He is startled to realize it is Grandma Georgina his face mirrors the shock on everyone else’s. Charlie hugs his parents and turns to the bed where he sees a strange sight: an old person that looks like a living fossil. The Elevator doors slide open amid the chocolate river, trees, and Oompa-Loompas. Wonka heartily tells him that what matters is that she’s back now.Ĭhapter 18: The Oldest Person in the World Charlie pales and asks why he sprayed her three times. Wonka warns Charlie that the spray bottle is imprecise and there is bound to be an overdose.

The two strap themselves in and head back up. He aims and sprays Grandma Georgina and excitedly said he sent her back to the Factory floor where she belongs. Wonka orders Charlie aside and pulls out a spray bottle. He tries to touch her but his hand goes through the mist. Charlie cries out to her and finally sees her as a transparent wraith. He and Wonka keep thinking they see Grandma, but she simply fades away. They can puncture your skin and subtract you, bit and bit, until you become one of them.Ĭharlie peers out into the mist and thinks this must be what Hell without heat is like. Wonka warns him that there are Gnoolies out there-these are terrible creatures you cannot see. The mist is condensing and Charlie’s fear does not dissipate. Charlie feels “a queer frightened feeling” (129) Wonka says in a hushed voice that this is Minusland. It smells like an old dungeon, and it is completely and utterly silent. When the doors open, they must not fall out. The Elevator stops rushing, and Wonka instructs Charlie to get ready. He looked for the oldest and most ancient things on earth to create Vita-Wonk. Wonka continues that he had to create age in a pill to bring Minuses back, and details some of the strange ingredients that went into it. He was confident he could bring them back the trouble was finding them. He begins by saying that he’d noticed Oompa-Loompas disappearing when he was doing the testing for Wonka-Vite. However, he needs to tell Charlie about the Minuses right now. Wonka explains to Charlie that what he saw on his tour was nothing the factory is massive.

They pass strange sights, like a rock candy quarry, gushers, and toffee-apple trees. The Elevator heads deeper and deeper down into the Factory. The two sit in the Elevator and Wonka tells Charlie to strap in tight. Wonka takes Charlie with him and says they are going to find Grandma before she gets subtracted. Charlie excitedly asks if they can be brought back, and Wonka says that they can. Wonka asks Charlie if he thinks they ought to let the old ones wait it out, or if they should bring them back instead. Bucket is angrily feeding his baby father. Bucket is crying about her mother and Mr.

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