![]() ![]() 'Don't you let go my hand, Charlie,' whispered Grandpa Joe. The place was like a gigantic rabbit warren, with passages leading this way and that in every direction. ![]() Soon, he turned right off the main corridor into another slightly narrower passage. 'Get a move on, please! We'll never get round today if you dawdle like this!' So you can imagine that there was a good deal of pushing and shoving as they hustled and bustled down the passage, trying to keep up with the swift little figure in front of them. There were nine grown-ups and five children, fourteen in all. It was quite a large party of people, when you came to think of it. That's the way! Good! Everyone ready? Come on, then! Here we go!' He trotted off rapidly down the corridor with the tails of his plum-coloured velvet coat flapping behind him, and the visitors all hurried after him. Will you please hang your coats and hats on those pegs over there, and then follow me. 'Now this, my dear children,' said Mr Wonka, raising his voice above the noise, 'this is the main corridor. All the most wonderful smells in the world seemed to be mixed up in the air around them - the smell of roasting coffee and burnt sugar and melting chocolate and mint and violets and crushed hazelnuts and apple blossom and caramel and lemon peel.Īnd far away in the distance, from the heart of the great factory, came a muffled roar of energy as though some monstrous gigantic machine were spinning its wheels at breakneck speed. And what a marvellous smell!' answered Grandpa Joe, taking a long deep sniff. 'How lovely and warm!' whispered Charlie. The walls were pale pink, the lighting was soft and pleasant. ![]() The corridor was so wide that a car could easily have been driven along it. 'Be patient! You shall see everything as we go along! Are all of you inside? Good! Would you mind closing the door? Thank you!'Ĭharlie Bucket found himself standing in a long corridor that stretched away in front of him as far as he could see. ![]() 'All in good time, my dear boy!' said Mr Wonka, smiling at Augustus. 'But who are these workers?' asked Augustus Gloop. ![]()
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