Chapter 2: Tickets! Tickets! Tickets!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Willy Wonka had a chocolate factory called "Willy Wonka's Fun Factory" that was located in Honolulu, Hawaii. On May 1st, he sent out five, golden tickets to five, different states within the U.S. Aside from the five, golden tickets, Wonka sent out 100 bogus ones that looked very similar to the real ones. There were two bogus tickets sent to each state (including Hawaii). In order to tell apart the real tickets from the bogus ones, Willy Wonka's signature had to be on it. And plus the bogus ones weren't shiny. From May 1st to June 3rd, people from all over the U.S had time to find all five of his golden tickets. Fortunately, things went better than expected. All the tickets, including the bogus, were all sold out within a week. So the five, lucky winners had plenty of time to prepare to meet Willy Wonka. The five, lucky winners were Augustus Gloop (from Austin, Texas), Violet Beauregarde (from Sacramento, California), Veruca Salt (from Olympia, Washington), Mike Teavee (from Albany, New York) and Charlie Bucket (from Providence, Rhode Island). Once the lucky children received their golden tickets, they were greeted with a special message from Willy Wonka himself.
Here is what the official, golden ticket said:
(front side):
Willy Wonka's
GOLDEN TICKET
(back side):
Greetings lucky winner! I, Willy Wonka, would like to personally congratulate you on finding this official ticket to my factory. As you may know, there were only five of these distributed within the U.S while there were 100 bogus ones. So once again, congratulations on finding the official ticket. Now that you have been officially invited to my factory, here are my instructions.
The tour will begin June 3rd at 11:00am sharp. Your parents may bring you to my factory at the gates but will not be allowed to enter. When you come, please bring your golden ticket with you. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at my office at 808-555-1897 or my cell at 337-555-8159. My factory is located at:
Willy Wonka's Fun Factory
3373 Cream Valley North
Honolulu, Hawaii 55555
This is what the bogus ticket says:
(front side):
GOLDEN TICKET
(back side):
Greetings! I, Willy Wonka, would like to congratulate you on finding this ticket. However, this is not the official, golden ticket to my factory. This is one of the bogus ones. There were two, bogus tickets sent to each state within the U.S. Please try again and I wish you luck with finding the real ticket.