Tintins holiday and the
missing Treaty of Waitangi.
A sunny day with a warm temperature makes a
great day to be about, especially at the beach. “This looks like a nice spot to
eat” said Tintin. As Tintin spreads his blanket out on the sand, the only thing
on his mind was the Fish n Chips he was about to eat for lunch, and the only
thing on Snowy’ mind was the tasty bone he’d found in a rubbish bin some miles
back.
As Tintin lies down after devouring his
delicious lunch and slowly falls into slumber, he is woken by Snowy who has now
finished his lunch and began chewing what looks like a newspaper of some sort.
Tintin, intrigued by the matter runs over
to see what it really is. When he finally manages to get it off Snowy, he reads
the following “WANTED, for the THEFT OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI”.
“Great snakes snowy!” It’s Thompson.
Thompson has been a friend of Tintin’ for
years but what he couldn't understand was why on earth he was in New Zealand
and why there was a WANTED poster for his arrest.
“This can’t be right; Thompson would never
do such a thing. We must go to the Museum immediately!” Said Tintin.
Tintin and Snowy gather their belongings
and make their way to the museum. When they arrive, the shiny, reinforced glass
box in the centre of the ground floor of the museum along with its gold
detailing and greenstone plaque is empty. “I wonder what he would want with it,
it’s of no use and priceless to him…”. As Tintin walks around the room, rubbing
his head he notices a light purple handkerchief with paisley detailing and the initials
T.T on it.
“A clue snowy, is this coincidence or has
our friend really been here and stolen this piece of history, we must look for
him before somebody of more authority does”.
Having just exited the front entrance of
the museum, Tintin notices Snowy has disappeared. He turns around only to see
snowy run around a corner.
“Snowy, wait!”
Tintin curious as to where Snowy is headed
chases after him and finally manages to see why the sudden change of direction.
A trail of cheese scone crumbs. He catches up to Snowy but only because the
trail of tasty scone crumbs has stopped. With a fork in the pathway, and no
more crumbs to follow, the pair are lost... “What now?” says Tintin.
Achew!
“Snowy, did you hear that?”
Achew!!
“I think it came from that bush,” pointing
towards an area of macrocarpa trees. Tintin and Snowy make their way toward the
bushes, and after pushing among the trees they stumble upon the person they
heard sneezing!
Thompson!
Tintin!
“What are you doing hiding among these
trees? And what on earth are you doing here in New Zealand, have you been
following us?” Said Tintin.
Before Thompson could explain, he couldn't
help but sneeze again. “I believe this might belong to you” said Tintin handing
him the purple handkerchief he’d found in the museum earlier.
“Why yes, yes that is mine. Thank you”
Replied Thompson.
Before
anything else could be said, Tintin pulls out the wanted poster. “Thompson, why
on earth did you steal the Treaty of Waitangi from the local museum, and don’t
lie because we found your handkerchief at the scene” said Tintin.
“Please,
let me explain. After rumours circulated in Bali about a Treaty agreement
between the Maori and Pakeha people, my brother was out to steal it hoping he
could hold it for some sort of ransom, I thought he was only kidding, but after
he booked a flight I had to chase after him and stop him from stealing the darn
thing” responded Thompson short of breathe.
“That explains your handkerchief at the
scene”. Said Tintin.
“Exactly, I was barely able to walk around
and look for clues before I was being chased and blamed for the theft of it.
That’s why I’m here in this bush; the local authorities chased me for a good
mile. I simply had to hide” said Thompson.
“We must go to the authorities immediately!
Explain to them the situation, you can’t hide here forever” said Tintin.
“It’s weird, I overheard my brother talking
on the phone before he left, it was mumbled banter, but from what I made out,
he would be leaving with the Treaty via boat, it would be too risky flying out
with it” said Thompson.
“Well that’s that then, we’ll go to the
Authorities, tell them what’s happened and we’ll head to the docks to see if we
can catch him. He’s not going to want to hang around if he’s already stolen it!
Said Tintin.
“Put this hooded sweatshirt on and keep
your head down” muttered Tintin.
The trio snuck from among the bushes back
to the walkway they had come down, to be sure nobody see them and think it be
suspicious. Tintin walks at the front, snowy at the back with Thompson in the
middle hoping they won’t draw too much attention to themselves.
“That’s him!”
Out of nowhere, four officers jump on
Thompson taking him to the ground. They arrest him and take him for questioning
regarding the stolen property. They sit Thompson down and begin to interrogate
him.
“What do you have to say for yourself?”
“I may look like the guy on your WANTED
poster, but you have my word, it’s not me but my brother. Here, I have photos
of us together” said Thompson as he pulled a wallet from his pocket.
“I came here to stop him from stealing the
Treaty but as a result our identities have been mixed up. Look, all I know is
that I overheard him talking on the phone about leaving for Thailand via boat
once this Treaty thing had been stolen”.
“I suggest you go to the docks before it’s
too late!” Demanded Thompson.
The authorities immediately race down to
the docks, where in the distance they see a familiar face loading cargo onto a
boat named “The White Lady”.
“He wasn't lying” whispered one officer to
another.
“Hold it right there!”
Before the Thief could climb up his rope
ladder to escape, the authorities had him by the ankles.
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