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Short & Curly

A sad tale about Matt Beard’s pet fish, Bucket and Spade

Short & Curly

abcpodcasts@abc.net.au

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Matt was so excited when he bought two pet fish and named them Bucket and Spade. It wasn't long though before one of those fish got sick. Very sick. The pet shop said he needed special chemicals for the water, so he spent a lot of money to make things better. Sadly, things didn't improve for Bucket. Or was it Spade? Anyway, did Matt do the right thing for his fish? And is a fish's life as important as other types of pets?

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0:00.0

This is an ABC podcast.

0:05.0

Well, well,

0:13.0

well, ain't this a scene?

0:15.0

Some per per really made a meal out of these two.

0:18.0

Officer, mind talking us through what happened here?

0:22.0

Detective Daniels, Detective Smith, we've got two dead.

0:25.5

Looks like they were poisoned.

0:27.0

We've got a family in tears inside,

0:29.2

and no idea how to track down who's responsible for this mess.

0:32.0

Ah, looks like another long day, Carl.

0:36.0

You bet, mole.

0:37.0

Okay, let's take a look.

0:39.0

And officer, could you take some witness statements, talk to the neighbors.

0:42.8

Yeah, just like some policy type stuff, please.

0:45.1

Policy type stuff.

0:46.7

The forensic team should be in soon to investigate.

0:49.1

Let's go get a closer look at the scene before they come in and wreck the place.

0:53.0

Uh, guys, what are you doing?

0:56.0

Why is there a fake police car outside my house?

0:59.0

And fake policeman?

1:01.0

And why are you dressed up as TV show detectives?

1:04.0

Matt, because you asked us to help out.

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