Watson's Woes July 4 - Good Deeds and Best Intentions

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Title: Good Deeds and Best Intentions

Author: Pompey

Universe: Basil of Baker Street

Rating: G

Warnings: none

Word count: 125

Summary: Basil and Dawson try to do something nice for Mrs. Judson.  It doesn’t end well.

Prompt: July 4 - Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots and gillyflowers

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Basil and I had always planned to bring Mrs. Judson a sample of her favorite fruit at some point that July.  The fact that our sitting room had been reduced to shambles during the capture of Big Bruce the Chinchilla Captain merely sped up our timeline.  We set out the next day in search of a perfect apricot. 

One narrow escape from a broom, an unexpected rainstorm and a frantic dash from a terrier later, Basil and I huddled in a clump of clove pinks, nearly suffocating on the powerful, spicy-sweet scent of them.  We had our prize but all our adventures had left it rather worse for wear.  We could only hope Mrs. Judson would appreciate how close her apricot was to jam already.