Shiny Red Shoes

She was so excited and happy It was her 5th birthday today She had a lovely fun party Lots of goodies came her way She loved all her presents But if she had to choose Her favourite above all Were her shiny red shoes She wore her shiny red shoes daily Even tried to wear them to bed She loved to dance in them Twirling and tapping just watching the shiny red Playing in the front garden in her shiny red shoes While mum sat having a cuppa watching on Mum went inside to get the now awake baby Returning minutes later and her daughter was gone The police scoured the woodlands Which was moist from the morning dew A policeman yelled ‘ l found something’ There in the dirt ….lay a little shiny red shoe Her parents were beside themselves Barely able to breathe Mum consumed with blame and guilt For those minutes she did leave Police lights flashed outside the kitchen window Her parents were frozen with fear Petrified and reluctant to open the front door As to what they were about to hear In the doorway stood two detectives and a policewoman Her parents feared what was about to ensue Asleep in the arms of the policewoman Was a little girl wearing one shiny red shoe!