A mystery is solved...

Mariam
Hi there, it’s Mariam again and I’m here to tell you more about murder and intrigue in 19th Century Paris - and about a detective who has to work out who committed a very serious crime.

Detective Dupin thinks this voice might belong to the owner of the ape who feels he might be blamed for the ape’s behaviour. Dupin doesn’t want to run the risk of losing him so he advertises for the owner of a lost ape and manages to track him down and gets him to confess what happened on that tragic night.

The ape’s owner, a sailor, explains how one night the ape is playing with his razor, he then ran away taking the razor with him. The sailor desperately ran after him but couldn’t catch him. Attracted by a light in the victim’s window, the ape climbed up the building and entered through the window. The woman screamed which made the ape panic and cut her throat and threw her out of the window. He then turned on the victim’s daughter by strangling her. Then he escaped through the window which then shut behind him. The sailor saw all this but was traumatised and ran away.

So clever Detective Dupin has got to the bottom of this murder mystery - and what a gruesome one it is - and I’ve come to the end of my story. Oh by the way, the ape was found and sold to a zoo - so we can all sleep safely tonight!

Well, that’s the end of my story. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope it didn’t scare you too much. And I hope to see you soon.