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Bucolville is in shock! An atypical thief is wreaking havoc in the peaceful village, stealing residents’ socks when they hang them out to dry in the open air.
The small village of Bucolville, usually so quiet, has been shaken for the past few weeks by a series of unusual events. To everyone’s astonishment, a vandal as mysterious as he is elusive is committing surprisingly peculiar thefts: socks are disappearing inexplicably from the village’s clotheslines. The victims, caught off guard by these unusual thefts, are in an uproar.
“It was my best pair of merino wool socks; I received them for Christmas,” laments Émile Dupont, a visibly affected resident of Bucolville. The rogue seems to have a precise modus operandi: he only steals high-quality socks, leaving behind the synthetic ones.
The local police, intrigued by this mysterious case, have launched a thorough investigation. The mayor of Bucolville, Mr. Leblanc, even announced at the last town council meeting that surveillance cameras would be installed in the areas most affected by these unusual thefts. “We will not tolerate anxiety settling in Bucolville because of a phantom sock thief,” stated Mr. Leblanc.
In the meantime, the residents of Bucolville remain on guard, doubling their vigilance when they hang their laundry. Several of them have even opted to use indoor drying racks, hoping to deter the miscreant. “I don’t understand what could drive someone to commit such acts,” exclaims Mrs. Lefèvre, a resident. “Is it a form of protest against the globalization of the textile industry? Or simply a disconcerting obsession with socks? We live in a strange world, my friends…”
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