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9 October 2024

Chocolate Factory (part 2)

-Chomp... the grass... chomp... is yummy ... chomp...
-Mmm! That candy is delicious!... Augustus, don't eat too much grass my son!
-Gnam... OK mom... gnam...




-I must admit this tastes so good! Such a rich flavor!
-I would love a chewing gum like that! But be careful mom, you will ruin your diet!
-You are right but it's hard to resist!



-Dad! I want a tree like that in my garden!
-But Veruca, it's not easy to find such trees!...
-No! I want this one right now! You can buy it from Mr Wonka! I want it, I want it!



-Mike! Stop smashing the candy with your feet!
-But he said to enjoy...! It's much more fun than eating them!



-Look over there! I can see some tiny people! Who are they Mr. Wonka?
-These are the Oompa Loompas!
-The Oompa Loompas?
-Yes, they are the workers of my factory! They are very small but so good!



-Oh, there are so many of them!
-Yes! Some years ago I travelled to Loompaland looking for exotic new flavours! There in the jungle I found the Oompa Loompas who lived in tree houses to escape from the terrible beasts that lived below! So I took them with me to work in my factory! Here they live safely in peace and eat their favourite cocoa beans! They are such wonderful and loyal workers! I must warn you, however, that they are very mischievous. Always making jokes!
(Veruca) - Dad I want an Oompa Loompa right now!...



-Hey little boy! My chocolate must be untouched by sylvanian hands!
-Augustus sweetheart! Please don't do that...!



-Help!
-Augustus! Oh no! He can't swim! Please save him!...



-Don't worry Mrs Gloop! He will be sucked up in one of my factory pipes!
-Where does this pipe go to?
-Well... I think this one goes to the room where I make the most delicious kind of strawberry-coated chocolate fudge!
-What? Isn't that dangerous?
-Stay calm! The Oompa Loompas will help you find your son!... I want you to take Mrs Gloop to the fudge room, and with a long stick start poking around in the mixing barrel to find him, OK? I am sure everything will be fine!...



-Let's continue our tour! This is one of the most important room of the entire factory! The Inventing room!
-Wow! It's a laboratory!
-Correct! All of my most secret inventions are cooking and simmering in here. Let's have a look but please don't touch a thing!



-What is that machine doing?
-That machine produces Everlasting Gobstoppers!
-What are these?
-It's candy for children that have very little pocket money. You can suck them all year and they never get any smaller!
-Wow! So clever!
-Who wants one?
-Me, me!
-Me too!
-Here! You can pick the flavour you like!



-Mr Wonka! What's this? Looks like gum!
-This is one of my most fabulous inventions but still in progress!
-What's so fab about it?
-This little piece of gum is a three course dinner! Tomato soup, roast beef and blueberry pie!
-It sounds like my kind of gum! I'll have some!
-No! I'd rather you didn't! We are still working on it!
-I’m the world record holder in chewing gum. I’m not afraid of anything!
-On no! Violet stop! Spit it out!...



-Wow! It's tomato soup! I can feel it running down my throat!
-Please stop!...
-And now it's changing! Roast beef and baked potato! Yummy!
-Well... I'm a little concerned about next...
-Here comes the dessert! Blueberry pie and ice cream!
-Look!... Her face!... She's turning blue!...
-Oh no! Honey! What's happening?... Violet! You're turning violet!
-I told you! It always goes wrong when we come to the dessert!...



-Oh no! She is swelling up!
-Like a blueberry!
-Mom! I feel strange!
-Mr Wonka! What's happening to my daughter?
-Well, it happens every time... It's just weird...
-But I can't have a blueberry for a daughter... Help us!
-Loompas! Roll her to the juicing room! She must immediately be squeezed to get all the juice out of her before she explodes!



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30 September 2024

Chocolate Factory (part 1)

 This is the story of an ordinary boy named Charlie Bucket. He was not faster, stronger, or more clever than other children and his family was not rich, or powerful… in fact, they barely had enough to eat. But Charlie was the luckiest boy in the entire world- he just didn’t know it yet...




Everyday on his way to school Charlie stops to smell the sweet chocolate aroma coming out from a huge chocolate factory. The owner of the factory is a strange man named Willy Wonka. No one has seen him for years. Also nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out. The only thing that comes out of that place is the candy, already packed and addressed! But who works in this big factory? What a mystery!



One day Charlie saw an announcement from Willy Wonka!

'DEAR PEOPLE OF THE WORLD :
I, Willy Wonka, have decided to allow five children to visit my factory. These lucky five will be shown around personally by me and will learn all the secrets and the magic of my factory.
Five golden tickets have been hidden underneath the ordinary wrapping paper of five ordinary Wonka bars.
In addition, one of these children shall receive a special prize beyond anything you could ever imagine. Good luck to all. And happy hunting!'




Charlie lives in a tiny house with his parents and four grandparents.
-Willy Wonka has announced that he will accept five children in his factory! He has hidden five golden tickets in the Wonka chocolate bars!
-Wouldn't it be great if you found one of these tickets Charlie? I used to work there, it's a magical place!
-Oh Grandpa Joe! That would be awesome but... I only get one bar a year for my birthday...
-Well it's your birthday next week!



-Charlie, your mum and I thought maybe you’d want to open your
birthday present tonight! Here you are!
-Yay! A Wonka bar!
-Open it, Charlie. Maybe there's a Golden Ticket inside!
-Well I've got the same chance as anybody else, haven't I?



-... There's no golden ticket inside...
-Sorry my boy, we wish we had more money for another one...
-Don't worry Charlie... At least you have a wonderful chocolate bar left to enjoy!
-I will share it with all of you!
-Ahh, such a nice kid!...



The next day on his way back from school Charlie spots a coin hidden under the snow!
-Who knows, maybe today will be my lucky day!



-Hello Mr Bill, can I buy this delicious Wonka bar?
-Of course Charlie! Although I've read in the headlines that four of the five tickets have already been found. But you never know! Good luck!
-Thank you!



-What?... Could this possibly be...
-It's... it's a Golden Ticket Charlie! You found Wonka’s last Golden Ticket!
-Yes I did!
-Incredible!Congratulations! Now, quickly, go straight home and show it to your parents! OK?
-Yes Mr Bill! Thank you!...Wow! Thank you so much!



-Look! I found it! I found the last golden ticket! It’s mine!
-Yippeee!
-Wow! I knew you would find it Charlie my boy!
-I found some money and I bought it! It is my lucky day!
-It sure is! We must also decide who will go with you to the factory!
-I will go!
-OK Grandpa Joe. You know more about the factory than any of us!
-That's settled then! Mr. Wonka here we come!



This is the big day! Charlie with Grandpa Joe and four other children with their family members, are waiting outside the factory!
-I feel so excited!
-Why does it take so long to open the gate?
-Can't wait to meet him!
-I will be the winner!
-I think I see someone coming...



-Welcome my friends to my Chocolate Factory! I am Willy Wonka! I hope this is going to be a great experience for all of you! Now come inside and show me your Golden tickets. I want to meet each one of you children!



-I'm Veruca Salt! And this is my dad.
-Hello Mr. Wonka! When my little Veruca told me she had to have one of these Golden Tickets, I started buying all the Wonka bars I could lay my hands on. Thousands of them! I’m in the nut business, you see, so I said to my workers to stop shelling peanuts, and start shelling the wrappers off of these Wonka bars instead.
-Yes, my dad always gives me whatever I want...Although I had to wait 3 whole days until he finds this ticket!
-Oh I see... Welcome to my factory then!



-Hello... chomp... Mr. Wonka... chomp... I am Augustus... chomp... Gloop!
-Welcome Augustus! You seem to like my chocolate!
-Hello Mr. Wonka! I'm his mom! We knew Augustus would find the Golden Ticket. He eats so many candy bars a day that it was not possible for him not to find one!
-Yes, I was eating a Wonka bar when suddenly I tasted something that was not chocolate! I looked and found the golden ticket!
-Congrats then! Hope you enjoy it here!



-Mr. Wonka, I’m Violet Beauregarde.
-Oh hello!...
-So one kid’s gonna get a special prize? I don’t care who the other four are. That kid- it’s gonna be me.
-Really! How come...?
-Hello, I'm Violet's mother. My daughter is always a winner! She has won dozens of trophies in various contests!
-I’m a gum chewer mostly, but when I heard about these ticket things, I laid off the gum and switched to candy bars! I'm back to gums now! I’m the junior world champion gum chewer. I’ve been chewing on this piece of gum for three months solid!
-Interesting! Welcome!



-And who are you?
-I'm Mike Teevee. It was a piece of cake to find the Golden Ticket! All I did is check the manufacturing date, offset by weather, and the derivative of the serial number. A retard could figure it out! I only bought one bar in the end!
-Hello, I'm his father! I really can't figure out what he's talking about! You know kids these days with all the technology... He is always in front of a screen, whether it's TV or video game or a computer...
-So Mike, did you like the chocolate bar?
-Actually, I hate chocolate...!
-Oh really! Hmm...Well enjoy your visit!



-Hello Mr. Wonka! It's a pleasure to meet you sir! I'm Charlie Bucket!
-Hello Charlie! Nice to meet you too!
-Well, I was just lucky to find one of the Golden Tickets! I feel so excited to visit your factory! My grandfather Jo has told me so many wonderful things about it!
-I used to work here Mr. Wonka! I don't think you remember me...
-Where you one of the nasty workers that tried to sell my secret recipes?
-No sir, definitely not!
-OK then! Welcome back! Have fun!



-Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls! Let's start this tour with the nerve center of the factory, the chocolate room!
-Is that a chocolate river?
-Wow, it's the most wonderful thing I've ever seen!
-Yes that's right! Every drop of the river is hot melted chocolate of the finest quality. And look over there at my waterfall! It's mixing my chocolate! No other factory in the world mixes its chocolate by waterfall! Also almost everything in this room is edible!
-Even the grass?
-Yes you can eat the grass too! Go on, try anything you like!
-Yay!




31 December 2023

Christmas Band

 The Reindeer family are walking down the snowy town street. Suddenly the babies start jumping up and down with excitement!
-I can hear them mom! Do you see them? They are coming!...



-It's the Christmas Marching Band!



-Merry Christmas everyone! 


And a Happy New Year!



9 December 2023

Moments

 -What a lovely day for fishing!




Summer memories...



-Great job little ones! You helped me to collect these vegetables from the garden! Now wash them well before you eat them!
-OK grandpa!



-Was that Mistoffelees Macavity?
-Yes! He has a hard time waking up early in the morning so this way he arrives at school on time!



The weather is still nice and Schroeder Fisher has taken the twins for a slow ride through the park!
-That was great fun dad! Can we have another round?
-Only if you promise to stay quiet and careful!
-Yay!




The piles of fallen leaves are always a chance for great fun! Autumn is wonderful in Sylvania!



The snow has covered every corner of the sylvanian village! Velvet Slydale and little Lindy have dressed in warm clothes and are off for the daily shopping at the grossery store.
-Look mom, so much snow! I want to make a snowman! Can we buy a big carrot for his nose?
-Of course dear, we can get one from the store and you'll build a great snowman when we come back!

-I made two little stars!
-Great work! Our Christmas window looks wonderful!





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31 October 2023

Halloween 2023

 -Ready for trick or treat?
-Yes!
-You are a lobster! Very cute!
-Thanks but... I don't think I could scare anyone with this costume! 
-Don't say that! Let's see what we can do...



-I believe there is a surprise for you in this chest Mr. Pirate!
-It looks like a treasure chest! Let's open it then!...



-Boo!!...
-YIKES!!!..



Happy Halloween!



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14 October 2023

Harry Potter (part 3)

 -We are lost!
-I think we're not supposed to be here! It's the forbidden third floor corridor!
-I hear steps!
-Quickly, let's hide in here!
-It's locked!...
-Leave it to me!...ALOHOMORA!... OK, get in!



-Oh no, look!
-It was locked for a good reason!
-Ahhhhhhhh! RUN!



-Phew... that was close...
-Why on earth do they have a giant three headed dog locked up in a school?
-It was standing on a trapdoor! Maybe it's guarding something...



-Hagrid, why there is a giant three headed dog in the school?
-What? You know about Fluffy?
-That thing has a name?
-Of course he has! Actually he is mine! I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the...hmm... nothing... It's top secret!
-We knew he was guarding something important! Why?Does someone want to steal it?
-Maybe Snape is trying to steal it!
-Nonsense! Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher!
-But he is so strange and mysterious!
-Well, stop meddling around you three! What that dog is guarding is strictly between Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel... Oh I shouldn't have said that...
-Who is Nicholas Flamel?
-No more questions!