He and Silky were setting out cups and saucers and plates ready for all the goodies that Saucepan was going to bring back. Silky handed a bag round. "Have a Toffee Shock?" she said. Now, all the children except Dick had had Toffee Shocks before, and, providing you knew, what the toffee did it was all right. But if you didn't, it was rather alarming. A Toffee Shock gets bigger and bigger and bigger as you suck it, instead of smaller and smaller -and when it is so big that there is hardly room for it in your mouth it suddenly explodes-and goes to nothing. Jo, Bessie and Fanny watched Dick as he sucked his Toffee Shock, nudging one another and giggling. Dick took a big Toffee Shock, for he was rather a greedy boy. He popped it into his mouth and sucked hard. It tasted most delicious. But it seemed to get bigger and bigger. Dick tried to tell the others this, for it surprised him very much. But the Toffee Shock was now so big that he could hardly talk. "Ooble, ooble, ooble!" he said. "What language are you talking, Dick?' asked Moon-Face, with a giggle. Dick looked really alarmed.
