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<wanders by, wonders when the fountain got changed into a hot tub. bubble bath. sauna? not sure what that is.>
<builds fire, pulls out blanket. gets popcorn and popper out of cabinet. melts a little butter. wraps up near fire, pops corn, sprinkles with butter and salt. pours into several bowls, picks up one and munches yummy popcorn.>
<points at other bowls, offering to share.>
<gets up, wanders further, continues exploration of treehouse.>
< Returns to Treehouse to discover that a bonfire placed dangerously close to Stumpy Scrumpy fountain, and that somebody has been emptying the breadbins all over the floor.>
<Goes to library to find Health and Safety manual for Treehouse.>
<Spends many hours in library trying to find comprehensive H & S manual, finally finds small leaflet scrunched behind radiator, containing the one line: "Whatever you do don't go exploring alone, ever, even if you have a compass.">
<Rushes back to witness CR emptying full bag of cordless vacume-cleaner on to the ground.>
<collects randomly distributed detritus, puts into black plastic rubbish bag, ties bag top with vacuumless cord and places at kerb.>
<prepares unexpected surprise (ignoring both tautological and oxymoronic implications) by moving to left field in order to later come out of same whilst clutching copy of Oolan Caloophid's blockbuster publication "Good Grammar and what she done wrong," without disclosing nature of surprise.>
<continues drinking from leaking barrel of Stumpy Scrumpy.>
<drinks more.>
<denies implications of alchololololism, stating (using slightly slurred non-direct speech terminology) the carefully reasoned and irrefutable argument "Hic."
<drinks a further quantity of Stumpy Scrumpy best described as "not less.">