Drabble: The Detective and the Toad

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"Now why're you lookin' glum, Gladys?"

"Just wondering... Was it an accident? I mean me. Being here."

"You talkin' fate and all that bollocks?"

"I believe in fate."

"Can't hold your grog, that's you. You believe in the tooth fairy too."

"Now who's talking bollocks."

"Well there is somethin' you can believe in."

"And what might that be? The fool dares to ask."

"Me."

"You?"

"And this."

"A kiss?"

"One snog from me and you're an handsome prince."

"No wonder I'm happy here. You make me laugh, Gene. Give us another."

"Bugger! You just turned back into an ugly toad."