"Opal's Million Dollar Duck"
by John Patrick
Synopsis:
Searching for costumes for their next production, Desmond and Queenie, the
local summer stock company, drop by "Opal's Antique Junque Shop." While
rooting through Opal's treasures, they spot a nondescript oil painting -
a still life of a dead mallard duck and an apple - and recalling an item in
the morning newspaper about an old master which has disappeared from the
local art museum, suddenly realize that this may be the missing canvas, for
which the insurance company is offering a sizable reward. Summoning up all
their acting skills, they try to charm Opal into selling the painting for
a pittance, but she explains that she plans to give it to her friend,
Rosie, as a birthday present, whereupon the plot thickens hilariously.
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