Lord Lawton is getting ready to tuck into his Christmas feast in the grand hall of Lawton manor, however things are soon to go from Lawton to Crimeton!
Lord Lawton: Forthsooth I cannae wait te get me mitts on that plump Christmas goose.
Chef Barkington brings in the goose with all the trimmings on a big silver platter.
Chef Barkington: Alez! Wud you like a slice of the goose monsieur?
Lord Lawton: With ool spood an dinnae spyre the horses!
Lord Lawton is soon tucking into the Christmas delights but it soon becomes apparent that he has ‘bitten off more than he can chew’ quite literally as there was a big bit of lead in the goose!
Lord Lawton: Ach nae ahm chocking….grag grag…
He slumps face first into the Christmas feast.
Chef Barkington: Alez! Mein feast is ruined…..and Lord Lawton is coup detat!
Jenrox the craggy butler: I will use my rock powers to summon the constabulary, be wary this will be an ‘earth shaking’ event!
He uses his earthquake powers to send a message to Tockenheim who is soon at the scene courtesy of his trademark ‘Tockencopter;.
Contsable Cogsworthy: Oh heck it looks like somebody done put lead in the Christmas feast, I’ve heard of ‘lead in the pencil’ but this takes the cakes.
Tockenheim: Quiet Cogsworthy, I have already devised who done the deed.
Constable Cogsworthy: But sir you haven’t even looked at the crime scene…
Tockenheim: Well I can’t be bothered, the Christmas edition for Nethanials Whims is on and I don’t want to miss the bit where Nethanial is dressed as the green lantern. Anyway the man to arrest is obviously Farmer Fothergill as he purposely fed his goose lead to make them heavier. Everyone knows you pay more for the biggest goose – just look at scrooge. Anyway I think you’ll find that Farmer Fothergill invested heavily in lead at the start of the year and also he hates Lord Lawton because he was trying to turn his farm into a Foyles War theme park.
Constable Cogsworthy: I’ll go arrest him right away sir!
At this moment Mimi Flambard bursts into the room
Mimi: I wouldn’t bother Tockenheim you see….Farmer Fothergill IS DEAD!
Cogsworthy: But how?
Tockenheim: He must have also eaten some of the lead lined goose, everyone knows that Farmer Fothergill is notoriously bad at telling his geese apart!
Mimi: Then who got the leadless goose?
Tockenheim: I think its Tockentime for me to leave before they all try to ‘cook my goose’
Fin
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