We entered the palace. The Acolyte led us through lots and lots of passages!! The Roaring and thumping got louder!! We could make out the words!! "I WANT MY CHOCCY!!!" "I WANT MY CHOCCY!!" THUMP!! THUMP!! THUMP,THUMP,THUMP!!! "Heavens!!" we thought "can that be....."     THE GREAT EMPEROR ZOG??!!?? Note to the reader: Zogs don't always die when they get old. Some of them just go on getting bigger and BIGGER!!. The Emperor is 10,000 years old!!! And he is totally do-lally!!

 

The poor Emperor! He looked AWFUL!! Madame Tibette rounded on the Acolytes!! "WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO THE EMPEROR?" She cried. Everyone loves the Emperor! Me and Sally wanted to hug him! But we didn't dare. "Well!" snapped the Acolite icily. "What is wrong with His Majesty?" Madame T. was obviously on the verge of sniggering! Stifling a chortle, she replied: "You ... he's got Chocolatitis! From eating TOO MUCH CHOCOLATE!! In a month or two he shall turn completly pink and wither away! He must go on an ALL TOAST diet!" Even the ACOLYTE shuddered at the thought of persuading The Emperor to eat... TOOOOAAAASSST!!!!   Sixty servants appeared. They pulled in an enormous platform loaded with about two hundred tons of chocolate! Madame Tibette strode forward to explain to the Emperor. It didn't work!!!     "I WANT MY CHOCCY!!!" "I WANT MY CHOCCY!!" Fling!!!!! Poor Madame Tibette went flying through the air and hit the wall with a SQUELCH!! She slithered down and staggered across to us. "Children!! This is an emergency!! We must take unprecedented measures!" "Come with me. There is something I must explain to you ....."

 

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