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Untold Podcast 31 - Thick As Thieves

3/13/2015

Story: "Thick As Thieves" by Matt McKinney
Genre: Fantasy, Fairytale
Rating: PG-13

What happens when an everyday Leprechaun is mugged during a bank robbery?

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I’ll bet ye didn’a know that Leprechauns aren’t rich. That’s right, our gold’s not our gold, if ye follow. Our job’s to warn mankind, an’ a stash of wish-fulfilillin’ gold’s the finest tool I’ve seen in my…well, many years on this fine an’ flawed world.

So mayhaps ye’ll not scoff that this tale begins as I was at the bank. I wasn’t stashing my magical coins in the vaults, nor was I observin’ some poor cashier to make her life a lesson for others. No, I was there makin’ a deposit on me lunch break, and I was not havin’ a good day.

Ah, I see yer surprised that a Leprechaun has a job, and a borin’ one at that! In case ye didn’a already know, Leprechauns aren’t the wily little fellows from the storybooks, dressin’ entirely in…a certain color, dancin’ like fools and hiding gold in pots at the ends of rainbows. Might as well try to steal me cereal with marshmallows, and for the record, I prefer cranberry muffins for breakfast, if ye must be informed. I’m Irish, not a cartoon.