3 Pens, Pencils and Writing Utensils

CHAPTER 3 PENS, PENCILS AND WRITING UTENSILS We arrive at the Two-Dollar Shop. Pinchy McPhee is out the front, waving his claws around and singing at the top of his voice.

Grand Sale! Grand Sale! I'm having a great grand sale! All items in my Two-Dollar Shop Are priced at just TWO DOLLARS a pop! Not one, not three Not five: just TWO! Just TWO dollars! It's amazing—but true! So— 'Excuse me, Pinchy,' I say quickly (before he can start a third verse), 'but isn't everything in the Two-Dollar Shop always only two dollars?' 'Of course,' says Pinchy. 'But today is a grand sale

so two dollars is an extra-special price!' Q What did the bird say at the sale? A Cheap! Cheap! Terry frowns. 'But if everything is normally two dollars and your sale price is two dollars, how is today different from any other day?' 'Because any other day is not a grand sale and today is!' says Pinchy, getting slightly crabby and waving his claws dangerously close to us. We nod and step into the shop before he can get

any crabbier. 'Wow!' says Terry. 'This shop has everything! Check it out!' Q What do you call a sheep without legs? A A cloud. 'Hey, look at this electric banana,' says Terry. 'It's only two dollars!'

'And this giant glow-in-the-dark marshmallow is bigger than my head,' he says. 'And it's only two dollars, too!' Q What's yellow and smells like bananas? A Monkey vomit. 'And check out this model of our treehouse!' says

Terry. 'We could buy it and have a treehouse in our treehouse!' 'And there's also a model of the model of the treehouse!' he says. 'We could have a treehouse in our treehouse in our treehouse!' 'Oh, wow!' says Terry, picking up a golden toilet seat. 'Here's that solid gold toilet seat we've always wanted —and it's only two dollars as well! Can we get it,