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Challenge of the Yukon: The Case of the Frightened Child
Challenge of the Yukon · June 1, 1949 · 29 min · 4,934 words
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The transcript of “The Case of the Frightened Child”, an episode of Challenge of the Yukon first broadcast June 1, 1949. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Challenge of the Yukon free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Now as gunshots echo across the wind, swept snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest, Quaker Puff Wheat, and Quaker Puff Right, the breakfast cereal shot from gun. We sent the challenge of the Yukon. It's Yukon King, swiftness and strongest lead dog of the Northwest, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest's Marred Police
in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. One king, one, you have to be! Gold, gold discovered in the Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches, back to the days of the Gold Rush, with Quaker Puff Wheat and Quaker Puff Rice bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog Yukon King as they meet
the challenge of the Yukon. Yippee, ride them cowboy! Yes, siry, little wonder, many a he-man Hollywood movie star goes for this breakfast. It's well-tasting Quaker Puff Rice or Quaker Puff Wheat with milk or cream and fruit.
These king-size ready to serve premium grains of rice or wheat pack a man-size taste wallop. They're good for you. They're shot from guns. Yes, actually exploded up to eight times normal size to make them crisp and tender as nuts in November. Tomorrow, sure, treat yourself swell. Enjoy this breakfast treat. Eat Quaker Puff Rise or Quaker Puff Wheat."
The Sergeant and King were walking along the banks of the Klondike one mid-summer morning, when suddenly the great dog began to bark and plunged into the woods at the side of the trail. The Sergeant stopped and waited. Then he heard the cry of a frightened child. The Sergeant followed King into the woods.
He found the dog standing on the edge of a clearing, and huddled close to the foot of a big pine on the far side. There was a little girl not more than six years old.
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