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Mike Teavee is Sent by Television
’Well,’saidMrWonka,strokinghisbeardandgazingthoughtfullyattheceiling,’Imustsaythat’saweebittricky.Butsmallboysareextremelyspringyandelastic. Theystretchlikemad. Sowhatwe’lldo,we’llputhiminaspecialmachineIhavefortestingthestretchinessofchewing-gum!Maybethatwillbringhimbacktowhathewas.’
’Oh,thankyou!’saidMrsTeavee.
’Don’tmentionit,dearlady.’
’Howfard’youthinkhe’llstretch?’askedMrTeavee.
’Maybemiles,’saidMrWonka.’Whoknows?Buthe’sgoingtobeawfullythin.Everythinggetsthinnerwhenyoustretchit.’
’Youmeanlikechewing-gum?’askedMrTeavee.
’Exactly.’
’Howthinwillhebe?’askedMrsTeaveeanxiously.
’Ihaven’tthefoggiestidea,’saidMrWonka.’Anditdoesn’treallymatter,anyway,becausewe’llsoonfattenhimupagain. Allwe’llhavetodoisgivehimatripleoverdoseofmywonderfulSupervitaminChocolate. SupervitaminChocolatecontainshugeamountsofvitaminAandvitaminB.ItalsocontainsvitaminC,vitaminD,vitaminE,vitaminF,vitaminG,vitaminI,vitaminJ,vitaminK,vitaminL,vitaminM,vitaminN,vitaminO, vitaminP,vitaminQ,vitaminR,vitaminT,vitaminU,vitaminV,vitaminW,vitaminX,vitaminY,and,believeitornot,vitaminZ! Theonlytwovitaminsitdoesn’thaveinitarevitaminS,becauseitmakesyousick,andvitaminH,becauseitmakesyougrowhornsonthetopofyourhead,likeabull.
