Thank you, yes, it was my finest performance.
Seriously ?
I think I overdid it.
Go on, you’ll be so ripe afterwards.
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STOP FOLLOWING ME!
My name’s Nancy McNutty, trainee reporter. I was just a peanut butter sandwich trying to get my big break in a tough world.
But it wasn’t proving easy. Especially with a boss like Big Cheese.
It wasn’t what I wanted at all!
But I’m sure something dodgy is going on at Lemon Labs. Their experiments are out of control! Just let me go and investigate. I’ve got a man on the inside!
That’s crackers! You need to stick to something more your level, Nancy. There’s a grapefruit f un run going on downtown. Go and cover that.
D id someone say my name?
But then the phone rang. It was Marvin, my sauce at Lemon Labs.
Hey, Nancy!
It’s Marv. We’re having some problems down at the labs.
O h yeah?
Yeah. We hired this new guy , Professor Nutcase, to turn around the SUPERFOOD programme.
Turns out he’s crazy Who’d have thought?! Something’s going wrong with one of his experiments . . .
. . . VERY WRONG !
Come on, Marvin. I need more information. What’s the story here?
You’d better just come down and see . . . before it’s too late!
The situation sounded serious so I knew I had to get to Lemon Labs – FAST!
But I was just too late.
Where’s Gary?
We must inform the President!
We’ve made a big mistake!
So you must be Professor Nutcase. All I did was combine batter, icing and a whole lot of sprinkles! Perhaps, on reflection, the sprinkles tipped it over the edge.
It just kept growing! And now it’s huge. It’s sticky , it’s out of control –it’s a MONSTER!
This seemed like the story of a lifetime so I decided to follow the destruction and track this monster down.
I needed to catch up with the monster but there was already panic amongst the citizens. So, I hitched a lift through the crowd.
Out of the way! I’m a celebrity!
Yeah, sure, Nancy!
Hey, Honey! Can I get a lift to the barricade?
This destruction has to be stopped.
Could this day get any worse?
I hear it’s EATING FOOD!
Eating food? That’s preposterous!
Don’t worry, Mr President, we’ll talk to it. The monster won’t eat the police –we’re f ar too Sugary. And if it tries, we’ll take it into custardy.
And FINALLY I saw it . . .
