Linda and The Lollipop Shop
Linda was quite normal, there wasn’t anything extra special about her at all. But the one thing she loved the most was Lollipops, well her Mum and Dad came second. As she sat on her chair with a bubble gum flavoured lollipop hanging out of her mouth, trying to figure out her homework questions… something floated through her open window. It was a poster, it read…
The Lollipop Shop
Grand Opening Today
Come.
As Linda walked into the Lollipop shop door with a heart of joy… her joy fell and her loving smile turned into a disappointed frown. The floor was brown and old, there was two small Lollipops on one stand and one big half sucked Lollipop on the other. There was a grumpy man seated behind the desk, well even the desk wasn’t at all, remotely interesting. It was a large cardboard box painted yellow with a Lollipop in the shape of a car on the front. Linda went to the desk and demanded to see the manager of the shop,
“I demand to see the manager of this Lollipop shop.”
He looked at Linda and dialled a number on the phone next to him and put it against his nose.
“Sir… somebody wants to see you.” When he had finished he put it to his foot for a couple of seconds and then put it back to his nose,“Ok Sir.” He frowned and put the phone down, “Mr Stick, Pop, worth, Lollipop, Purple, Yellow, Red, Swirl…” he took a breath, “Will be here to see you in… 5 4 3 2 and-1.”
As he finished speaking a strange man popped up from a hatch on the floor.
“Yes, somebody wants to see me.” he said.
“I do… I have a complaint to make.” Linda folded her arms.
“Oh... and what would that be little girl?” He smiled softly. Linda sort of felt sorry for him.
“Poor him… he doesn’t even realise how bad his Lollipop shop is.” She thought to her self and announced, “You need better Lollipops! Brighter flooring!” Then she looked around and whispered to Sir Stick, Pop, Worth, Lollipop, Purple, Yellow, Red, Swirl… “And better staff.”
“Sir… somebody wants to see you.” When he had finished he put it to his foot for a couple of seconds and then put it back to his nose,“Ok Sir.” He frowned and put the phone down, “Mr Stick, Pop, worth, Lollipop, Purple, Yellow, Red, Swirl…” he took a breath, “Will be here to see you in… 5 4 3 2 and-1.”
As he finished speaking a strange man popped up from a hatch on the floor.
“Yes, somebody wants to see me.” he said.
“I do… I have a complaint to make.” Linda folded her arms.
“Oh... and what would that be little girl?” He smiled softly. Linda sort of felt sorry for him.
“Poor him… he doesn’t even realise how bad his Lollipop shop is.” She thought to her self and announced, “You need better Lollipops! Brighter flooring!” Then she looked around and whispered to Sir Stick, Pop, Worth, Lollipop, Purple, Yellow, Red, Swirl… “And better staff.”
Sir, combed through his long, fuzzy, chocolate coloured beard and pointed to a bright red elevator, “Come, come!” He gave the elevator a kick and it opened, Linda and Sir walked inside. Sir pressed a round blue button with an arrow going down on it.
“Where are we going sir?” Linda inquired,
“To the middle floor.”
“Is that where all the Lollipops are made?”
“No, no small one… the Lollipops are made on the bottom floor. But that’s all so boring, you’ll want to see the middle floor.”
“Sir… is this like Willy Wonka and the glass elevator? But it’s not really, well… glass?”
“No, it’s Sir Stick, Pop, Worth’s… red elevator!” he laughed. Linda waited for a moment and then thought: they weren’t moving at all!
“Sir…” Linda asked.
“Yes my dear child.” He answered.
“Not to be rude or anything sir…”
“Yes…”
“But don’t elevators… well actually move?”
“Well my one doesn’t!”
“But, I thought that all elevators moved?”
“Not this one!” he laughed, “This one keeps us still while everything else moves.”
“Where are we going sir?” Linda inquired,
“To the middle floor.”
“Is that where all the Lollipops are made?”
“No, no small one… the Lollipops are made on the bottom floor. But that’s all so boring, you’ll want to see the middle floor.”
“Sir… is this like Willy Wonka and the glass elevator? But it’s not really, well… glass?”
“No, it’s Sir Stick, Pop, Worth’s… red elevator!” he laughed. Linda waited for a moment and then thought: they weren’t moving at all!
“Sir…” Linda asked.
“Yes my dear child.” He answered.
“Not to be rude or anything sir…”
“Yes…”
“But don’t elevators… well actually move?”
“Well my one doesn’t!”
“But, I thought that all elevators moved?”
“Not this one!” he laughed, “This one keeps us still while everything else moves.”
Linda thought that he must be on medication or something… until the elevator doors opened and revealed a world of wonders!
Linda didn’t dare blink, if so she was frightened it would all go away and it was just a dream.
“So what do you think-?” Sir asked,
“Linda,” she replied.
“So what do you think, Linda of my Lollipop Shop now?”
“It’s, it’s, it- it’s wonderful!” Linda shouted. The room was filled with Lollipop’s of all shapes and sizes, the floor was even made to look like a giant Lollipop.
“The floor! It is brilliant Sir!”
“It’s made out of a squashed Lollipop, it is so squashed that the Lollipop that it was, was only a couple of inches long!” he laughed, then walked over to the bright purple window, the size of the whole wall and said, “Even the window’s made out of Lollipop mixture!” He wiped his finger across it and sucked his finger, “Yummy!” he smiled taking the finger out of his mouth.
“I wish this never ends Sir!” Linda shouted, giving Sir a big hug.
“Nothing lasts forever Linda.” Sir smiled softly. Her smile disappeared.
“I just wish it would.” Linda whispered. She ran her finger’s through the yellow coloured stream that flowed through the middle floor.
“Can I drink some?” Linda asked, “I mean, is it drinkable?”
“Of course Linda child. Drink some if you want.” He laughed. Linda cupped her hands and scooped them into the stream. She took a sip of the sweet juice,“Ummmm, Lollipoppy!” Linda licked her lip’s. “Can I come tomorrow and the next day and the day after that and that next day and, and, and the day after the next?” Linda asked.
Linda didn’t dare blink, if so she was frightened it would all go away and it was just a dream.
“So what do you think-?” Sir asked,
“Linda,” she replied.
“So what do you think, Linda of my Lollipop Shop now?”
“It’s, it’s, it- it’s wonderful!” Linda shouted. The room was filled with Lollipop’s of all shapes and sizes, the floor was even made to look like a giant Lollipop.
“The floor! It is brilliant Sir!”
“It’s made out of a squashed Lollipop, it is so squashed that the Lollipop that it was, was only a couple of inches long!” he laughed, then walked over to the bright purple window, the size of the whole wall and said, “Even the window’s made out of Lollipop mixture!” He wiped his finger across it and sucked his finger, “Yummy!” he smiled taking the finger out of his mouth.
“I wish this never ends Sir!” Linda shouted, giving Sir a big hug.
“Nothing lasts forever Linda.” Sir smiled softly. Her smile disappeared.
“I just wish it would.” Linda whispered. She ran her finger’s through the yellow coloured stream that flowed through the middle floor.
“Can I drink some?” Linda asked, “I mean, is it drinkable?”
“Of course Linda child. Drink some if you want.” He laughed. Linda cupped her hands and scooped them into the stream. She took a sip of the sweet juice,“Ummmm, Lollipoppy!” Linda licked her lip’s. “Can I come tomorrow and the next day and the day after that and that next day and, and, and the day after the next?” Linda asked.
Sir was silent.
“Will you even be here the day after the next?” Linda was doubting it.
“Maybe.” Sir tried to sound jolly. Linda spent the whole day in the middle floor of the new Lollipop shop sucking on strange new flavours of Lollipops and drinking from the sweet stream.
“It’s tea time all ready!” Linda shouted looking at her watch, “I wish I didn’t have to go home!”
“The shop will close in a minute Linda,” Sir walked towards the elevator, “And I have to be off.” They got into the elevator and went up to the boring first floor that Linda had first came to.
“Maybe.” Sir tried to sound jolly. Linda spent the whole day in the middle floor of the new Lollipop shop sucking on strange new flavours of Lollipops and drinking from the sweet stream.
“It’s tea time all ready!” Linda shouted looking at her watch, “I wish I didn’t have to go home!”
“The shop will close in a minute Linda,” Sir walked towards the elevator, “And I have to be off.” They got into the elevator and went up to the boring first floor that Linda had first came to.
As Linda walked out of the big double door’s she asked, “Where do you live Sir?”
Sir closed the doors behind her and shouted, “Here!”
Linda started to walk down the road and thought… If he lives here… then why does he have to be off? As she turned around and ran back to the shop, Sir had disappeared!
Suddenly a teeny umbrella poked out of the top of the building and started to go around and around. A small round hatch flung open and Sir’s head poked out of it.
“Where are you going!” Linda screamed.
“Away! To another place in the sky!” Sir shouted back.
“But you can’t go! You can’t!” Linda shouted.
“Nothing lasts forever Linda!” Sir Mr Stick, Pop, worth, Lollipop, Purple, Yellow, Red, Swirl… closed the hatch and flew away into the clouds.
“Where are you going!” Linda screamed.
“Away! To another place in the sky!” Sir shouted back.
“But you can’t go! You can’t!” Linda shouted.
“Nothing lasts forever Linda!” Sir Mr Stick, Pop, worth, Lollipop, Purple, Yellow, Red, Swirl… closed the hatch and flew away into the clouds.
By Jade M
Age 11
Year 7
Wadebridge Secondary School
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