12 Joke-Writing Time

CHAPTER 12 JOKE-WRITING TIME Before we can start work, however, we really need to eat. After all that stair-climbing and sleeping and shopping both Terry and I are feeling pretty hungry. The marshmallow machine senses our hunger and starts firing marshmallows into our mouths at high speed.

'I'm full!' I say. 'Me, too,' says Terry.

We close our mouths and the marshmallow machine fires marshmallows at our faces for a while and then drifts away to see if anybody else in the treehouse is hungry. 'Right,' I say. 'Now we can get started.' I pick up the Joke Writer 2000TM It's surprisingly heavy and for a moment I wonder how I'm actually going to write with it, but then something incredible happens—it leaps out of my hand and starts writing all by itself!

'Look, Terry!' I say. 'It's writing automatically! I'm not doing anything!' 'Wow!' says Terry. 'That's amazing! It's doing all the work. I can't wait to see why the koala fell out of the tree. I bet it will be hilarious.' 'Well, you won't have to wait long,' I say. 'It's writing the answer right now!'

'I was right,' says Terry. 'It is hilarious! Make it write another one.' I put the tip of the Joke Writer 2000TM on the paper and it starts writing again.

'That's even funnier than the first one,' says Terry. 'I know!' I say. 'This pencil is fantastic!' 'Can I have a go?' says Terry. 'Sure,' I say, passing it to him.