A Number of personal items have disappeared from Mr. Gnomes Guesthouse during the past few weeks.  Fairies have reported losing their jewelry, evening bags etc.  when they felt certain they had left them in their bedrooms.  "Fairies do tend to be a little forgetful," Mr Gnome told your reporter today.  "At first I thought the lost jewels were just misplaced but I have become very worried over the frequency of the losses and have informed P.C Tom.
I am also concerned about three gardeners who I employed to tidy round the Guest House tree roots (though it is winter, the weeds seemed to be growing quickly) - well, as I say, these three very good workers seem also to have disappeared.  I do hope they haven't come to any harm."  Asked to describe the missing persons, Mr Gnome said they all had poor eye sight and wore dark glasses and because of the cold, had thick wooly hats pulled well down over their ears.   P.C Tom said he had several good leads which he hoped would lead to an early arrest of whoever might have stolen the fairy items and also to finding the three missing gardeners.