"Please can I read it?" Vince asked for the fifth time.
"Muh" Howard replied.
"Please?"
"Muh."
"Pretty please with cherries and cream?"
"Muh."
Vince groaned. This was going nowhere. Then the idea struck him.
"Look! Roger Mcgough!" Vince yelled, pointing out the window.
"Where?" Howard asked looking up.
Vince snatched the paper.
"Oi! Give that back!" Howard shouted, dropping the pen!
"Neh neh neh-neh neh!" Vince jeered, running around the shop.
"GIVE THAT BACK!!!!" Howard demanded, chasing Vince around the shop, but Vince was faster.
"NEVER!!!!" Vince replied dramatically.
There was a knock on the skylight.
"That'll be Dennis." Naboo said, opening the skylight with a pole.
"Ok, let's sort this mess out." Dennis said, once he was inside.
"Right, from the noises I can hear from downstairs, Vince has Howard distracted." Naboo told him. "Any ideas?"
"Why don't we do a purification ritual?"
"But aren't they really complicated?" Naboo queried. "And don't you need four shamen for that?"
"I can do them really well and I'm sure Saboo and Kirk can get here quickly." Dennis explained.
"OK, I'll go get the things we need. Can you write me a list?"
"Yep. It'll be quite long, but you can get it all at the shopping centre." Dennis informed.
Vince was standing on the shop counter. He was just light enough to stand on it without breaking it. Howard was too heavy. Vince smiled as he held Howard's unfinished poem above his head, out of Howard's reach.
"I'm warning you, Vince. Give it back or I'll be forced to get violent." Howard said threateningly.
"I'd like to see you try." Vince said seriously.
As Howard went to climb onto the counter, Vince reminded him. "Naboo will make you pay for a new counter if you break this one."
Howard slumped down onto the beanbag in defeat.
"Please Vince, give it back…" He asked desperately.
"I'll give it back to you on one condition." Vince said.
"What?" Howard asked hopefully.
"Use a different biro."