A young married couple in their late twenties take in a boarder much the same age as them. The new boarder accompanies them across the road to a block of flats where they show him an elaborate diorama put together by a similarly aged tenant they have befriended. They all spend time discussing what the diorama portrays, absorbing the passion of its creator and sharing his refreshments. The couple and their boarder return to their house across the road leaving diorama-man to his hobby. The next morning he is on their doorstep in a distraught and furious state. He has awoken to find his diorama has been seriously messed with, scenery displaced, structures tipped over, figurines scattered and other objects thrown randomly around. They all go to see it and begin searching for answers as to who might have done this despicable deed. They part company and diorama-man sets about restoring his site, reporting by evening that all has been restored. However when he awakes the next morning the diorama is once again in a state of chaos and disarray. This time he phones the police and when questioned about recent visitors suspicion falls on the newly-introduced boarder from across the road. The police officer on the phone is so sympathetic that he soon arrives to question the suspected culprit, namely the new boarder, who pleads innocence and denies any wrongdoing. The police officer then confers with diorama-man and offers to set up his tiny secret infrared surveillance cameras which he proceeds to do as diorama-man once again restores his site. The next morning the diorama is again in a mess with objects displaced and figures strewn haphazardly around. When the police officer is hastily informed that the destructive diorama crime has reoccurred he logs into his secret surveillance cameras and is most surprised to see that the culprit is none other than diorama-man himself, pyjama clad and in a zombified somnambulate state. The End.
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