“Well,” said Mr. Wonka, stroking his beard and gazing thoughtfully at the ceiling, “I must say that’s a wee bit tricky. But small boys are extremely springy and elastic. They stretch like mad. So what we’ll do, we’ll put him in a special machine I have for testing the stretchiness of chewing gum! Maybe that will bring him back to what he was.” “Oh, thank you!” said Mrs. Teavee. “Don’t mention it, dear lady.”
