said the biggest monster.

They all left, and the monsters looked in the hole.

"Oh, rats", said the slightly smaller monster, "somebody broke our net".

Later that day, they all went to the lawyers office.

"Well, I walked through the haunted forrest", said Sherlock Hemlock, and my witnesses can vouch for me".

"Woof!", said Watson.

"That's right, we did go", said Bert.

"And boy, was it scary", said Ernie, "Right, Rubber Duckie?"

Ernie squeaked his rubber duckie.

"We all hiked through the haunted forrest", said Prairie.

"What haunted forrest?", asked Forgetful Jones.

"Okay, you've all convicned me", said the lawyer, "however..."

"However what?", asked Sherlock Hemlock.

"It turns out that I contacted the wrong person", said the lawyer.

"I guess that explains why I'd never heard of my uncle Edgar.

"It turns out that I was supposed to contact Sherlock Hancock, not Hemlock", said the lawyer.

Just then, Sherlock Hancock, the fat blue live-hand Muppet, showed up, along with Bad Bart.

"Well, I walked through the haunted forrest", said Sherlock Hancock.

"It's interesting that you called on his cell phone as we were having a picnic in the forrest", said Bad Bart.

"Well, here's your money", said the lawyer, who handed Sherlock Hancock a bag full of money.

"Great", said Sherlock Hancock, "I can use this money to clean up the haunted forrest".

Sherlock Hancock and Bad Bart then left.

"So you contacted the wrong person?", asked Ernie.

"We had to hike through that scary forrest for nothing?", said an angry Bert.

"I didn't even wan tto go through there", said Prairie Dawn.

"What happened again?", asked Forgetful Jones.

"Now, I tell you what", said the lawyer, "I'll make it up to you all."

"Oh, yeah, how?", asked Bert.

"I'll take you all on a trip to Sesame Place", said the lawyer.

"Well, whata re we waiting for?", asked Ernie.

"Let's go", said Sherlock Hemlock.

The End

 

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alternate ending

Here is an alternate ending:

The Mupets then went to the lawyers office.

"Well, we made it through the haunted forrest", said Sherlock.

"It was scary", said Ernie.

"If it weren't for the paper clip and bottle cap I found and the pigeons I would have hated it", said Bert.

"I forget what hapened", said Forgetful Jones.

"I beleive that I am entitled to an inherritance", said Sherlock Hemlock.

"Okay, wait a minute, let me bring my nephew out", said the lawyer, "Harvey!"

Harvey Kneeslapper then came out.

"Ha ha ha ha, there is no inherritance or Uncle Edgar", laughed Harvey.

"You walked through that forrest for nothing", laughed the lawyer.

The lawyer and Harvey Kneeslapper then laughed uncontrollably.

"You mean we did it all for nothing?", asked Bert.

"Yeah, and you fell for it", laughed Harvey Kneeslapper.

"Get them!", shouted Ernie.

"Uh-oh", said Harvey and the lawyer as they ran away from the others.

 

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This is so Coooooooooooooooooool!

 

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By the way, in case you are wondering, the lawyer is meant to be a human, not a Muppet.