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MORE SOLVING FUN WITH INSPECTOR CALVIN

A major city bank had been robbed, and as usual the police were unable to turn up any clues. As always in a case like this, the phone call went out to Inspector Calvin, the man who could solve any crime.

After only a few seconds of searching, the Inspector found loose floor boards under the bank vault. He removed them, and discovered a tunnel. It seemed to be the perfect crime. For the first time, Inspector Calvin seemed baffled. The thief could have gone in any direction. There were hundreds of choices. The remainder of the police force was busy evacuating the city, so Inspector had to work alone and quickly.

Constable Boticins was requesting that the Inspector also leave the city, but Calvin would not evacuate until he had an idea who had taken the money. "I have never been stumped and I never will be," he insisted.

The constable persisted, "...but if you don't leave, you will be killed by the radiation in five minutes!!" Still the Inspector remained, claiming that he would stay till the very end. "I admire your courage sir, but it is a hopeless case," the constable pleaded. Finding his argument useless against the stubborn Inspector, he walked away, hurrying out of the city.

Reluctantly, after a full four minutes of nothing, Inspector Calvin walked weakly to the city evacuation bus. As he was almost out of the danger zone, it hit him.

He had found the thief: Can YOU??

ANSWER:

The answer is given clearly in the story. Read the last line again. "As he was almost out of the danger zone, it hit him. He had FOUND the thief."

The key word in this sentence is FOUND. Inspector Calvin had not solved the crime, but he had found the thief. As it clearly says above, it HIT him.

It looked dismal for the Inspector, but his record remains unbroken, and he has solved every case he has taken.

Did YOU?