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as a gift, but had confused the bird with another. By the time he realised his mistake, his goose had already been sold. As it is Christmas, Holmes takes pity on Ryder and allows him to leave England, concluding that the latter is too frightened by what happened to offend again. Holmes is confident that Horner will be freed once the case against him collapses.
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Back at Baker Street, a remorseful Ryder admits that he and his accomplice, the Countess's maid, had contrived to frame Horner, believing that his criminal past would make him an easy scapegoat. During a visit to his sister, Mrs Oakshott, Ryder decided to feed the gem to a goose she had promised him
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dealer. However, the latter refuses to help, complaining that he been repeatedly pestered by another man about geese purchased by the Alpha Inn. Realising that he is not the only one aware of the goose's importance, Holmes tricks the dealer into revealing that the bird was supplied to him by its
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to their rightful owners after he found them dropped in the street during a scuffle. A nametag on the goose reading "Henry Baker" is of little assistance as the name is a very common one. Ultimately, Peterson takes the goose home for dinner while Holmes keeps the hat to study as an intellectual
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featured an adaptation of the story, replacing the goose with a blue stuffed toy called "Carbuncle" and the stone with a microprocessor.
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as Watson). Another episode adapted from the story aired on 25 December 1944 (again starring Rathbone and Bruce, and with
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as Watson. Other adaptations of the story in the same series aired on the BBC Home Service on 25 October 1957 and on the
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as Peterson). An adaptation written by Howard Merrill aired on 26 December 1948 (with John Stanley as Holmes and
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Holmes and Watson visit the pub, where the proprietor informs them that the bird had been purchased from a
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as Watson. It was dramatised and produced by Michael Hardwick (who adapted the 1961 radio adaptation) and
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as Watson. The production first aired on the BBC Light Programme on 14 December 1954, and also aired on
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as Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr. Watson). Meiser also adapted the story for the radio series
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Peterson shows Holmes and Watson the surprising item found inside the goose, 1892 illustration by
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as Sherlock Holmes and Court Benson as Dr. Watson. The episode first aired on 25 July 1977.
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as Holmes and Lawrence Albert as Watson, the episode aired on 28 December 2008.
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adapted "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" as an episode of the radio series
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It was adapted into one of the books of the Hong Kong children's book series
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A silent short film based on the story was released in 1923 as part of the
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A radio production adapted by Bill Morrison aired on 23 July 1978, with
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in February 1892. It was also included in the short story collection
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A BBC radio adaptation aired on 2 January 1991, as part of the
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contemplating a battered old hat brought to him by Peterson, a
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An audio drama based on the story was released in 1970 on
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played Sherlock Holmes in a television film adaptation by
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An excited Peterson finds the stolen gem in the goose's
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In 1984 the story was the subject of an episode of the
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Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Detective fiction
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Strand Magazine
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Man with the Twisted Lip
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Sherlock Holmes
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Strand Magazine
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Carbuncle
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