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suggest thata you investa some of your money with us. We have some very interesting deals for you. We coulda make your money work for you”.
    Gatwick didn’t know what he was talking about. He blinked three times, then said:
    â€œCould I have the money, please?”
    â€œWell, if you insista, sir; but I musta warn you thata going around with £20,000 in cash is not gooda. You mighta lose it. Woulda you like your money in pounds or francs?” the cashier asked.
    Gatwick didn’t know, so he shouted across the bank to see what Little Sister thought: “Do we want the money in pounds or francs?”
    â€œHalf and half”, she answered.
    â€œHalf and half”, Gatwick repeated to the cashier.
    The cashier started counting the money out, and placed it in wads on the counter. Each wad had an elastic band stretched around it. Gatwick opened his box, moved the fishing rod to one side, then started placing the money neatly in rows in his box. He’d always been neat. First, the pounds; and then the francs on top. Gatwick thanked the cashier very much for giving him all that money. His box was now quite heavy, luckily it had wheels and Little Sister helped pull it along.

11  Shopping
    Little Sister hadn’t forgotten about the bag shop. So that was their next stop. There were so many different kinds of handbags in the shop. Gatwick wondered why they couldn’t all be made in the same colour and shape. Little Sister had to touch nearly all of them. In the end, after a lot of oohing and aahing, she decided on a lime-green leather bag with four compartments, two zips and two shoulder straps. But, then... her eyes fell on the suitcases. The shop assistant came to the rescue:
    â€œWould you like me to show you a few?” she asked in perfect English.
    â€œOh, you are English?”, Little Sister said. “Yes, please, I’d love to see that one over there”.
    â€œNow, this one is the latest model. It’s a luxury Smartmite made of very tough ABS material. It comes in pink with silver trim and has two combination locks, which makes it the most secure suitcase ever made. It has a push-pull handle at the side and moves very smoothly and easily. It has four wheels, three gears and two brakes, which are activated by treading on this pedal at the bottom of the case. I have one of these myself, and this is the last one we have in stock. We sold the others in just a few days”. Little Sister was so lucky, she had to have it. She was without words. Never had she seen such a beautiful object. “And, when you open the suitcase, it plays music. You can have any ring-tone you like”. Well, that did it for Gatwick: “What about Knees Up Mother Brown? ” he asked. Little Sister and the shop-assistant agreed. That was a splendid idea.
    Gatwick undid the red rope around his box and asked the lady how many notes she wanted. Five of those with 100 written on them, please. That was all right; Gatwick could count to five. In exchange, he received a small coin back, which he tossed into his box. It was so good to see Little Sister happy. With her lime-green leather handbag and pink ABS suitcase, she looked very stylish walking down the most fashionable road in Lugano City.
    â€œNow it’s your turn to buy something”, she giggled.
    It wasn’t long before Gatwick was attracted by a shop window with an amazing variety of chocolates on show. “Wow! What a feast!” So they went in. Gatwick was sorry that all the chocolates in the shop couldn’t fit into his box. So, he asked if he could have ten boxes of chocolates. That was the most he could have because he didn’t know what the number after ten was. The shop assistant started filling the shiny gold boxes with the finest, exquisite, hand-crafted chocolates giving him a mixture of: truffles, pralines, chocolate covered walnuts, nougat, marzipan, Turkish delight, exotic creams, and coffee and mint