Sherlock Chlo: The case of the missing tail

 I like a good mystery and have read quite a few famous authors.  Sherlock Holmes is a favorite, so I have coined myself Sherlock Chlo when I am solving mysteries.  This month a strange thing happened.  A stranger came into the house.  I was very worried at first.  This stranger looked like my mom, smelled like my mom, and sounded like my mom, but she was missing her tail.  How can that happen!?!?  So I decided it was my job to find it.  I looked under the couch, under the bed, out in the yard, and even in the bathtub, but it was nowhere to be found.  How can I save mom's tail?  I would not give up (dachshunds are very stubborn and I just love my mom that much).  At last, Sherlock Chlo found mom's tail on the counter.  Who did this atrocity?  I would like to attack or at least put them in the cage. But more importantly, how do we reattach and make my mom whole again.  She tried comforting me and said Sherlock Chlo, I am giving it away to someone who needs it.  But doesn't my mom need it?  How strange!  I hope she leaves my tail right where it belongs!