CHAPTER 2

Charlie walked past the huge metal gates. The gates that housed in dark factory that has been isolated for years. He stopped to watch the smoke rise from the stak and then blend in with the greyish sky. He wondered what the inside looks like, what the new workers looked like. It made no sense to the little 10 year old boy, why Mr. Wonka had replaced all his workers, all the workers who had dedicated all their time to working for him.

When Charile got to school, he couldn't get the thought of going into that factory out of his head, all the thoughts of what could be inside that onderful factory played inside his mind and he found it hard to concentrate.

That night when Charlie got home his mother was reading the newspaper.

"Charile listen to this; After ten years of mystery, Mr. Wonka is inviting five children to tour his factory. At the end of the tour each child will leave the factory with a life time supply of Wonka goodies. The five invitations to his factory are hidden within five Wonka chocolate bars in the form of golden tickets.

"The tickets may be anywhere that Wonka candy bars are sold, and they are the only means of entry into the factory. I wish all of you good luck."

Charlie turned to Grandpa Joe, "you hear that Grandpa?"

"Well I think that man is crazy!" Grandma Georgina interrupts. Grandma Josephine just looks at Charile and coughs. Grandpa George stares in bewilderment.

"See that Wonka is a genius! His golden ticket scheme will raise chocolate bar sales around the world."

"I want to get one of those tickets!" Charlie excliams.

"Remember Charlie, you have the same amount of chance as anyone to get the Golden ticket." Grandma Georgina reminds the little boy.

"Now, now dear! Charile only gets one chocolate bar a year, while most of the winners will be children who can afford endless amounts of bars." Grandpa George intervines.

Over the next few weeks, no one had found a Golden Ticket, not yet. But soon, there was a headline reading; "First Golden Ticket Found!"Charlies mom picks up the paper to read the article.

"The first Golden Ticket, found by a boy by the name of Augustus Gloop. The town had even thrown him a parade.

Mrs. Gloop says that she is so proud of her son and that he was bound to find due to his enormous appetite. "Eating is his hobby. It's better than being a hooligan or playing with toy guns.""

After news of the first Golden Ticket being found everyone was preoccupied with finding the remaining four tickets.

The second ticket is found a day before Charlie's birthday. The one who found the ticket is named Veruca Salt. Her father is the wealthy owner of a peanut shelling factory. Veruca demands a golden ticket of her father, he demands that all of his employees stop shelling peanuts and begin shelling candy bars until someone finds a golden ticket for his daughter. Mr. Salt purchases truckloads of candy bars and his employees unwrap them every day and every night. On the fourth day of the candy bar shelling, one of Mr. Salt's employees finally unwraps a golden ticket.

"That Salt girl must be a very hideous girl..." Grandma Josephine comments.

"It's not fair that she got her father to buy all those bars and to use his money for her like that!"

"Mr. Salt spoils Veruca and that nothing good comes from spoiling a child," Grandpa Joe explains.

"Charlie its bedtime," came his mothers voice, "tomorrow is your birthday and that you will get your own chocolate bar to unwrap."

"Charlie can you unwrap the chocolate bar in front us so we can see?" Grandpa Joe asks.

"Of course Grandpa."