As the group arrived at the other side of the bridge, Mr. Wombat took his hat off & sat down next to the path.
"Whew", he exclaimed, "I think it's time we take a break."
"A break?", asked Furrball. "But sir, we just started."
"I know, but why not give you children a little fun time? Have a look around, eat what you see."
"'Eat what you see?'"
"Sure, everything in this entire room is edible- I mean eatable. You can eat anything in this room. Except me, of course."
The 5 toons looked around the room before Mr. Wombat said, "So shoo. Go on. Have fun. Eat & forget."
At that moment, Furrball & Fifi ran off in one direction, while Hamton & Elmyra scampered away in other directions, and Monty stared at Mr. Wombat suspiciously before he walked away. Mr. Wombat set his hat down beside him, picked a blade of grass, and ate it.
Monty was busy stomping away on a large, pumpkin-shaped candy filled with jell-o, and Elmyra, who was happily skipping after picking a lollipop from a tree, stopped in her tracks as she saw what Monty's doing.
"Monty, why must you be so mean to that pumpkin?", she asked.
Monty replied, "Because, Mr. Wombat said 'have fun', and I am having fun." He then continued smashing the pumpkin to smitherins.
Meanwhile, Hamton, being the pig he is, was hogging away at everything he sees, eating up fudge & whipped cream & even the grass, which tasted like apple-flavored candy.
"Oh, I am SO in heaven", he exclaimed as he continued his feast. Elsewhere, Furrball & Fifi were running together, seeing what marvelous things there were to see.
"Hey Fifi, look", Furrball pointed at several large flowers which looked like teacups. The cat & skunk approached the flowers & Fifi took one of them, which had a brown swirl of liquid in it.
"What's in there?", Furrball asked, in which Fifi took a sip & exclaimed, "Ooh la la!"
"What is it?"
"Eet's butterscotch!"
"Butterscotch? Really?!"
Furrball took another flower & sipped the butterscotch in the cup.
"Mmmmmm", he said as he closed his eye & smiled, "I love butterscotch."
Then Fifi came up with an idea. "Hey Furrball."
"Hmmm?"
Fifi then hooked her arm around Furrball's, both still holding their cups, and Furrball knew what she had in mind. They hooked their arms together & took another sip from their cups. As they unhooked their arms, they smiled at each other romantically.
But the moment was ruined as they covered their ears from a loud, high-pitched scream. Furrball immediately knew where it came from.
"Elmyra, will you stop...", he started shouting, but Elmyra screamed again in a normal pitch as she ran past Furrball & Fifi in a blink of an eye & hid behind a tree.
"Screaming?", Furrball finished as he & Fifi looked at Elmyra in confusion.
"Hey!", Monty shouted from a distance as he approached the group. "What the heck was all the yelling about?"
Elmyra raised a trembling hand & pointed, "Over there, across the river." The others looked & gasped as they saw a little orange man, with a short tuft of green hair.
Mr. Wombat, who fell asleep with his hat covering his face, woke up as he heard the children calling his name. They approached him & they all told him what they saw, but the candyman was having a hard time hearing what they're saying.
"All right, all right, calm down", he said as the children's chatter came to a halt. "I can't understand you when you're all talking at once."
The toons stood silent as Mr. Wombat continued. "Now, Elmyra, since I assume it was you who was screaming at the top of your lungs, what is it you guys wanted to tell me?"
"There's this weird thing across the river."
But Furrball looked & said, "There's two of them."
"What?!"
Everyone looked & saw that a second little person appeared across the river, right next to the first one.
"Zhere's more than two", Fifi exclaimed as a few more of these little people appeared. The children all stepped forward for a closer look, with Mr. Wombat behind them.
"Are they real people?", Elmyra asked.
"Of course they are", Mr. Wombat replied, "they're Oompa-Loompas."
"Oompa-Loompas?" asked Fifi, looking quite confused.
"Yep, imported all the way from Loompaland."
"'Loompaland?'", Monty spoke up, "There's no such place."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Mr. Wombat, my parents taught me geography, and I'd like to tell you that no such place exists."
"Well then I'd like to tell you all about it & what a horrible country it is."
The toons turned to the candyman as he continued.
"Loompaland is nothing but a large forest filled with some of the most ferocious beasts in the world. The poor little Oompa-Loompas were so small & helpless, they didn't stand a chance to fight for their lives. They were living in constant fear & danger every day, and at least 10 of them get eaten daily."
Furrball & Fifi looked at each other in confusion. Elmyra raised her hand & asked, "Mr. Wombat, what were you doing in Loompaland anyway?"
"Well, I was looking for some new exotic ideas & flavors for candies. But I ended up finding the Oompa-Loompas instead. I got to meet their chief & he told me everything about their lives & history. It was quite intriguing. Then I told him, and I quote, 'Come with me to my factory. I'll let you live & even work there, so that you all can live peacefully & safely, and not worry about those Wangdoodles & Hornswogglers & those rotten Vermicious Kenids.'"
"'Hornswogglers?'", Monty asked. "'Vermicious Kenids?' What kind of nonsense is this?"
"Uh, you shouldn't mumble, Monty, because I didn't catch what you just said. Anyway, so the chief agreed to take my request & I've moved all of the Oompa-Loompas here in the factory."
"All of them?", Furrball asked.
"Yep, the whole entire population. They are very happy to be here, away from all the danger in Loompaland."
Elmyra then spoke up. "They look so cute. I wanna hug a cute cuddly-wuddly Oompa-Loompa!"
"Oh brother", Furrball grumbled as he rolled his eyes.
Fifi then asked Elmyra, "Why do vous have to hug everyzhing zhat you see?"
"I don't know", Elmyra replied, "but if I can't hug an Oompa-Loompa, I can still hug YOU."
Elmyra started reaching out for Fifi & Furrball, but Fifi, with an angry expression, quickly wrapped her tail around Elmyra like a snake & lifted her off the ground.
"If vous lay one finger on me, I weell beat zhe stuffing out of you!"
But Furrball quickly stepped between the girls & separated them. "Uh, guys, let's not start a fight. We're here to have fun & not beat each other up."
"He's got a good point", Mr. Wombat said.
"Fifi, please", Furrball said to his girlfriend, "I know we hate Elmyra, but for the sake of staying in this factory, let's not cause any trouble, okay?"
Fifi looked angrily at Elmyra, still wrapped in her tail, before she finally said, "Fine, but I weell not put up weeth any more of her, how you say, load of garbage."
She released Elmyra from her tail as Furrball remained between the two girls, to make sure there wouldn't be any more trouble.
"Nicely handled, Furrball", Mr. Wombat said, "you sure know how to handle these kind of situations."
But then, the wombat made a questionable look & said, "Wait a second...someone's missing."
The toons looked & noticed that someone was indeed missing: Hamton.