A Thief and His Accomplice

When I set the teapot, plate of cookies and cup down on the little tea table by the fire, it looked so pretty I thought I'd take a photo.  Well.  I couldn't find my camera anywhere in the house, so I trudged out to my studio.  There it was, right where I'd left it.  By the time I got back to the house and the fire and the tea, someone had stolen one of my cookies!

Penelope (on the left) is doing her best to look completely innocent, while Merlin is disposing of the last of the evidence.  Oh, well.  The tea was good, anyway...