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10.10.26 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Radio Eye Children's Story Hour. As
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  Speaker 1: a reminder, Radio Eye is a reading service intended for
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  Speaker 1: people who are blind or have other disabilities that make
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  Speaker 1: it difficult to read print material. Today we will be
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  Speaker 1: reading from various books on the character Detective Paul. Your
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  Speaker 1: reader today is Diane. Our first book is Detective Paul
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  Speaker 1: of the Law, The Case of the Icky Ice Cream.
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  Speaker 1: It was published by Albert Whitman and Company. It has
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  Speaker 1: a copyright year of 2020. The author of the book
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  Speaker 1: is Dosh Archer. Prologue. In the heart of Big City
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  Speaker 1: is Big City Police Headquarters. This is where Detective Paul
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  Speaker 1: works with his assistant, Patrol Officer Prickles. Detective Paul has
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  Speaker 1: been a detective for a long time. He has solved
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  Speaker 1: many cases. Once, he is on the trail of of
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  Speaker 1: a criminal he never gives up and no criminal is
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  Speaker 1: a match for detective paul patrol officer prickles is always
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  Speaker 1: by his side ready to assist with his technical skills
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  Speaker 1: loyalty and determination they solve crime together the good residents
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  Speaker 1: of big city can rest easy knowing the law is
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  Speaker 1: in safe hands chapter one it's a hot summer morning
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  Speaker 1: detective paul arrived at his office to find his phone
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  Speaker 1: ring It was Patrol Officer Prickles. It's Patrol Officer Prickles here.
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  Speaker 1: There has been a serious incident at the Dreamy Creamy
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  Speaker 1: Ice Cream Parlor. Can you get here as quickly as possible?
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul grabbed his notebook for writing down clues, his
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  Speaker 1: magnifying glass for spotting teeny tiny clues, and headed out.
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  Speaker 1: The Dreamy Creamy Ice Cream Parlor was just around the corner.
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  Speaker 1: On his way, Detective Paul passed the park where the
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  Speaker 1: Gordon's Cones ice cream bicycle cart was parked. It was
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  Speaker 1: the right kind of day for ice cream, thought Detective Paul.
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  Speaker 1: He arrived at the parlor, where a large model of
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  Speaker 1: an ice cream cone stood outside the entrance. Inside the parlor,
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  Speaker 1: Patrol Officer Prickles was waiting. This is Floella Flufftail, said
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  Speaker 1: Patrol Officer Prickles, the owner of the parlor. Floella Flufftail
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  Speaker 1: was wringing her hands. One of the customers were coughing
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  Speaker 1: and spluttering. This is Mr. Amber Crombie. said patrol officer Prickles.
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  Speaker 1: He has had an unfortunate experience. I'll say, spluttered Mr. Ambercrombie.
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  Speaker 1: Please fetch Mr. Ambercrombie a glass of water, said Floella
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  Speaker 1: to Sybil's slow-mo, the waitress. Took a little while for
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  Speaker 1: Sybil to arrive with the water. Can't you hurry up,
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  Speaker 1: gasped Mr. Ambercrombie. Eventually, Sybil reached the table. I am
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  Speaker 1: so sorry, Mr. Ambercrombie. I have encouraged him Simple to
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  Speaker 1: be a little quicker, but speed is not her thing,
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  Speaker 1: said Floella. Some ice cream parlor this is, said Mr. Abercrombie.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone calm down, said Detective Paul. Miss Flufftail, tell me
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  Speaker 1: what happened. Mr. Abercrombie came in an order of vanilla
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  Speaker 1: ice cream sundae with my special award-winning raspberry syrup, said Floella.
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  Speaker 1: He asked for extra syrup. I wish I hadn't, said Mr. Abercrombie.
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  Speaker 1: I served the sundae myself and Mr. Abercrombie took a bite.
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  Speaker 1: That's when I found out my raspberry syrup had been
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  Speaker 1: swapped for tomato ketchup, cried Folella. The bottle was the
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  Speaker 1: same one I used for my syrup, but someone emptied
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  Speaker 1: it out and put in ketchup. How could this have happened?
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  Speaker 1: Ketchup on ice cream? Can you imagine? It tastes horrible,
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  Speaker 1: says Mr. Abercrombie. Detective Paul shook his head. Tell me
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  Speaker 1: what you've got, Prickles, he said. Patrol Officer Prickles consulted
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  Speaker 1: his latest police issue electronic notepad. I arrived at the
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  Speaker 1: scene of the crime at 9.02 a.m. I noticed the
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  Speaker 1: following things. One, there's raspberry syrup in the sink. Two,
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  Speaker 1: in the backyard there are some red drops in a
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  Speaker 1: trail leading out the back gate through the alleyway to
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  Speaker 1: the main road. Three, there's no sign of a break-in. Four,
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  Speaker 1: the potted plant in the backyard has been knocked over.
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul nodded. Now I must ask that no one
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  Speaker 1: leaves the parlor and no one comes in either, he said.
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  Speaker 1: Patrol Officer Prickles put special issue police tape across the
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  Speaker 1: door to make sure no one else could get into
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  Speaker 1: the scene of the crime. Everyone looked at Detective Paul.
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  Speaker 1: There was Mr. Amber Crombie, who was still coughing and spluttering.
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  Speaker 1: There were Blaze, Jake, and Spike, the three members of
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  Speaker 1: the Rowdy Riders gang. They had parked their BMX bikes outside.
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  Speaker 1: There were Fuella, Flufftail, and the waitress, Sybil Slowmo. Detective
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  Speaker 1: Paul popped a peppermint into his mouth to help him think.
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  Speaker 1: I will get to the bottom of this, he said.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter Two I need to speak with each of you,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul. Miss Flufftail, I will start with you.
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  Speaker 1: They went into the kitchen. Detective Paul noticed a freezer
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  Speaker 1: with a glass door. Inside was a large ice cream
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  Speaker 1: cake with Wilma written in gold letters on top. I
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  Speaker 1: have a birthday party booked for one o'clock today for
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  Speaker 1: Wilma Sparkle, said Floella. I made the cake for her.
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  Speaker 1: It's got raspberry, strawberry, and vanilla ice cream with butterscotch
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  Speaker 1: crunch topping. She will be seven. Solve this crime, Detective Paul,
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  Speaker 1: so the party can go ahead. Tell me how you
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  Speaker 1: started your day, said Detective Paul. After I opened the parlor,
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  Speaker 1: I went out front to water my window boxes. Then
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  Speaker 1: Sybil arrived late. She's quite slow, as you have seen,
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  Speaker 1: Floella said. Then I got my special raspberry syrup from
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  Speaker 1: the kitchen and waited for the customers to arrive. You
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  Speaker 1: know what happened after that. Detective Paul made some notes.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me about the other customers here, he said. The
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  Speaker 1: rowdy riders come in a lot, said Floella. They are
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  Speaker 1: crazy about chocolate ice cream, but sometimes they are rowdy.
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  Speaker 1: Yesterday I had to tell them to be quiet so
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  Speaker 1: the other customers didn't. could enjoy their ice cream in peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Miss Flufftail, said Detective Paul. That will be
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  Speaker 1: all for now. Detective Paul called in the rowdy riders.
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  Speaker 1: I hear you have been making too much noise, said
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul. Sorry, said Blaze. What were you doing last
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  Speaker 1: night and this morning, Detective Paul asked them. We all
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  Speaker 1: had a sleepover last night, said Jake. And this morning
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  Speaker 1: we practiced nose willies in the park before coming here,
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  Speaker 1: said Spike. Thank you, said Detective Paul. You may go
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  Speaker 1: back to the parlor. Next was Sybil Slowmo, the waitress.
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul and Patrol Officer Prickles waited as she made
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  Speaker 1: her way into the kitchen. She explained that she had
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  Speaker 1: missed the bus that morning. That's why I was late,
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  Speaker 1: she said. But I like working here. Miss Flufftail gave
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  Speaker 1: me a pep talk about getting ice cream to the
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  Speaker 1: table before it melts. I like a challenge. I'm getting better.
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  Speaker 1: Sybil smiled. Thank you, said Detective Paul. That will be
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  Speaker 1: all for now. What else have you got to show me, Prickles,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul. Prickles led him into the backyard. Detective
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  Speaker 1: Paul used his magnifying glass to study the trail of
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  Speaker 1: red spots. These are still wet, said Detective Paul. So
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  Speaker 1: that means they were spilled this morning. He looked closer.
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  Speaker 1: I think they are tomato ketchup. Can you test them, Prickles?
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  Speaker 1: Patrol Officer Prickles used his special Police issued substance detector
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  Speaker 1: kit to test the drops. The results were ketchup affirmative.
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  Speaker 1: They followed the drops through the backyard, out the gate,
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  Speaker 1: through the alleyway at the side of the shop, then
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  Speaker 1: along the pavement for about a block where the drops stopped. Hmm,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul. Interesting. He made more notes. Prickles took
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  Speaker 1: a photograph of the drops for investigative purposes. I wonder
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  Speaker 1: why the drop stopped so suddenly, said Detective Paul. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: someone was carrying a dripping ketchup bottle and got in
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  Speaker 1: a vehicle of some kind right here and left. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: 3 Detective Paul looked over to the park. He noticed
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  Speaker 1: that Gordon's Cone's bicycle cart had a long line of customers.
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  Speaker 1: Gordon's cart was not so busy when I passed it
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  Speaker 1: this morning, said Detective Paul. Let's take a look. At
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  Speaker 1: the ice cream cart, Detective Paul held up his badge
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  Speaker 1: and said, Excuse me, sir, could I have a word
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  Speaker 1: with you? Gordon came around from behind the cart limping.
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  Speaker 1: Did you see anything unusual this morning outside the dreamy,
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  Speaker 1: creamy ice cream parlor? said Detective Paul. No, said Gordon,
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  Speaker 1: and I stubbed my toe this morning, so I don't
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  Speaker 1: feel like talking. How did you stub your toe? said
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul. I forget, said Gordon. He looked away. That
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  Speaker 1: will be all for now, said Detective Paul, stroking his mustache.
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  Speaker 1: Gordon limped back behind the cart. Let's go for a
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  Speaker 1: short walk, said Detective Paul to patrol officer Prickles. I
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  Speaker 1: need to think. They strode down the street. Hmm, said
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul. The suspects I've interviewed so far all say
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  Speaker 1: they were somewhere else this morning when the crime was committed,
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  Speaker 1: and I think they are telling the truth. So who
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  Speaker 1: could be the culprit? detective paul scratched his head this
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  Speaker 1: is a two peppermint problem he popped another peppermint into
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  Speaker 1: his mouth to help him think extra hard after he
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  Speaker 1: had thought extra hard he said i have a feeling
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  Speaker 1: gordon is not telling us something did you notice the
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  Speaker 1: way he couldn't look me in the eye i want
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  Speaker 1: to have another chat with him chapter four as they
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  Speaker 1: arrived back at gordon's detective paul spot an empty bottle
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  Speaker 1: of tomato ketchup in the trash can behind the cart
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  Speaker 1: hmm said detective paul he made some notes and prickles
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  Speaker 1: took a photograph of the trash can for investigative purposes
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul stepped to the front of the line. Gordon,
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  Speaker 1: he said, I couldn't help but notice an empty bottle
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  Speaker 1: of ketchup in your trash can. So what, said Gordon. Well,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul, someone swapped Miss Flufftail's award-winning raspberry syrup
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  Speaker 1: for ketchup this morning, and she can't open her ice
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  Speaker 1: cream parlor until we found out who did it. And
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  Speaker 1: if she can't open the parlor, the birthday party will
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  Speaker 1: have to be canceled. Well, that's too bad for Wilma,
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  Speaker 1: said Gordon. but that has nothing to do with me.
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  Speaker 1: Gordon said to Detective Paul, you're under arrest for swapping
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  Speaker 1: the raspberry syrup for tomato ketchup with bad intentions. Take
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  Speaker 1: him into custody, Prickles. But before Patrol Officer Prickles could
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  Speaker 1: get the handcuffs on, Gordon jumped onto his bike and
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  Speaker 1: pedaled off as fast as he could. Quick, Prickles, shouted
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul. Let's take your car. They raced to Patrol
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  Speaker 1: Officer Prickles's arrestor police car which was outside police headquarters
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  Speaker 1: jumped in and sped off don't lose him prickles shouted
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  Speaker 1: detective paul as they saw gordon turn a corner on
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  Speaker 1: the road ahead patrol officer prickles took the corner at
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  Speaker 1: high speed controlling the wheel with his excellent steering reflexes
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  Speaker 1: and the use of his police issue touch grip driving
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  Speaker 1: gloves soon they were just inches away from gordon The
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  Speaker 1: hot sun was super bright, glinting off the windshield into
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  Speaker 1: patrol officer Prickles' eyes. He wasn't bothered because he was
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  Speaker 1: wearing his police-issue, non-reflected, polarized sunglasses with side visors. Blinded
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  Speaker 1: by the sun, Gordon squinted his eyes as he lost
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  Speaker 1: control of his bicycle cart. Screech! Crash! Patrol officer Prickles
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  Speaker 1: made a reverse spin, pulling up to the rest of
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  Speaker 1: her car safely to the curb. He jumped out and
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  Speaker 1: handcuffed Gordon, who luckily wasn't hurt, just very sticky. Patrol
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  Speaker 1: Officer Perkels put him in the car once Detective Paul
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  Speaker 1: had put down some paper towels to protect the seats.
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  Speaker 1: It's better if you tell the truth, said Detective Paul
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  Speaker 1: to Gordon. Well, a fluff tells ice cream was better
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  Speaker 1: than mine, and I don't have a special raspberry syrup,
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  Speaker 1: so her parlor got all the customers, said Gordon. I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to stop people from going there so they would
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  Speaker 1: come to me. I parked my bicycle cart a block
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  Speaker 1: away this morning, he continued. And when Floella Flufftoe went
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  Speaker 1: out to water her petunias, she left the door open.
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  Speaker 1: I sneaked along the wall, hid behind the big ice cream,
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  Speaker 1: and slipped through the parlor into the kitchen, where I
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  Speaker 1: emptied the syrup bottle and squeezed the ketchup bottle to
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  Speaker 1: fill it back up. I ran out the back door,
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  Speaker 1: but I stubbed my toe on the stupid plant pot.
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  Speaker 1: The ketchup drops were a clue, said Detective Paul. On
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  Speaker 1: the way back to police headquarters, the police car stopped
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  Speaker 1: outside the dreamy, creamy ice cream parlor. It was almost
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  Speaker 1: one o'clock, and Wilma Sparkles and her family were waiting
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  Speaker 1: outside with fingers crossed. Detective Paul stepped out to speak
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  Speaker 1: to everyone. I am pleased to say we have arrested
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  Speaker 1: the person who spoiled the ice cream, so you will
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  Speaker 1: be able to have the party after all. A cheer
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  Speaker 1: went up. Back at police headquarters, Detective Paul said to Gordon,
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  Speaker 1: What you did was wrong. It affected Mr. Ambercrombie, and
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  Speaker 1: if we hadn't caught you, people might have heard about
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  Speaker 1: it and thought Ms. Flufftail was careless. You nearly ruined
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  Speaker 1: the party of Wilma Sparkles, who is seven today. How
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  Speaker 1: did you know it was me? asked Gordon. That was easy,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul. You knew the name of the person
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  Speaker 1: having the birthday party. You couldn't have known that unless
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  Speaker 1: you had seen the birthday cake, and then the fact
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  Speaker 1: that you'd seen the cake meant you'd been in the kitchen.
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul explained to Gordon that it is wrong to
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  Speaker 1: spoil someone else's hard work just because you aren't doing
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  Speaker 1: very well. It's much better to improve yourself and work
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  Speaker 1: together with people. Gordon was sent to a jail cell
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  Speaker 1: to wait for Judge Schoen to decide his punishment. Detective
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  Speaker 1: Paul had an iced coffee to celebrate. Patrol Officer Prickles
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  Speaker 1: had iced tea. It had been a sticky case, but
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  Speaker 1: thanks to their crime-solving partnership, It had all been cleaned up,
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  Speaker 1: and Big City was a little bit safer. Our next
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  Speaker 1: book is titled Detective Paul of the Law, The Case
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  Speaker 1: of Piggy's Bank. And it was published by Albert Whitman
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  Speaker 1: and Company. It has a copyright year of 2018, and
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  Speaker 1: the author is Dosh Archer. Prologue. In the heart of
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  Speaker 1: Big City is Big City Police Headquarters, home to the
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  Speaker 1: Big City Police Force. This is where Detective Paul works
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  Speaker 1: with his assistant, Patrol Officer Prickles. Sharp-eyed and straight-talking, Detective
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  Speaker 1: Paul can outthink any criminal with his brilliant brain. Patrol
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  Speaker 1: Officer Prickles is brave and loyal and has all the
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  Speaker 1: latest police-issued crime-fighting gadgets. He's always there to help Detective Paul. Together,
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  Speaker 1: they solve crime. That's what they both love doing. although
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  Speaker 1: it's not always easy. Chapter One It was early on
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  Speaker 1: Monday morning at Big City Police Headquarters. Detective Paul was
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  Speaker 1: just about to bite into his donut when his phone rang.
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  Speaker 1: It was Patrol Officer Prickles. It's Patrol Officer Prickles here.
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  Speaker 1: There has been a robbery at Piggy's Bank. Can you
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  Speaker 1: get here as quick as possible to solve the crime
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  Speaker 1: and find the robber? Secure the scene, Prickles, said Detective Paul.
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  Speaker 1: I am on my way. Detective Paul left his donut uneaten,
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  Speaker 1: grabbed his notebook and pencil for writing down clues, and
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  Speaker 1: his magnifying glass for spotting teeny tiny clues, and leaped
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  Speaker 1: into his vintage mobile. He put the blue flashy light
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  Speaker 1: on the top and sped to the scene of the crime.
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  Speaker 1: When he arrived at the bank, he noticed there was
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  Speaker 1: a big shiny brand new pork power car with a
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  Speaker 1: license plate Piggy 1 parked right outside. Patrol Officer Prickles
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  Speaker 1: was waiting for him inside the bank. The scene is secure, sir,
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  Speaker 1: he said. Well done, Prickles, said Detective Paul. Let me
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  Speaker 1: know what you've got. Patrol Officer Prickles took out his
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  Speaker 1: latest police-issue electronic notebook. I arrived at the scene with
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  Speaker 1: the crime at 9.04 a.m. I was responding to a
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  Speaker 1: call from Piggy, the bank manager. He called to say
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  Speaker 1: the bank had been broken into. I noticed the following things. One,
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  Speaker 1: the side window was broken. Two, the safe door was open. Three,
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  Speaker 1: there was a crowbar on the floor. Four, the safe
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  Speaker 1: was empty. Well done, Prickles, said Detective Paul. Good work. Piggy,
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  Speaker 1: the bank manager, rolled his eyes. I was the first
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  Speaker 1: one here this morning. Someone must have smashed the window,
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  Speaker 1: jumped in, broken open the safe, and made off with
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  Speaker 1: the money. Piggy made his eyes go wide. It must
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  Speaker 1: have been a big, scary robber, he said. The rest
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  Speaker 1: of the staff gathered around the empty safe. There was Doritha,
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  Speaker 1: the cashier, and Stanley, the security guard. Doritha, the cashier, gasped. Mrs.
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  Speaker 1: Batterby's life savings. Poor old lady. She's 101. She was
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  Speaker 1: in the bank last thing on Friday. She came in
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  Speaker 1: and left her life savings in our care, and now
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  Speaker 1: every single penny is gone. Poor Mrs. Batterby, said Stanley,
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  Speaker 1: the security guard. She is a friend of my mom.
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  Speaker 1: She is a really nice lady. I don't know how
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  Speaker 1: this could have happened. Patrol Officer Prickles looked at Detective Paul.
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul twiddled his mustache and popped a peppermint into
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  Speaker 1: his mouth to help him think. Everyone calm down, he said.
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  Speaker 1: I will get to the bottom of this. Chapter 2
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul went over to the broken window and looked
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  Speaker 1: at the sidewalk outside. He took out his notebook and
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  Speaker 1: pencil and made some notes. Hmm, he said. That sure
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  Speaker 1: is interesting for my investigation. Patrol Officer Prickles took some
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  Speaker 1: photographs of the window with his latest police issue camera.
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  Speaker 1: He looked at the photos and scratched his head. What
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  Speaker 1: can it all mean? He asked Detective Paul. Detective Paul
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  Speaker 1: twiddled his mustache. The broken glass from the window was
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  Speaker 1: lying outside on the sidewalk. That means the window was
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  Speaker 1: broken from the inside and not the outside. He turned
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  Speaker 1: around to speak to everyone. The evidence shows whoever did
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  Speaker 1: this was perfectly able to get into the bank without
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  Speaker 1: having to break in at all. There's a long silence
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of uncomfortable looks. Who has keys to
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  Speaker 1: the bank, asked Detective Paul. Why, we all do, cried Dorothea.
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  Speaker 1: Then that means, said Detective Paul, the person who stole
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  Speaker 1: the money is in this room. But we are all
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  Speaker 1: good people, cried Dorothea. With all due respect, ma'am, said
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul, That remains to be seen. Chapter 3 I
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  Speaker 1: will need to speak with each one of you and
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  Speaker 1: find out where you were this weekend, said Detective Paul. Dorothea,
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  Speaker 1: the cashier, I will start with you. I was at
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  Speaker 1: a spelling bee all weekend, said Dorothea. I came in
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  Speaker 1: second place. I didn't know how to spell bumfuzzle. I
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  Speaker 1: hope you have learned how to spell it now, said
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul. Yes, sir, said Dorothea. I went straight home
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  Speaker 1: on Friday night, said Stanley, to my room to work
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  Speaker 1: on my model airplane. I live with my mom. She'd
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  Speaker 1: tell you it's true. She kept bringing me hot chocolate.
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  Speaker 1: I took all weekend to build it. It's nearly finished.
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  Speaker 1: He pulled out his phone and showed Detective Paul a
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  Speaker 1: photograph of his model P-65 Thunderblast. Very nice, said Detective Paul.
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul fixed his gaze on Piggy. What did you
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  Speaker 1: do this weekend, he asked him. Piggy rolled his eyes
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  Speaker 1: and pulled out a peanut butter cup from his pocket
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  Speaker 1: and munched on it. He mumbled something and some crumbs
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  Speaker 1: fell out of his mouth and onto the floor. It
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  Speaker 1: is very rude to speak with your mouth full, said
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  Speaker 1: Detective Paul. And you haven't answered my question. What did
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  Speaker 1: you do this weekend? I went flying, said Piggy, finishing
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  Speaker 1: off the peanut butter cup and licking his lipstick. In
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  Speaker 1: my new airplane, a real airplane, that is, not a
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  Speaker 1: model one. Gosh, said Stanley, a real airplane, wow. Detective
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  Speaker 1: Paul scratched his head. Patrol officer prickles and I need
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  Speaker 1: to talk, he said. Whenever I want to go into
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: the other room. They all went into the other room. Hmm,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul. One of them is lying, but which one?
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  Speaker 1: This is a two peppermint problem, Detective Paul. Popped another
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  Speaker 1: peppermint into his mouth to help him think extra hard.
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  Speaker 1: After he had thought extra hard, he said, That piggy
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  Speaker 1: seems a bit too big for his boots. I have
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  Speaker 1: a feeling there is something else we need to discover. Right,
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  Speaker 1: said Patrol Officer Prickles. Detective Paul started looking around the
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  Speaker 1: room again with his magnifying glass. Patrol Officer Prickles took
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  Speaker 1: out his latest police issue super-powered flashlight and looked under
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  Speaker 1: the rug in all the dark corners. He could see
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  Speaker 1: very well using the flashlight. but he didn't find any clues. Aha,
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul. Look, Prickles, mark on the safe door,
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  Speaker 1: but no marks on the safe lock. Detective Paul looked
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: even more closely at the lock through his magnifying glass.
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  Speaker 1: That means, said Detective Paul, this safe was open. Someone
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  Speaker 1: left that crowbar on the floor to make us think
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  Speaker 1: it was broken into. Whoever did this knows the secret combination.
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  Speaker 1: Patrol Officer Prickles took a photograph of the safe lock
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  Speaker 1: with its latest police-issued camera for evidence. Wait a minute,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul, taking out his magnifying glass. He had
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  Speaker 1: spotted something else, some teeny tiny stuff just inside the safe.
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  Speaker 1: Look at this, Prickles, said Detective Paul. I think this
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: could be our most important clue yet. Chapter 4. What
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  Speaker 1: is it? asked Patrol Officer Prickles. Crumbs, said Detective Paul,
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  Speaker 1: from my peanut butter cup. Prickles, said Detective Paul, opening
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  Speaker 1: his notebook. Let's go over everything we know so far. One,
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: the window and safe were not broken. And two, whoever
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  Speaker 1: did this has keys to the bank and the combination
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  Speaker 1: number for the safe. Two, a lot of money was
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: stolen and Piggy has a new airplane and a new car. Three,
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  Speaker 1: I found peanut butter cup crumbs inside the safe and
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  Speaker 1: Piggy eats them. Peanut butter cups, said Patrol Officer Prickles. Exactly,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul. I think I know who our criminal is.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get them all back in. Everyone stood in front
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  Speaker 1: of Detective Paul and Patrol Officer Prickles. Detective Paul pointed
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  Speaker 1: to the safe. Is it true that you, Piggy, are
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  Speaker 1: the only one, being the very important manager of this bank,
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  Speaker 1: the head person, the only one who has the combination
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  Speaker 1: number to the safe? Piggy puffed up his chest. He
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  Speaker 1: loved feeling important. Why, yes, he said. I am a
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  Speaker 1: very important person. Detective Paul gave Piggy a very hard stare.
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  Speaker 1: Then can you explain why the safe was open and
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  Speaker 1: not broken into and why I found peanut butter cup
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  Speaker 1: crumbs inside the safe and how you've been able to
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  Speaker 1: buy a brand new car and an airplane? Piggy clamped
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  Speaker 1: his trotters over his mouth and he realized he had
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: been outsmarted. He leaped up and made a dash out
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  Speaker 1: the door towards his car with patrol officer Prickles in
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: hot pursuit. Piggy was fast, but Patrol Officer Prickles was faster. Quick, Prickles,
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  Speaker 1: shouted Detective Paul. Don't let him get in his car
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  Speaker 1: or we'll lose him. Piggy grabbed his car door handle,
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  Speaker 1: but Patrol Officer Prickles lunged, caught Piggy by the back trotters,
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  Speaker 1: and brought him down. Piggy wriggled and jiggled, but Patrol
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Officer Prickles was wearing his latest police issue EXE strong
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  Speaker 1: grip gloves, and Piggy could not escape. Good work, Prickles,
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  Speaker 1: said Detective Paul. He took hold of Piggy and marched
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: him back into the bank so fast his trotters didn't
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  Speaker 1: even touch the ground. We know it was you, said
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Detective Paul. But why, Piggy, why? cried Dorothea. I'm bum-fuzzled.
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  Speaker 1: You have enough money. You're the manager of a bank.
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  Speaker 1: We all trusted you. Mrs. Battersby trusted you. And she
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: is 101 years old. Piggy sneered. You can never have
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: enough money, but none of you would understand that. I
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: was fed up with just one house and one car
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  Speaker 1: and one swimming pool. I wanted more. I got a
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Newport power car and an airplane and a mansion and
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  Speaker 1: a flat-screen television and a lifetime supply of peanut butter cups,
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  Speaker 1: and I could have gotten away with it if it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't for these two troublesome cops, he glared at Detective
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: Paul and Patrol Officer Prickles. So there was no robber,
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: asked Stanley. No, Stanley, said Detective Paul. Piggy stayed behind
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  Speaker 1: on Friday after he left. First, he smashed the window
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: to make it look like someone had broken in, then
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: used the crowbar to bash the safe to make it
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  Speaker 1: look like it had been broken open. As well as
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: being a greedy thief, Piggy here is also a liar.
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: Detective Paul turned to Piggy. It is very bad, said
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: Detective Paul, to steal when you are meant to be
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: looking after people's money. An extremely bad tale lies. You
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: are a very greedy piggy, and now your lies have
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: caught you out. Patrol Officer Prickles clamped a pair of
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: the latest police issue EXE steel handcuffs on Piggy. Try
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: getting out of those, he said. Outside the bank, a
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: crowd had gathered. They had seen the police cars and
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: heard all the money had been stolen from the bank.
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: When Patrol Officer Prickles marched Piggy outside, Mrs. Battersby pushed
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  Speaker 1: her way to the front and shook her finger at Piggy.
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  Speaker 1: How dare you, she said. Now you will get what
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: you deserve. Yes, he will, ma'am, said Detective Paul, and
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: you will get every penny of your money back. Then
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Patrol Officer Prickles bundled Piggy into his latest police-issue arrestor car.
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: Back at Big City Police Headquarters, Piggy was put behind bars.
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  Speaker 1: Good work, said Patrol Officer Prickles. I couldn't have done
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: it without you, said Detective Paul. Detective Paul had a
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: cup of coffee and finished his donuts. Patrol Officer Prickles
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: had a strawberry almond milkshake and a banana. It had
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: been a difficult case, but together they cracked it, and
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: Big City was a little bit safer thanks to Patrol
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Officer Prickles and Detective Paul. This concludes the Children's Story
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  Speaker 1: Hour for today. Please join us next time as we
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: will bring more stories, fables, and fairy tales. Thank you
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: for listening, and please stay tuned for Lex and Harold
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: Leder on Radio Eye.