The police officer had admired the teenagers from afar. Two local boys who started their own business washing cars every weekend.
And conveniently, there always seemed to be plenty of work. Birds were having a field day with all the cars in town.
Then early one Sunday morning the mystery was solved. He spotted the boys crouching behind a park bench. Watched them open a birdcage full of squawking parakeets. Saw their widening smiles as their pet birds dutifully went about their business.
So now he had the two young entrepreneurs scrubbing his newly soiled cruiser clean.
Gratis, of course.
