Elsie thought it unlikely Leo would tell her the truth about the unregistered secondhand car he’d asked family friend Bernie to tow to the abandoned quarry. But she still pressed her sixteen-year-old great-nephew about it over breakfast at the kitchen table. "Are you planning to drive it around the quarry, dear?" "Nah, I wouldn't do that, Aunty."
The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — Two: A Fast Car — Part One is a short story by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website.
Read Robert's writing on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au
Listen to all podcast episodes on Tall And True Short Reads: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Listen to the Season Five Trailer: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/introducing-season-five/
Listen to The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts:
• Prologue: The Clinic: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-prologue-the-clinic/
• One: Rock Fishing: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-one-rock-fishing/
• Two: A Fast Car - Part One: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-two-a-fast-car-part-one/
• Two: A Fast Car - Part Two: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-two-a-fast-car-part-two/
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story and microfiction collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
• Car Engine Revving: https://freesound.org/people/overmedium/sounds/651534/
• Eating Cereal from Bowl: https://freesound.org/people/diniunicorn/sounds/330300/
• Chair Scraping on Floor: https://freesound.org/people/moxobna/sounds/35033/
• Kettle Switch: https://freesound.org/people/EricsSoundschmiede/sounds/457410/
• Kettle Boiling: https://freesound.org/people/cupido-1/sounds/433538/
• Kettle Whistling: https://freesound.org/people/keweldog/sounds/181718/
• Clock Tick-Tocking: https://freesound.org/people/Richard1052/sounds/585774/
• Typewriter and Bell: https://freesound.org/people/supersupernator/sounds/519622/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.
Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
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