A silly story, especially for Christmas. Working the early-turn Christmas Eve shift, Sergeant Rod just wants to finish at five, collect his daughter’s bizarre choice of present and go home. But his boss, the local drug lord and south London’s canine population have other ideas. 

Something to consider when reading/listening: 

Are you feeling Christmassy? 

Comedy - Family - Christmas 

A Wise Man is an original short story by Doe Wilmann 

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/ 

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You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads 

Comedic Monologues 

Silly stories 

Tom Sharpe

PG Wodehouse 

Police 

Dogs

Police dogs 

Criminals 

Gluten-free, fat-free, sugar-free brownies 

Christmas 

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com 

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends. 

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK. 

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Website:

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Thanks for listening 

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes. 

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5. 

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