Once upon a time there was a lovely family who cared deeply for each other.  They gave up half of everything they owned to go on a long journey across a broad land.  They crossed mountains and valleys, met new friends and faces and experienced new and exciting adventures.  Along with their cat. 

One day, while living in the new country, the family went to collect their small and functional, but not fancy, digital camera in order to capture images of their child turning 7 years old.  They searched high and low, dug through drawers, crawled under beds, cleaned out the car, looked behind books on the bookcases, searched the bathroom cabinets, moved furniture... no stone was left unturned (they even went outside to see if they had somehow left it there when taking photos of the children playing in the snow... for the first time ever... in their lives...).  Then they began to recall how, upon the arrival of the Christmas tree, their cat had gotten nervous and taken up residence behind the computer... on the computer desk... where they kept their digital camera... right next to... the trashcan.   The cat was famous for clearing surfaces before resting on them because of the extreme size of her... ahem...tuckus...They were beside themselves. It did not help that the trashmen had come and collected all of the household trash the day before.  So there was no trash to look through... or analyze... or even bother with...

The Culprit

Because it was a week before Christmas they put out a plea to the community at large - would any kind soul offer their digital camera for this poor family?  The rest is yet to be known...