'She had then, much to his discomfort, demanded to have the old ledger opened to check the entry against little Joe; sure enough when she found the right column, right address and a cross-reference of 'Neddy Rocking horse', she checked for wishes granted. And there it was quite clearly: '0'. In the next column along, it told her how many wishes were in the budget.
"Lovely - there you see! Joe has been budgeted for 10 wishes. Let's see if his mum has any wishes left." The Manager scanned the next entry down the page and found again to her delight that Joe's mum had 7 more wishes to be granted, having used up only 3.
Flat 2 Wishes Granted Wishes Budget
Horace Poole Close
Little Joe 0 10
(see also Neddy RockingHorse)
Joe's Mum 3 7
"You really shouldn't be working this late you know, and I haven't forgotten your long overdue holiday - was it Scarborough this year?" The Manager gave the old man one of her intense looks and carried on "Now it would be marvellous if you could just organise this wish - I know it's a list but I've checked the rules and it still counts for one wish only - I wouldn't ask but this wish is so special, it's mostly for a small boy called Joe. Anyway, I'll say goodnight." And after retrieving her reading glasses which had been locked into the ledger by mistake she left the Old Administrator sitting at his desk with this 'special' wish in his hand. Minutes later it lay in a screwed up ball on the floor.'
Chapter Four, Page 16, Joe's Christmas - smashword.com
Well well!! what will happen next to that Christmas list with the wishes on it?? The Manager has made it a priority BUT the Old administrator has not AND where are Neddy and Joe ? come back tomorrow folks and read on! big Love Wonka XX
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