Barney the Policeman

Meet Barney Binns. He is a policeman. Look at his uniform and his big shoes. Barney lives in Peel. Peel is a very quiet town near the sea.

Barney rides a motor cycle and smiles a lot.

Barney reads a lot of books. He is a very clever policeman. He reads mystery books about detectives. In the stories, the detectives always catch the thieves. Barney wants to be a detective in a mystery book!

Barney lives at the police station with his cat, Fuzz. They live in Green Street.

There is a tree in Green Street. Can you see the nest on the branch? A magpie called Megsy lived there. Megsy was naughty. She stole shiny things. In her nest were jewels, coins and watches.

People in Peel were angry. ‘Why don’t you catch the thief?’ they asked Barney. ‘I don’t know who it is!’ said Barney. ‘It’s a mystery,’ he said to Fuzz. ‘I will be a good detective. I will catch the -thief!’

One day last month, Megsy stole a gold coin. She flew up to her nest in the tree. She wanted to put the coin in her nest with all her shiny things. Mrs Dimmer walked along Green Street. She walked under the tree.

Suddenly Megsy dropped the coin. It fell on Mrs Dimmer’s head.

Mrs Dimmer felt her head. ‘Where am I?’ she said. She looked in her mirror. ‘Who am I?’ she said. ‘Oh dear, I can’t remember!’ Mrs Dimmer forgot her name. She forgot where she lived.