Leonard looking at lashings

The Fabulous three, with their cat Leonard, ran in excitedly to tell their parents all about their adventure at the supermarket:

THREE GO TO ASDA

"What a jolly wheeze" said Jonny, "....and to think it was just going to be a boring shopping trip to the supermarket."

"I should say so!" said Milly, her face still flushed with excitement from the recent turn of events.

"I could see he was up to no good from the moment I laid eyes on him", piped in Brandon, adding: "That shifty face, and the way he was skulking down the aisles".

They eventually calmed down enough to blurt out the whole story. The stranger had indeed been up to no good. The rotter had filled his basket with value brands only, cheating the supermarket shareholders out of valuable dividends. The fat security guard had told the kids to mind their own business, it was up to the customer if he wanted to avoid the carefully laid traps amongst the jungle of loss leader products on the supermarket shelves.

However, it was Lenny the cat who had saved the day. The mysterious no-gooder had tripped over him as he made his way past the checkout to the exit....causing him to bang his knee on the floor. "Hoorahhh!" everybody had cheered. That had certainly showed him. he'd think twice before being such a cheapskate again.

"Well done children", said father. "Now in the kitchen you'll find a shopping bag full of some proper supermarket goodies"....Yes indeed, it was lashings of ginger beer all round, in correct proportions of value and high end brands too....how spiffingly fantabulous!

Happy birthday Nick. Guess what your present is.....