Penelope's Pink Dress

A beautiful girl in a tattered pink dress was found dead in the forest by Mrs. Squirrel.

A few minutes before her death, she was ripping her dress apart as she ran frantically across the river into the forest, as seen by Mr. Falcon.

A few hours before her death, Ms. Butterfly had observed upon the window sill, that she was given a gift for her twelfth birthday by her stepfather. She unwrapped the box and inside was a lovely pink dress made of silk satin with intricate beadwork and handcrafted lace.

A few days before her death, Mr. Mouse had revealed that her stepfather had soaked the pink dress into a tub of a foul-smelling substance in the basement.

A few weeks before her death, her mother had died from intoxication as claimed by her stepfather that it was the fault of a nearby factory for the polluted drinking water from a nearby river, as noted by Mr. Ant.

A few months before her death, she was the only witness to the unfortunate marriage of her wealthy mother to her treacherous stepfather.

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