The Unlucky Plumber

Claire Sterling

Listen to The Unlucky Plumber by Claire Sterling as a bilingual audiobook with synchronized read-along text in English and Indonesian.

Arthur noticed a small leak coming from his bathroom toilet on a rainy Saturday morning. He had been putting off fixing it for weeks because he hated dealing with plumbing issues. Even worse, the local plumber, Mr. Henderson, was a talkative neighbor who lived down the street. Last month, Arthur had accidentally forgotten to attend Mr. Hendersons community garden workshop. Ever since that embarrassing day, Arthur had tried his best to avoid eye contact whenever they passed each other. Determined to solve the problem independently, Arthur decided that today was the day he would become a DIY expert. He walked into his kitchen, grabbed a cup of hot herbal tea, and opened a video tutorial on his tablet. The instructor in the video made the repair process sound completely effortless. According to the tutorial, Arthur only needed a wrench, a new rubber washer, and thirty minutes of free time. Feeling remarkably confident, he put on a comfortable cotton shirt and gathered his tool kit from the hallway closet. He walked back into the bathroom, feeling a sense of pride before he had even started. First, Arthur located the water supply valve behind the toilet bowl.