The Most Magic Market Stall

The magic market stall was so marvellously magic that everything on the magic market stall was free. One day, however, a big clumsy market trader came crashing into the magic market stall and tumbled everything off it's shelves. It did not take long for the magic market stall to be mixed - up. The magic market stall also had toys that burst into action ... Action Man started firing his gun, a ball bounced across the market floor and the magic market stall's marbles spilled everywhere. A tennis racket making a raquet shot a tennis ball across the air ... and three shuttlecocks disappeared into space. On the monopoly board, cash notes fluttered and the dice rolled. The Ace of Spades jumped places with the Queen of Hearts and the Five of Clubs was swapped with the Nine of Diamonds. Soon there was check - mate on the chess board and all the pawns toppled over. The bumbling idiot's big boots squashed a cabbage and soon the market's cobbled stones were covered in squishy vegetables, including carrot juice. Potatoes rolled onto the floor and changed to mash, oranges changed to orange juice. Handfuls of grapes and bags of nuts spilled over. There were squashed peaches and pears everywhere. Baskets of buttons fell into jars of jelly, cucumbers fell into crusty bread rolls. Cans of baked beans crashed down all around the market trader, and fizzy pop toppled on top of cans of sardines. My what a mess ! The greengrocer juggled with his produce - it was no wonder that soon there was a sudden price reduction. There were three bananas for the price of two ... and a pound of apples for tuppence. Paper bags popped and crisp packets squashed. The magic market stall was so mixed up that cranberries became cranberry juice and cheese became cheese spread. Soon the magic market stall biscuits became crumbs and crackers cracked.

© Jacqueline Richards 2005