On a late afternoon in New York, it’s the end of the shading competition, and everyone is so relieved to see their drawings posted at the local museum. Everyone thought nothing could go wrong, but it all went downhill from there. Everyone was walking around and glancing at the marvelous artwork, not a care in the world. Suddenly, someone saw it: a ripped drawing on the wall. This drawing was in a place where everyone would look right past it.
The first person to see the rip was a man named Tom. This was when he was going to use the bathroom in the museum, and he saw it. He alerted museum security, and everyone started to gather around him and the security forces. Just as they were examining the drawing, they heard a stomping noise. Everyone turned around and saw an empty case, and a figure zoomed past all of them. “Get him!” a security person shouted. They raced after the man. He eventually went into a closet and locked the door. When the security guard bashed it open, he was nowhere to be seen. See, he spent weeks planning the heist and was a frequent museum visitor. When no one was looking, he snuck into a closet and worked on building the secret exit. He had built it under a waste barrel where no one would look. Just when he finished, the drawing competition season came, and he had the perfect idea. After the security guard reported that the man had escaped, the museum shot a lockdown, but it was too late. Everyone was devastated about the stolen pieces that might never be recovered.
The news headlines flashed as people reported how a robber destroyed 1000 dollars in artwork and stole 20,000 dollars in artwork. The museum put up wanted posters all over the city. For days, nothing was recovered, but then, hope came out. In another crime where a man with a similar description robbed 20 million dollars from a bank, he was tested for fingerprints, and those fingerprints matched exactly those on the display cases in the museum. He was taken in for questioning while the police and FBI raided his supposed lair and found the drawings stashed in a secret folder in the basement. When taken into questioning, he admitted to the crime. The ripped drawing on the wall was actually a fake as the police investigated the museum, as they were examining for fingerprints. They found out that the real drawing was hiding under the display case. The man was sentenced to 5 years in prison, 200 hours of community service, and 10,000 dollars in fines. Everyone was relieved to get their drawings back, and the robber got what he deserved.