Good, says Gaius. This time I really must look for my pencil.
I'll remind you, says Terence.
Thank you, says Gaius.
I forgot last time, says Terence.
I know, says Gaius. But so did I.
They pass a sign with a smiling potato.
Look! says Terence. A smiling potato!
They grow potatoes out here, says Margaret.
Yay! says Terence. When we stop I'm going to put on my costume.
Good idea, says Katherine. People will admire your potatoes.
As he walks away, says Margaret. And only if they turn around.
I'll twizzle, says Terence.
No need to twizzle, says Gaius. Just put it on back to front.
Terence sees at once that this is a very good idea.
Katherine pulls up at the Pinnaroo roadhouse.
They get out of the car.
Gaius helps Terence into his costume, with the potatoes at the front.
We'll try and clean the red line off the back while we're here, says Gaius.
They enter the roadhouse.
Margaret goes up to the counter. Three teas please, says Margaret.
Anything to eat? asks the attendant.
No thank you, we've brought our own sandwiches, says Margaret.
The attendant notices Terence in his potato costume.
Hello young fellow, says the attendant. I like your costume.
I painted the potatoes myself, says Terence.
They are very realistic potatoes, says the attendant. And I ought to know.
Are you a potato farmer? asks Katherine.
I am the daughter of a potato farmer, says the attendant.
Perhaps we should order some chips, says Margaret.
You won't be sorry, says the attendant.
I might, says Terence.
Can't you eat chips? asks the attendant.
No, says Terence. Only red drinks.
I could whip up a red potato smoothie, says the attendant.
How wonderful! says Katherine.
So the attendant takes a container of pre-cooked mashed potato out of the fridge and proceeds to whizz it up into a smoothie.
When she has finished it is red, and quite runny.
How did you get it so red and runny? asks Margaret.
Added Ribena, says the attendant.
Woo! In Pinaroo they do creative things with potatoes.
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