He Did Not Say Bonjoo

What if Sweetpea and I share a Pringle? says the Kroombit tinker.

Sure, says Nicolo.

See what happens, says Arthur.

Nicolo gives Sweetpea a Pringle. 

Sweetpea snaps it, and eats his half.

The tinker eats hers.

A pause.

Nothing seems to have happened.

Can I have another one? asks Sweetpea.

Better not, says the Kroombit tinker.

Why not? asks Sweetpea, They're not red, only salty.

I think you should wait a bit longer, says the tinker.

Okay, says Sweetpea. But if I wait too long there'll be none left.

Ask them to keep one for you, says the tinker, and if you don't turn salty, or yellow, or a bent circular shape, you can eat it.

That makes sense, says Sweetpea.

Sweetpea asks Nicolo to save him a Pringle for later.

Nicolo promises he will.

Can we have the tube? asks Sweetpea.

Here, says Nicolo. And stop asking questions.

Want to sit somewhere different? asks Arthur.

Where? asks Sweetpea.

Over there, says Arthur, pointing to two empty seats not too far down the aisle.

Yes! says Sweetpea.

He heads to the empty seats with the tube and the tinker.

I hope these seats don't belong to people who've gone to the toilet, says the tinker.

If they do, and the people come back, I'll pretend to be Arthur, says Sweetpea.

You don't know how to do it, says the tinker.

Do you? asks Sweetpea.

I watched Nicolo do it, says the tinker. You have to pretend that you're French.

Okay, says Sweetpea. Bonjoo! How does that sound?

Not bad, says the tinker, But Nicolo didn't say bonjoo. He said grazie.

That's not French, says Sweetpea.

I know, says the Kroombit tinker. So he had to pretend he was practising Italian for when he gets to Florence.

Being Arthur is tricky, says Sweetpea.

You might not have to, says the Kroombit tinker. 

Have I turned salty or yellow yet? asks Sweetpea.

Not yet, says the tinker.

That would make being Arthur even trickier, says Sweetpea. 

You could just say you ate too many Pringles, says the Kroombit tinker. 

I wish, says Sweetpea.

He leans back in his seat, which is not really his seat.

And... oh no! here come two people, back fron the toilet.

The deceit is about to be tested.