Show Notes
The Cat Who Reads Over Shoulders
Hugh Plover catches the green-eyed cat of Bramble Lane reading his notebook over his shoulder: fourteen lines tracked at two speeds, six controls passed, a name eight years old delivered at the bus stop, and a pencil line on the door page that Hugh did not draw. The minutes have a reader. The reader has a pencil. A cozy mystery in eight small chapters.
CHAPTERS: 0:08 — Cold Open 2:22 — Welcome 8:57 — Act One — The Reading 19:39 — Act Two — The Experiments 29:56 — Act Three — The Name 41:18 — Act Four — The Open Book 48:42 — Features — The Notebook and Owl of the Week 58:49 — Closing
SOURCES: Hugh Plover's reading log and open-book page (original commentary); Priya at the bus stop; Mrs. Alder over the fence.
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