Detective Slim Diamond passed the statuette of the Rhodes Owl over to the policeman. Once considered to be a magical talisman capable of putting even the greatest insomniac to sleep, it had rested by the bedside of knights and kings for centuries.

“What’s this?” the cop said.

“The stuff that dreams are made of,” quipped Slim.

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