Chapter 10

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"Oh no!" said Greg.

"Oh what?" said the other three.

"Oh no!"

"Oh what?"

"Oh no!"

"Oh what?"

"Murray, your nose is turning blue" said Greg.

"Huh?" said Murray touching his nose.

"Crikey! Murray, your whole face has turned blue" said Jeff.

"What happens now?" said Anthony.

"This gum has not been perfected. I'm afraid Murray is in quite a predicament" said Dankworth's voice.

Murray's whole body turned blue. 

"Oh... uh... Wiggles, Wiggles..." he said.

"What is going on?" said Jeff.

"What's happening to me?" said Murray.

Murray's middle then swelled up.

"Huh?" said the Wiggles one at a time.

"Murray! You're swelling up" said Greg.

Murray was getting rounder and rounder with every second.

"Oh, my goodness..." he gasped.

"Mr Dankworth, what just happened to Murray?" said Anthony.

"He has become... a blueberry" said Dankworth's voice.

"I have?! But the Wiggles can't have a blueberry as a guitarist. What am I gonna do?" said Murray.

More Oompa Loompas started playing funky guitar riffs. 

Then they sang another song.

Listen close, let's take a look

At the tale of Murray Cook

This gentleman, he sees no wrong

Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing

Chewing, chewing all day long

Chewing, chewing all day long

Chewing, chewing all day long

Chewing, chewing all day long

Yeah!

He goes on chewing till at last

The chewing muscles grow so fast

From his face, a giant chin

Sticks out just like a violin

Chewing, chewing all day long

Chewing, chewing all day long

Chewing, chewing all day long

For years and years he chews away

His jaws get stronger every day

And with one great tremendous chew

They bite the poor man's tongue in two

I guess we'll read an extra book

To find how to save Murray Cook

Chewing, chewing all day long

Chewing, chewing all day long

Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing

Chewing, chewing all day long

"Murray, you're too big to even reach your body. So this doesn't seem like a job for your super strength gift" said Anthony.

"Then how are we gonna get all this blueberry juice out of me?" said Murray.

"Hmm. Let's think. How do people get flavors for candy?" said Greg.

"Some comes from fruit. And blueberries are fruit. How do we flavor candy from fruit?" said Anthony.

"By squeezing the juice out of them" said Murray.

"So there must be a room in this factory where the guys juice fruit. Where in a factory do they juice fruit?" said Jeff.

The Wiggles thought for a second.

"In the juicing room!" they said in unison.

"So we just need to go to the juicing room and juice Murray" said Jeff.

"But how are we gonna roll him to the juicing room fast? There's so much to do and so little time" said Greg.

"We should be able to" said Jeff.

He started rolling Murray out the inventing room door and onto the boat.

Jeff was running faster than he'd ever run before.

"Jeff, I'm getting dizzy. I'll be so glad to be my normal shape again" said Murray.

"And how are you so fast?" said Greg.

"Hey! The gift came through my legs and now they're faster. So my gift was probably super speed" said Jeff.

"Beauty mate" said Anthony.

"Now, would all of you please row us to the juicing room?" said Greg.

The Oompa Loompas obliged.


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