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So, now we know the names of the kangaroo gang were Scribbler,

Bruiser, Wheels and Queenie.

They stole the nug, hid it in a bin in Stinky Alley, came back, gone.

So maybe one of the gang double -crossed them.

Maybe hid the nug somewhere else. And maybe one of them is back to look for

Pen, did you hear a word I just said? Of course. It was something, something,

blah, blah, nug, right?

And you are?

Knucklehead. Yeah, Knucklehead.

Pleasure to meet you, Knucklehead.

Are you the owner?

Great Granny Pie, the one and only.

I'm your new meter man.

Your water meter.

Out front, is it?

Point it out to the man, Penelope dear.

It's out front to the left, pal.

Oh, shame I could see your mouth move.

If you were a real ventriloquist, I would have squealed with delight.

You could have asked me anything.

Ain't nothing better than a talking dummy.

Huh?

He's gone?

What? A talking dummy.

He said that. Those were his exact words.

He took one look at Knucklehead and said if I had actual skills, he would have

squealed with delight.

At a ventriloquist dummy.

Who are you calling a ventriloquist?

Dummy.

That was no ordinary meter man, young Penelope. A mysterious stranger who

disappeared into thin air. It could only have been one person.

Cuttlefish.

Be the magnet, not

the net.

Cuttlefish is the master of disguise.

And just like a real cuttlefish uses camouflage, he's never the same person

twice. It's really very hard to identify. And just when you think you

he transforms.

But the one thing that never changes are his quirks.

He hates hair scrunchies, green wobbly jelly, cotton wool clouds.

But he loves Turkish delights, whistling kettles, and most of all, ventriloquist

dummies.

Could anyone love Turkish delight?

Oh, he really is the most elusive person you'll ever meet, if you can find him.

He might know something about the Nog. He might even have the Nog.

How do we find him? Well, you don't.

He needs to find you.

Commandment number five.

Be the magnet, not the net. Hit him with the one thing that he cannot resist.

What?

Knucklehead.

I think... Time you learn to vanish that voice of yours, don't you?

Ventriloquism isn't magic.

It's muscle.

And once you nail it, you quite literally put words into someone else's

Step one, mouth shut, lips still, barely moving.

Hi there.

Step two, burp your words.

Push your voice up from your belly, not from your throat.

Sounds odd, but it works.

Hello, sailor.

And step three, believe it.

If you think your puppet is real, so will your mark.

What are you looking at, kid?

Nothing.

Lip still, belly voice.

Believe it.

Congratulations, darling.

You just banished your voice.

Oh, thank you, thank you.

That, my dear Joey, is how to catch a cuttlefish.

Be the magnet, not the net.

He will be putty in your hands once you get him talking.

He'll tell you everything because he won't be able to resist.

Yeah, I've got to practice.

Hello.

Are you guys heading away to school soon?

Hi,

Dad.

Oh,

this is really great down here. It's like your own little clubhouse.

Yeah. Yeah.

You're not teaching them more tricks, are you?

Of course not, darling. I wouldn't dream of it.

Well, seeing as you're done definitely not teaching them any more tricks, can I

have a hand upstairs, please?

Of course, darling.

All right, well, get a wriggle on. I don't want you guys to be late.

Cuttlefish will be after the reward.

Now, if he's back in town, seeing me would be disastrous.

Mother!

You're on your own for now.

Mother! Coming, my little Frankfurter.

So, we've got our secret weapon.

A .K .A. the knockmeister. We just need something a little less obvious to draw

Cuttlefish out into the open first. The pen pal can weave her ventriloquism

magic.

Have I ever told you how good you are with that dummy? So talented.

Not only am I bad at ventriloquism, but my acting career is pretty much dead in

the water.

Okay, Dad, understudy's better than an understudy.

She's right. It's going to be waiting tables and performing at kids' birthday

parties from here on in.

Oh, I forgot. It's my birthday on Sunday. You forgot your birthday?

It's not that important.

Not that important? Tell me you're having a party. My family doesn't do

How can you not do parties?

Parties aren't really our thing.

No. We are not standing for this no party shenanigans.

We're going to throw you a party and it's going to be the best party ever.

Seriously? That'd be rad. Can we stay on track? We need something else to lure

our cuttlefish.

What else does he love again?

Come on cadets, we're almost out of time.

Guys,

front page goes to Prince in 30.

Nearly is going to kill us if we're not on time.

Sorry, what was that?

I volunteered to help with the 100 -year anniversary edition of the Woodspring

Gazette. They're printing an all -time in newspaper with wooden typesets. Don't

you know?

The only downside is the front page.

Amelia Kay and the role she was born to play.

Oh, it's perfect.

Who wrote this prize -winning front page?

Oh, yeah, I did.

My roles. My beautiful role.

Hi. The typeset has to be laid out backwards so the print comes out

no one can do backwards except you. No one.

Do you see what I have to deal with on a daily basis now?

Do you?

Hey, Pen.

Do you still have all that Turkish delight from your great -granny under

bed?

Unfortunately, yes.

May Katie pray for me.

So you need to make sure they get delivered to every single person in

Woodspring. Hurry, the future of print media in this town depends on it.

Coming through.

What?

What?

Free Turkish Delight giveaway tomorrow.

Our new delicious variety will be available for one day only at Pies Op

Cobblery. Get in quick, you'd be a dummy to miss out.

Queenie said, be the magnet, not the net.

Once Cuttlefish sees this, he won't be able to resist.

You like cheese, right?

Like is an understatement. I love cheese.

So for your party tomorrow, I'm thinking cheese things. And a photo booth where

you say, cheese! My dad could play some cheesy music.

But still.

Lip sealer. You have so many boxes of this stuff, Penelope.

Don't remind me. If you hate Turkish delight, why do you have so much of it?

Let's just say my great -granny's not short of a box or two every single

birthday.

I've got more upstairs if you need.

There's also a fossilized cow pat.

If you're interested in it.

We're good. Thanks, great -granny.

Granny sure loves her old poo.

Cuttlefish is sure to show. And when he does, wham! Penelope uses knucklehead

perfectly, he scores in delight, turns to putty. And then he tells us where the

nug is.

Wow, no pressure.

And don't forget these.

Made them myself.

Sorry about the spelling. Cool.

Awful bird cheesy party?

Sweet as.

A free invite for every free Turkish delight.

Aw, that's so sweet.

And yuck, Turkish delight.

Remember, we need to keep our eyes peeled for Cuttlefish. He could be

Gretchen, could she be... Uh,

Amelia?

Definitely no cuttlefish.

Principal, take a tongue.

Delaney.

Rumour has it there may be some free samples of Turkish Delight on offer.

Thanking you.

You won't believe what they're giving away in here. It's unbelievable.

What are you up to, Lainey?

Fantastic.

Party of the century, this Sunday, a .k .a. tomorrow.

Come for the dancing.

Stay for the tea.

Let me see those.

Yes, Amelia.

I'm almost there. It's just not quite perfect.

Go.

Look.

Where did that come from?

Curious.

Oh, a bird. What is it?

A puddlefish bone. They have three hearts, blue blood and a single bone

keeps them afloat.

My budgie should chew on one of these to keep his beak sharp.

It's got to be his calling card.

He was here all along and we didn't even notice.

Cuttlefish is a slippery one. How on earth are we going to catch him?

You handed everyone image to the party, right? Every last one.

So then Cuttlefish has an invite.

I can see the cogs turning.

Oh, they're turning, all right.

One day and you can nail Knucklehead?

I think so.

Yes!

Well, it sure is a slow news day here in Woodspring. This just in from our

Woodspring community scoop group.

Those who were lucky enough to get an invite to the cheesy birthday party, I

have some great news.

Not only will there be loads of cake and dancing and cheese, but there will also

be a debut performance from Woodspring's premier ventriloquist.

Please, Skip Scoopworthy, put this on the news.

Like I said.

Slow news day.

Magnet party. Right.

Wow, he moved fast.

Cuttlefish is bound to show when he sees this. He won't be able to resist.

Penn, you need to level up your dummy skills. You have one day.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Let's do this.

Wish us luck.

lip dill dill dill voice down in the belly like a bird

Hey, Daisy.

Right, time check.

How long till guests arrive?

30 minutes and counting.

Oh, looking forward to your big performance, Penelope.

Mother!

Did you practice?

Operation Knucklehead is ready to go.

Probably. There's no way to tell who he is for sure, so when everyone's here,

wham! You knucklehead him, he turns to party, telling us everything.

Nice and easy.

Then we get the nug and tear down the Katinka Tongue Supremacy once and for

I can't wait to see Emilia's face when it crumbles before her eyes.

Ah, I'm glad you finally decided to turn up, Emilia.

And with opening fast approaching, we have a lot of work to do.

So can we take it from young Mayor Katie's line, OMG, that fully built

just fanged off with the nug.

Actually, can we do this later? I have a party to crash.

Don't you mean crash?

No, crash.

Why do I even bother?

I'm Knucklehead.

I'm Knucklehead.

Knucklehead.

than anyone here.

I'm just going to pick up the cake, Poppet.

Back in a sec.

I'm coming with you.

Keep practicing.

Don't eat the cheese.

What did they get? I can't believe you.

Everyone should fashionably late.

They're all heading away from our play.

Something fishy.

We're here to pick up a birthday cake.

Or Amelia could take the phone.

Naturally, darling.

But that's awful birthday cake.

And what's the special occasion?

Amelia hijacked Offalbert's party?

You cannot be serious.

Come, Amelia.

We have a buff to catch.

What's going on here?

It's a party.

To celebrate my lead roles in the show.

Oh. You mean the lead roles I got you?

I don't remember saying yes to any parties.

Well, there's a busload of kids showing up at any moment, so...

Oh.

I'm not tidying any of this up.

This is too many balloons.

Next stop, Cheese Party.

This is the worst.

Not one person has turned up, not even Cuttlefish.

I'm sorry, I've totally let you down.

Are you kidding me?

This is the best party ever.

My bestie, your dad's got sweet moose.

There's top shelf cheese?

It is right.

You know what? You're right. Who needs everyone else? This is already the best.

In fact, I don't know how it could get any better.

Hey, hello.

Come on in, please.

Happy birthday, Uncle Bert. Happy birthday, Uncle Bert. Happy birthday,

Bert. Oh, thank you. Oh, thanks. Thank you.

I hope you like cheesecake.

Also, there's a bus in the driveway.

That was a pretty nice thing you did, getting

everyone here.

A compliment from Amelia.

Oh, I am shocked.

Yeah, well, you better enjoy it.

They're collector's items.

Oh, I will. I'll wear it with a veritable badge of honor.

Kai's a lucky one, though, having a big sister like you.

And that, my dear, is the real truth.

How's the cuttlefish magnet going?

Please make it stop.

Oh, no, this music just speaks to me.

It certainly does, darling.

Yeah, you're quite a good dancer, you have to admit it.

It's all on these hips, you see.

Did I hear you correctly before when you said that you borrowed a bus today?

Borrowed is such a loaded word.

I prefer... yoinked.

Well, credit where credit's due.

Oh.

The no.

What?

Emily couldn't sabotage us if she tried.

We got the spread, the vibe, the clown.

He's awesome.

Nice touch, guys.

Clown? We didn't book any clown.

Yeah.

There you go.

Could he be?

Cuddlefish! Be the magnet, not the net.

You got this. Turn him to putty.

Excuse me, excuse me, everyone. I just wanted to say thanks for coming. Best

party ever.

As promised, presenting Wood Springs premier, ventriloquist Penelope Pye and

Knucklehead. I'm here for one person and one person only.

What a great magic trick.

Right, who wants cake?

Me!

Whoa.

Okay,

opening. If it's another color fish bone...

Treasure map?

Shopping list?

Didn't take it.

Didn't touch it.

But one of us did.

And they're getting sloppy.

I'm out. See.

That must be Cuttlefish.

So it wasn't Cuttlefish that stole the nug.

Cuttlefish doesn't have to knock.

But who does?

Three suffix left.

Scribbler, Bruiser, and We.