Hugging A Blueberry In Manchester Arndale

This is from the memory thingmabob from before...

I was buzzing with anticipation as I waited for the two men in bright purple suits to cut the sparkly ribbon. At the front of the queue I stood, looking up at the stunningly beautiful shop in awe. The noise of the ecstatic voices in the Manchester Arndale was immense. But no-one was as excited as I was. I had been waiting for weeks, months even, for the moment I could step foot in the miniature chocolate factory. From outside, the shop was magical, purple paint covered the front of it and a huge sculpture stared down at us all from above. It was the biggest chocolate bar I had ever seen and plastered on the wrapper read, "Willy Wonka's Mini Chocolate Factory", knowing Mr Wonka, it was probably sculpted fully out of chocolate.

   After hours of waiting one of the men finally took out the most extravagant pair of scissors and I watched as they moved towards the ribbon. I saw the piece of ribbon split in two and I felt the crowd behind me surge forward. I sprinted inside and my mouth dropped open, the inside was more astonishing than the outside. The entrance room was full with the largest quantity of sweets I had ever thought imaginable. It contained every sweet I knew and more. Stacks full of bonbons, laces, fizzy bottles, chewy fruit squares, gobstoppers....

   I spotted two doors at the very back of the room and made my way over to them, sueezing past crowds of people and dodging in and out the piles of sweets. One door was labelled, "Chocolate Room", the other "Very Large fruit". The smell from the first made my mouth fill with saliva, I could just imagine the many different variations of chocolate bars....But the latter made me curious so I slowly pushed open the door and stepped inside. I could never have prepared myself for the sight that lay before me when as I entered that room. Shelves reaching as high as the ceiling which soared up into the sky and out of sight, stuffed with fruit so large, I'm sure they were atleast twice the size of me. A giant blueberry in a corner of the room caught my eye. I walked over to it and knelt down to where it sat on the bottom shelf. I wondered if it smelt as good as it looked. I leant forward and gave it a big hug whilst inhaling the heavenly scent of blueberry.