The Case of the Vanishing Vegetables

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Detective Snapper sat at his desk, organizing his case files by color and size. His green scales gleamed under the lamp as he carefully labeled each folder with his best handwriting. The phone rang suddenly, making his tail swish with excitement. "Detective Snapper here," he answered in his professional voice. "Missing vegetables?" His golden eyes widened. "From the entire community garden? I'll be right there!" He grabbed his detective kit and hurried out the door, his webbed feet slapping against the pavement.

At the Riverside Community Garden, a crowd had gathered around Mrs. Rabbit. She wrung her paws nervously. "Every single carrot from my patch - gone!" she cried. Mr. Turtle nodded sadly. "My lettuce too. Disappeared overnight!" Snapper pulled out his notepad and began writing quickly. "When did you notice they were missing?" he asked. "This morning," everyone answered at once. The detective's mind was already working. Who would take vegetables in the middle of the night? And more importantly, why? This was definitely his strangest case yet.