Chapter 6 6 The first two discoverers

6 The first two discoverers Just the next day.The first golden ticket was found.The man who found it was a boy named Augustus Gloop, and the evening paper Mr Bucket had brought had a large picture of him on the front page.It was a picture of a fat nine-year-old boy who looked as if he had been blown up with a big pump.He was full of chubby fat.The face is like a ball of strange dough, with two small raisin-like eyes embedded in it, greedily spying on the outside world.The newspapers said that the town where Augustus Gloop lived was wild with excitement at the birth of such a hero.Flags were hung in all the windows, the children had a day off to celebrate, and there was a celebratory parade in honor of the famous little guy.

"I knew Augustus would find a golden ticket," his mother told reporters. "He eats so much chocolate every day, it's impossible for him not to find a ticket. You know, he loves it. The only thing he's interested in is eating. But it's better than being a little rascal, Better to shoot around in your free time with something like a homemade pistol or something. I always say he needs nutrition for all the eating, doesn't he? Whatever he eats, it's a vitamin. He What a thrill to be able to visit Mr Wonka's amazing factory! We couldn't be more proud!"

"This woman is disgusting," said Grandma Josephine. "Boys are a nuisance," said Grandma Georgina. "Only four gold tickets left," said Grandpa George. "Don't know who's going to get them." Now the whole country, indeed, the whole world, looked suddenly in a frenzy; there was a chocolate-buying frenzy, and everyone was frantically chasing the four remaining precious tickets.Here and there women could be seen flocking into sweet shops, buying ten of Wonka's chocolates at a time, tearing off the wrappers on the spot, eagerly looking for any trace of gold paper underneath.The kids all took hammers, smashed their piggy banks, and ran into the store with handfuls full of coins.In a certain city, a well-known gangster robbed a bank, took away a thousand pounds, and used it all to buy Wonka's chocolates that afternoon.And when the police entered his home to arrest him, they found him sitting on the ground surrounded by mountains of chocolate; he was picking out the wrappers of the chocolate with a long dagger.In faraway Russia, a woman named Charlotte Russ claimed to have found a second ticket, which turned out to be a cleverly crafted fake.The famous British scientist Professor Forbody invented a machine that will tell you immediately whether there is a golden ticket hidden in the chocolate wrapper without peeling off the wrapper.This machine has an extremely powerful arm, and if anything has a little bit of gold in it, this arm will reach out and grab it.It seems that finding the Golden Tour Ticket is not a problem.Unfortunately, just as the professor was showing off the machine to the public at the candy counter of a large department store, the mechanical arm jerked out; One of his big teeth was filled with a gold filling.It's horrific.The crowd destroyed the machine.

Suddenly, just the day before Charlie Bucket's birthday, the newspaper published the news that the second golden ticket had been discovered.The lucky one was a little girl named Verucasalt, who lived with her rich parents in a big city far away.The evening paper Mr Bucket took home again featured a large photograph of the finder.In the living room of her home, she was sitting among her triumphant parents.Holding up the golden ticket and waving it above his head, he grinned openly. Veruca's father, Mr. Salter, proudly told the reporter the exact process of discovering this ticket. "Look, lads," he said, "my little girl told me she must get a golden ticket, and I went straight to town and bought all the Wonka chocolates. I think I must. Thousands of dollars, thousands of dollars! Then I had it loaded on a truck and it went straight into my factory. I'm in the peanut business, and you see, I have about a hundred women on my staff, and these women Sitting there all day doing the shelling of the peanuts, shelling them and sending them to be roasted and salted. So I said to them, 'Okay, girls, from now on you stop peeling peanuts and start peeling them. These chocolate wrappers.' And they went to work. I want every one of my workers to peel off all the chocolate wrappers as quickly as possible from morning to night.

"But three days passed, and we had bad luck, alas, how bad it was! Day after day my little Veruca became more and more disturbed, and whenever I came home she screamed at me, 'Where's my golden ticket! I want my golden ticket!' Then she lay on the floor for hours on end, kicking, crying and screaming, so distraught and overwhelmed. Hey, the last thing I want is to see my little daughter in such an unhappy state, so I swear: I will not give up until her request is met. Then, suddenly... On the evening of the fourth day, one of my female workers screamed Get up: 'I've found it! A golden ticket!' I said: 'Give it to me!' As soon as I got it, I hurried home and gave it to my dear Veruca, and she smiled , our family is happy again."

"It's worse than that fat boy," said Grandma Josephine. "She deserves a good spanking with the soles of her shoes!" said Grandma Georgina. "I don't think this girl's father is doing it justice, Grandpa, don't you think?" Charlie muttered. "He spoiled her," replied Grandpa Joe, "and it's no good to spoil a child like that, Charlie. Mark my words." "Go to bed, dear," said Charlie's mother. "Don't forget it's your birthday tomorrow, and I hope you'll get up early to open your presents."

"A Wonka chocolate!" Charlie shouted. "It's Wonka Chocolate, isn't it?" "Yes, my darling," said his mother, "of course it is!" "Oh, wouldn't it be nice if I found a third gold ticket in there?" said Charlie. "Bring the chocolate here as soon as you get it," said Grandpa Joe. "That way we can all watch you peel that wrapping paper."