Celebration of Nellie Bly, pioneering journalist and businesswoman.
Hnaef: I shall commence by journey from Hoboken by boat.
Hnaef punts into the middle of the Duck Pond. Being a Cambride man he stands at the wrong end, and inevitably falls in.
Burton: And I shall continue the journey on donkey.
He disappears into Top Meadow, desperately clinging onto the donkey's neck.
Charlii: I shall get from Paris to Berlin by pogo-stick. Although I shall be hampered by this squirrel outfit I'm wearing once again as part of the Little Pebbles' "Let's go Nuts in Autumn Week".
She bounces off to her latest humiliating assignment. Far away across the field a bunch of small children collect their bags of hazelnuts and elastic bands, and get ready to improve their aims.
Marston Moretaine: I shall celebrate Nellie Bly's groundbreaking investigative journalism - by looking into conditions in the Doily Shed.
Archdruid Eileen may beat him with Hnaef's punt pole or, if it is available, the pogo stick.
Eileen: And I shall make the final stage by hot air balloon.
She climbs into the balloon and, casting off the guy rope, discovers it is not as "tethered" as she thought. Phone contact is lost as she floats over Olney.
Hnaef: Do you think we should "investigate" where she is?
Burton: Sure. Maybe this afternoon?
All: And we're right with you.
Interesting - Nelly Bly occurs in the song 'Frankie and Johnny'
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Ain't gonna tell ya no stories
Ain't gonna tell ya no lie
But Johnny was out with a sweetie
By the name of Nellie Bly
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As sung by the late great beautiful Dorothy Provine