Chapter 10

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"Where is fancy bred? In the heart, or in the head? Shall we roll on?" Willy said and turn to the kids "well, well, well, 2 naughty, nasty little children gone. 4 good, sweet little children left. Hurry, please, long way to go yet"

They entered a hallway that had a fruit wallpaper

"Wait a minute. Must show you this. Lickable wallpaper for nursery walls" Willy said "lick an orange, it tastes like an orange. Lick a pineapple, it tastes like a pineapple. Go ahead, try it"

The group licked the wallpaper, Grace tried to get on her tippy toes to lick it until Willy picked her up, placed her on his hip and she licked the wallpaper

"Mmm, I got a plum" Mike said

"Grandpa, this banana's fantastic! It tastes so real" Charlie said

"Try some more. The strawberries taste like strawberries" Willy said "the snozzberries taste like snozzberries!

"Snozzberries? Who ever heard of a snozzberry?" Veruca asked and then Willy turned her head to him

"We are the music-makers... and we are the dreamers of dreams" Willy said to Veruca "come along, come along"

"Something very unusual in here" Willy said and they entered the Fizzy Lifting Room "bubbles, bubbles everywhere, but not a drop to drink. Yet"

"What's it making, Mr. Wonka?" Charlie asked

"Fizzy Lifting Drinks" Willy explains "they fill you with gas, and the gas is so terrifically lifting that it lifts you right off the ground like a balloon"

"Oh, isn't it high! Gosh!" Veruca said

"But I daren't sell it yet. It's still too powerful" Willy said

Mike and Veruca begged Willy to try some

"No, no, no. Absolutely not. There'd be children floating around all over the place" Willy said "come along now; don't hang about. You're going to be wild about this next room"

All but Charlie and Grandpa Joe exit

Grace looked over Willy's shoulder and noticed that Charlie and Grandpa Joe weren't there with them and well she knows what they're doing right now

A while later, they were in the Geese Room and then Charlie and Grandpa Joe were back

"I know what you're thinking, they can't be doing what they're doing. But they are. They have to. I haven't met the Oompa Loompa yet who could do it" Willy said "these are the geese that lay the golden eggs. As you can see, they're larger than ordinary geese. As a matter of fact, they're quadruple size geese which produce octuple size eggs. They're laying overtime right now for Easter"

"But Easter's over!" Mike said

"Ssshhh" Willy covers Mike's mouth "they don't know that. I'm trying to get ahead for next year"

"What happens if they drop one of those eggs, Wonka?" Mr. Salt aslked

"An omelet fit for a king, sir" Willy said

"Are they chocolate eggs?" Grace asked

"Golden chocolate eggs. That's a great delicacy" Willy said, they went a little closer but he stopped them "but I wouldn't get too close. The geese are very temperamental. That's why we have the Eggdicator"

"Eggdi-what?" Mrs. Teavee asked

"The Eggdicator. The Eggdicator can tell the difference between a good egg and a bad egg. If it's a good egg, it's shined up and shipped out all over the world" Willy explains "but if it's a bad egg... down the chute"

"It's an educated Eggdicator" Grandpa Joe said

"It's a lot of nonsense" Mr. Salt said

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" Willy sang

"Hey, Daddy, I want a golden goose" Veruca said

"Here we go again" Grace said as she placed her head on Willy's shoulder

"All right, sweetheart, all right" Mr. Salt said "daddy'll get you a golden goose as soon as we get home"

"No, I want one of those!" Veruca said as she points one of the geeses"

"Wonka, how much do you want for the golden goose?" Mr. Salt asked when he grabs his check book

"They're not for sale" Willy said

"Name your price" Mr. Salt said

"She can't have one" Willy said

"Who says I can't?" Veruca asked

"The man with the funny hat" Mr. Salt said

"I want one!" Veruca said "I want a golden goose"

Veruca went on the Eggdicator and falls down the chute

"She was a bad egg" Willy said and Grace nodded

"Um... where's she gone?" Mr. Salt asked

"Where all the other bad eggs go" Willy said "down the garbage chute"

"The garbage chute" Mr. Salt laughs "where does it lead to?"

"To the furnace" Willy said

"To the furnace" Mr. Salt laughs heartily "she'll be sizzled like a sausage"

"Well not necessarily" Willy said "she could be stuck just inside the tube"

"Inside the...? Hold on! Veruca, sweetheart, Daddy's coming!" Mr. Salt jumps down the Eggdicator chute

"There's gonna be a lot of garbage today" Willy said

"Well, Mr. Salt finally got what he wanted" Grandpa Joe said

"What's that?" Grace asked

"Veruca went first" Grandpa Joe said

"Mr. Wonka, they won't really be burned in the furnace, will they?" Charlie asked

"Hmmm.... well, I think that furnace is lit only every other day, so they have a good sporting chance, haven't they" Willy said

"I don't understand it. The children are disappearing like rabbits" Willy said "well, we still have each other. Shall we press on?"

"Mr. Wonka, can't we sit down for a minute? The pace is killing me" Mrs. Teavee asked when she was bout to sit down

"My dear lady, transportation has already been arranged" Willy said

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