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Recap / Numberjacks Audio Story E 5 Slowerand Lower

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The third and final story, to be narrated by Seven.

Seven is out at a big sporting event. Things are looking a bit perculiar. For the running race, people are trying to run slowest, instead of fastest. The people in the crowd are appalled. Seven calls into the sofa, and Four and Three are launched to help her investigate.

Three spots a man who's running slowly, but Four spots a man who's even slower. He's sat down having a cup of tea. Three even spots a man going backwards, away from the finishing line. An agent believes a meanie has been mixing things up. Four finds it difficult to spot a meanie amongst all the flags, but Three spots something strange and pink. It's not a flag, but Spooky Spoon. She has mixed things up, all so she can be the fastest thing around.

Agent 45 reports trouble at the high jump. No one is trying at all. The first woman jumps so little, her feet barely leave the ground. Four spots a woman who's much worse, lying down and sunbathing. Then Three spots someone getting even lower, using a shovel to dig a hole. Spooky Spoon is happy that she is highest round here, and has mixed it up so people try to be lowest instead.

Agent 45 spots problems at the weightlifting. One man is only lifting a feather, and Four spots a man lifting nothing at all. Three even spots a balloon with gas lifting a man up into the air. Spooky is delighted at her mix up, but the people in the crowd aren't, as everyone's doing their worst.

Agent 45 suggests they get people doing the opposite of what they've been doing, and Six sends brain gain. Seven sends brain gain to the runners, and they run faster, and the crowd are much happier. The jumpers start jumping high again, and the weight-lifters start lifting heavy weights.

But when they go to get their medals, Spooky Spoon has done some more mixing. Instead of the usual shiny metals, the man who came first in the running race gets a medal made of goo, the woman who came second in the jumping gets a medal made of slobber and the man who came third in the weight-lifting gets a medal made of bogeys. With a burst of brain gain, they become gold, silver and bronze. Four gets rid of Spooky Spoon, making her go very fast and very high.

Seven challenges the viewer to run as fast as they can, and then do the opposite, and run as slowly as they can.

This episode provides examples of

  • Toilet Humour: Spooky Spoon makes medals out of goo, slobber and bogeys.

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