8 THE BIG BUBBLE

CHAPTER 8 THE BIG BUBBLE We took the elevator up to the main deck and sat down at the table. "Okay," I said, "where were we up to? Oh that's right...'Once upon a time.' Now let me see...Once upon a time there was a...a...a...help me out here, Terry! Once upon a time there was a...what?" "A whatever," sighed Terry. "I don't care. I can't work. I'm too sad. I know Mermaidia was a sea monster but I really liked her when she was a

mermaid." "How about a marshmallow?" I said. "Would that help? I'll call the machine over." "Nah," said Terry. "I'm tired of marshmallows." "Maybe you just need a change," I said. "How about some popcorn?" Terry shrugged. "We can pop it with the lid off," I said. Terry shrugged again. "Okay." I filled the popcorn-maker up and turned it on. We waited...

and waited... and waited... and just when we thought it was never going to pop, suddenly..................... IT DID!

We ran around and caught as much of it in our mouths as we could until we couldn't eat any more.

"That was a great idea, Andy!" said Terry. "But now I'm really thirsty." "Some lemonade will fix that," I said. "I'll start the fountain." Did I mention that we have a lemonade fountain? Well, we do. It's just like a regular fountain but instead of water it has lemonade. Any flavor you want as long as it's red, orange, lemon, cola, or tutti-

frutti (which is all the flavors mixed together). We sat in the lemonade fountain for a long time. And when I say "a long time," I mean probably a lot longer than we really should have.