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            | CONTEST:  Mystery Haiku! 
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				Anikka 
 Babelfish | 
                Aug-18-2007 12:19
                
                
 Do you write haiku?
 Syllables begin with five,
 Then seven, then five.
 
 And now your challenge -
 We all love a mystery!
 Write one for us, please.
 
 Of course, there are rules;
 Mysteries must be Haiku.
 Here's an example:
 
 She died at midnight;
 Sherry and strychnyne don't mix...
 The butler did it.
 
 One haiku is all
 You have to tell your story.
 (Much unlike these rules)
 
 Spelling's important;
 So is plot, so be careful!
 And it MUST make sense.
 
 You may want a prize.
 In fact, there will be prizes!
 ...When I think of some.
 
 August thirty one -
 Last date of submissions, please,
 Just before midnight;
 
 Exact server time
 Is eleven fifty nine.
 Don't miss the deadline!
 
 
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							Sophie4 
 Gopher to the Sleuth Gods | 
                            Aug-20-2007 12:32
 Two laid down to sleep
 Only one arose next  morn
 Cat, where is that mouse ?
 
 
 
 
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							Paranoid_Android 
 Story Teller | 
                            Aug-20-2007 18:13
 sure it's been done... hmm to death
 
 Another victim
 falls to the ground. The wind laughs.
 The death of a leaf.
 
 
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							Paranoid_Android 
 Story Teller | 
                            Aug-20-2007 18:44
 Bricked in the chimney?
 Well, he swore to keep her near!
 Til death do us part.
 
 
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							Stooby 
 Well-Connected | 
                            Aug-20-2007 23:13
 Mystery? Or Morbid?
 
 The great Haiku debate roles on... I'll get my thinking hat on and see what I can come up with...
 
 
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							Stooby 
 Well-Connected | 
                            Aug-20-2007 23:20
 Where are my keys now
 Here one minute, gone the next
 To find them I vow
 
 
 
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							Sophie4 
 Gopher to the Sleuth Gods | 
                            Aug-21-2007 05:15
 I dedicate this poem to Stooby, not morbid and still a mystery to some:
 
 Jelly donut, good
 How did the jelly get in?
 I don't really care
 
 
 
 
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							SleuthTips.com 
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                            Aug-21-2007 19:37
 I see no seam. None.
 How do they make the T-shirts?
 The ones with no seam?
 
 
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							Stooby 
 Well-Connected | 
                            Aug-22-2007 08:02
 Why is Sleuth so slow?
 Are the Servers running low?
 Wake up Sleuth and go.
 
 
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							Stooby 
 Well-Connected | 
                            Aug-22-2007 12:17
 Why did he do it?
 Someone tell me why he did.
 Then where is he hid?
 
 
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							Stooby 
 Well-Connected | 
                            Aug-22-2007 13:03
 Who dun it? They cry.
 What's your alibi? I ask.
 To the nick for you.
 
 
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