the time is one o'clock in the morning the place is the Wrightsville Town art gallery a window opens and a man comes in his name is Harry black and he is a thief it is dark in the art gallery but Harry has a light he looks across the room at a painting there it is he says Harry moves quickly across the room he stands and looks at the painting a million dollars for this he thinks I don't understand it but he takes a knife from his coat then he takes the painting very very slowly from
its frame Harry goes back across the room to the window but he walks into a table there is a beautiful blue glass vase on the table it falls on the floor and breaks into a hundred pieces Harry smiles is that a million dollar vase he thinks it isn't now he runs across the pieces of glass to the window Harry has a room in Mrs Allen's rooming house he goes quietly up to his room and closes the door Mrs Allen and her daughter Janie are sleeping they don't hear him in his room Harry takes the painting
from his bag he puts it in a newspaper then he puts the newspaper under his bed in the morning Janie Allen is in the kitchen she's putting old bottles into a box recycling is important Janie thinks on the TV a reporter is at the Wrightsville art gallery he is talking about the painting it's a million dollar painting he is saying here's a photo of it now the reporter is talking about the blue glass face it's in a hundred pieces now he says Janie looks at the photo of the base then she asks her mother do
you have any old bottles no Mrs Allen says that's all Janie but the newspaper recycling truck is coming today of course Janie says it's Friday Harry isn't in his room he is talking on his telephone to a man in Seattle the man wants the painting but Harry isn't happy five thousand dollars Harry says no it's a million dollar painting what no I want fifty thousand not five what the painting yes I have it and it's okay Janie is looking for old newspapers early on Friday mornings he takes them from every room in the house then
later the newspaper recycling truck arrives Janie opens Harry's door and looks into his room she always takes his old newspapers or bottles for recycling ah she thinks there's a newspaper under Harry's bed Janie puts the old newspapers into a black recycling box she runs from the house and sees the truck wait she says and she quickly gives the box to one of the men Harry is coming back to the house he sees the recycling truck and he sees Janie it's Friday he says the newspaper oh no Harry chases after the truck wait wait he says
Janie watches him what is he doing she thinks Harry jumps into the back of the truck I want my newspaper he says where's my newspaper but there are thousands of newspapers in the truck Janie walked quickly from the house to the truck why is your newspaper important Harry she asks it's two days old but Harry doesn't hear her he is thinking my million dollar painting where is it the men from the recycling truck are watching Harry too but now Janie is looking at Harry's Shoe there's some blue glass and hairy shoe Janie thinks where oh
suddenly she remembers the photo of the blue glass face on the TV she looks again at the piece of glass in Harry's Shoe is it from the vase in the art gallery she thinks his hairy black the thief the men from the recycling truck are angry we're going now they are saying we're late but I want my newspaper Harry says in the house Janie is talking to the police on the telephone Maybe I'm Wrong she is saying but there's Blue Glass in his shoe what yes he's looking for the newspaper now two policemen arrive quickly
let's look at your shoe they say to Harry Harry doesn't understand what's wrong he asks one of the policemen takes the glass from Harry's Shoe this is a very expensive piece of glass he says from a very expensive vase remember suddenly Harry understands oh no he says police cars and policemen arrive the men look in the truck for the million dollar painting later they find the right newspaper and they find the painting good work Janie one of the policemen says and there's a reward maybe I can buy a painting with a reward Janie says I
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