The Beauty Of It

Another delay! mutters Vello.

Don't worry boss, says Sweezus. We're picking them up.

Gaius has picked up a handful of feathers.

He hands them to Arthur.

Arthur gives them to Belle, who stuffs them back into the popped plastic bag.

It wasn't my fault, says Terence.

That's one way of looking at it, says Belle.

Where do you want the ladder? asks Hedley's mother.

Over there, says Vello. Sweezus can work out its function.

No worries, says Sweezus. 

Meanwhile we have an extra panel to play with, says David. The Bunnings man gave Vello a ready-made basket.

Cool, says Sweezus. Reckon we'll all fit in it?

Try, says Vello.

Sweezus climbs in. David next. 

Now me and Hedley! says Terence.

Should they be wearing their red sheep's heads? asks Hedley's mother. 

Good point, says Vello. Where are they?

Belle places the twin red sheep's heads over Terence and Hedley.

Shouldn't they be lifted in first? asks Hedley's mother.

Yeah they should, says Sweezus. Sheep can't climb in by themselves.

He climbs out and lifts the two conjoined sheep into the basket. 

Then he climbs back in.

How is it? asks Vello.

A bit tight, says David. 

Our head's jammed, says Terence. We can't move up or down.

They need to be free to move up, says Vello. They have to be seen. 

Sweezus manoevres the head up so that it can be seen. 

Better?

Baa! says the sheep's head.

Excellent! says Vello. That's sorted. Now where were we?

I was putting forward my suggestion for a Peruvian witticism, says Hedley's mother.

So you were, says David. Let's hear it.

The beauty of it is, says Hedley's mother, it does away with the need for a translator.

But Cacambo understands Peruvian, says David.

But the audience doesn't, says Hedleys mother.

All right, all right, says Vello. Give us your witticism.

She gives it:

A magician from Peru told the crowd he would make himself disappear. Uno, dos and pooof! he was gone without a tres! 

Everyone laughs, even the sheep in the basket.

Hedley because he has heard it already, and had it explained,

Terence because he knows Spanish.