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The burglar was traced by one of the things he had left on the scene.

The police have traced her to Paris.

The dog traced the rabbit into the forest.

So these fairy tales that we've looked at – we've been able to trace back, really, thousands of years – probably sort of 4-6,000 years is the origin of many famous European folk tales, stories such as Beauty and the Beast.

The police were called in to investigate the woman's disappearance.

Apparently Desmond Morris heard about them and decided to investigate.