Chapter 14

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"I wonder what else this place could send" said Murray.

"That'd be great if they sent things other than candy" said Greg.

"I have GOT to be sent by television." said Jeff.

"But, Jeff, it's dangerous!" said Anthony.

"Oh, Anthony! The Wiggles are always on television. How bad can it be?" said Jeff.

He pushed the button and the machine made him disappear.

"Oh dear me! I hope Jeff makes it into the telly alive" said Murray.

Jeff came back on TV.

"There he is!" said Greg.

"What's it like in there, Jeff?" said Anthony.

"It's much realer than it looks" said Jeff.

The Oompa Loompas sang another song.

The most important thing that we've ever learned

The most important thing we learned

As far as people are concerned

Is never never let them near the television set

Or better still, just don't install

The idiotic thing at all

Ah-ah, never never let them

Ah-ah, never never let them

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Never never let them, never never let them

It rots the senses in the head

It keeps imagination dead

It clogs and clutters up the mind

It makes a man so dull and blind

So dull and blind, so dull and blind

He can no longer understand

A fairytale, a fairyland

A fairyland, a fairyland

His brain becomes as soft as cheese

His thinking power starts to freeze

He cannot think, he only sees!

Regarding young Jeff Fatt, you see

We very much regret that we

Regret that we

Shall simply have to wait and see

We very much regret that we 

Shall simply have to wait and see

If we can get him back to shape

But if we can't, it serves him right

"No it doesn't!" said Greg.

"Somebody grab me!" said Jeff.

Murray reached out and took Jeff out of the television.

"What are we gonna do? Jeff is smaller than our toes" said Murray.

"Can't I just go back the other way?" said Jeff.

"There is no other way." said Dankworth's voice.

"But what else can we do about it?" said Anthony.

"Hmm. I have seen that men are stretchable. So why not stretch Jeff back to his normal size" said Dankworth's voice.

"But how do we stretch him?" said Anthony.

"Well, we're in a candy factory. What kinds of candy to they stretch?" said Greg.

"Hmm. Taffy" said Murray.

"Then we put Jeff in the taffy stretching machine?" said Anthony.

"Oh boy..." said Jeff nervously.

"And how could Greg think of that so fast?" said Anthony.

"Hmm. His gift was the one we need on this adventure. And we definitely need to think fast" said Murray.

"So my gift must have been quick thinking" said Greg.

"Wonderful! You have all figured out your gifts. Now go stretch Jeff out and continue your adventure before someone sees you" said Dankworth's voice.

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