He Got Wider!

Freddy feels cramped inside his new packet.

No one has answered his question.

The question is WHY?

He will have to think it out for himself.

Firstly, he was inside his own packet, fitting nicely.

His fellow Freddos were all fitting nicely in theirs.

Then .... Rip! Crumple!

His own little packet is ripped open.

He is in Terence's hand and his belly is melting.

That's when it happened! 

He got wider!

Meanwhile outside the packet, Katherine is speaking.

If we put him somewhere cool, he'll solidify, says Katherine.

But did you see how hard it was for Terence to force him into the packet? says Nerida.

Yes, says Katherine. We should reshape him first.

Terence, says Nerida, can you squeeze Freddy out again?

Terence squeezes Freddy's packet, from the bottom.

He won't come out, says Terence.

Give him to me, says Arthur.

NO! you'll eat him, says Terence.

I won't, says Arthur. I've had too much already.

Terence gives Arthur the packet.

Arthur inserts two fingers into the packet, to grasp Freddy's head.

He draws Freddy out of the packet, and gives him to Terence.

He's ruined! cries Terence.

Not necessarily, says Gaius. He'll still be pliable.

Freddy doesn't look good. 

His head has caved in. There is a thin spot where Arthur's fingers have pinched him.

Arthur is licking his fingers.

That was part of his head! says Terence. 

Never mind, says Katherine. At least we've got something to work on. Who's artistic?

I am, kind of, says Nerida.

Then you should be the one who moulds Freddy back into shape, says Katherine.

Make him the same, says Terence.

Okay, says Nerida. Put him down. 

Terence places Freddy on the table with wheels, which Arthur isn't using. 

Nerida works quickly.

She takes a few beads from her pocket.

She chooses one, and presses it into Freddy's head.

Then she smoothes the soft chocolate over.

His head is like new. With a bead inside, which no one can see.

Now she works on his belly.

Pushing in from the sides, then from the bottom.

It still looks a bit lumpy.

She wets her finger in a jug of water, which has been left there for Arthur.

She works the chocolate belly, until it looks right.

Freddy quivers.

He has never before felt so nice.