The remaining members of the group exited the Inventing Room and found themselves standing in a glistening white corridor.
Violet and her mother had been taken away on the pink boat by the Oompa Loompas so they had to go the rest of the way on foot.
"Now that the boat's gone, we'll have to move twice as fast just to keep up with the schedule," he was telling the group, who bustled to keep up with his quick pace.
Suddenly, a tiny voice could be heard.
"Mr.Wonka?" said Charlie
"Huh?" Willy turned around so that he was facing the young boy.
"Why did you decide to let people in after all these years?" he asked.
"So they could see the factory, of course!" laughed Willy, as if it was a stupid question. But Natalie knew what he meant.
"But why now? And why five?" she asked. Before he could answer her he was rudely interrupted.
"What's the special prize at the end?" asked Mike rudely.
Natalie rolled her eyes at him, but luckily Willy was used to his attitude by now.
"The best kind of prize is a SUR-prize!"
Natalie smiled. Willy looked at her and smiled as well, causing them to blush.
"Is Violet always going to be a blueberry?" asked Veruca.
"Yes...No…I don't know…Maybe…but that's what you get from chewing gum all day, it's just disgusting!" Willy said.
Moments later they came to a halt in front of a room with "THE NUT SORTING ROOM" written in big letters on the front.
"Ah this is a room I know all about." said Mr. Salt.
"You see Mr. Wonka I'm in the nut business myself." he informed, handing Willy his business card. Willy didn't even look at it. He just threw it away, over his shoulder. Natalie laughed but nobody else noticed, except Willy. She could have sworn that he winked at her, because her knees almost gave in on her. She just smiled before she blushed for about the hundredth time that day. Mr. Salt was still rambling on about his business.
"No you use the Havermax 4000 to do you sorting?" asked Mr. Salt.
"…No." said Willy simply. "…you're really weird!" he laughed before unlocking the door and allowing the group access to the room.
They all walked onto a platform in a white room. A strange sound could be heard from below. The group looked down to see no less than one hundred squirrels, all sitting on little seats cracking ,what seemed to be Walnuts.
"Squirrels!" gasped Veruca.
"yeah, squirrels." said Willy, not really paying attention to what was said.
"Why use squirrels and not Oompa Loompas?" asked Mr. Salt.
"Well you see only squirrels can get the whole nut out almost every time." explained Willy. "See how they tap them with their little knuckles."
"Daddy I want a squirrel. Get me one!" demanded Veruca.
"But Veruca darling, you already have many wonderful pets at home." insisted Mr. Salt.
"All I own is a pony, two dogs, four cats, six bunny rabbits, two parakeets, three canaries, a green parrot that talks, a turtle and a silly little hamster! I want a squirrel!" said the ungrateful little girl. Everyone rolled their eyes as to how unbelievable the girl was acting. All those animals and yet she still wanted more.
"Very Well darling." sighed Mr. Salt.
"But not just any ordinary squirrel, it has to be a trained squirrel!" said Veruca.
"Mr. Wonka, how much for a squirrel? Name your price." said Mr. Salt.
"Oh, She cant have one. She can't have one." said Willy. He said the last part real slowly as if he was talking to a young child. Veruca looked shocked. For the first time in her life she had been told no. the fake smile on her face suddenly fell. she turned to face her father.
"Daddy!"
"I'm sorry darling Mr. Wonka is being unreasonable!" said her fathers voice. but everyone noticed that his lips weren't moving. they turned to see that it was Willy that had spoke. Nat and Charlie were amazed.
"Just add that to the list of amazing things about this guy." thought Nat to herself.
"Well if you wont get me one…ill just have to do it myself!" said Veruca. she slid underneath the door and down the stairs towards the squirrels.
"Veruca Come back here at once!" demanded her Father.
"Little Girl, don't touch that squirrels nut's…it'll make him crazy!" warned Willy. After a few moments of searching she finally decided which one she wanted. Veruca attempted to reach for it but it jumped out of the way. Suddenly all of them started to rally around her. Willy began to franticly search for the right key to unlock the door.
"Let's find the key." he mumbled quietly to himself as he fumbled with the various keys. the squirrels had pushed Veruca to the floor and were trying to keep her down.
"There it is…there it isn't" said Willy.
"What are they doing?" asked Charlie. they all stopped and looked at the group of animals gathered around the tiny girl.
"Oh My Goodness…they've found that she is a bad nut!" said Willy. the squirrels all helped each other and ended up throwing the little girl down the garbage chute.
"Where does the chute go?" asked a very frantic Mr. Salt.
"The Incinerator…but don't worry we only light it on Tuesdays." said Willy. Everyone's mouths dropped open.
"Today IS Tuesday!" said Mike.
"Well their might be a small chance that they didn't light it today. but don't worry, if they didn't she might have gotten stuck so all you have to do is reach in and pull her out okay?" Willy said. He turned the small key and the door pushed open with a creak. Mr. Salt cautiously went down the steps to go and retrieve his daughter. Willy closed the door, when Natalie came up behind him.
"You didn't, by any chance, do that on purpose did you?" she whispered in his ear. Willy just smiled knowingly and winked at her. Natalie realized that he did wink at her before, because she went weak at the knees again. As if on cue the Oompa loompas gathered together once more.
Veruca
Salt, the little brute,
Has just gone down the garbage chute
And
She will meet as she descends
A
rather different set of friends
A rather different set of
friends
A rather different set of friends
A
fish head, for example, cut
This morning from a halibut.
An
oyster from an oyster stew,
A steak that no one else would
chew,
And lots of other things as well,
Each with a rather
horrid smell.
horrid smell
These
are Veruca's new found friends
That she will meet as she
descends,
These are Veruca's new found friends
The one's who
spoiler her
Who
indeed?
Who pandered to her every need?
Who turned her into
such a brat?
Who are the culprits? Who did that?
The guilty
ones now this is sad
Dear Old Mum and Loving Dad
Mr. Salt was pushed down the garbage chute so he could join his daughter.
"Come on Let's keep truckin!" said Willy as the group left to continue the tour.