In the checkout line an issue of Bon Appetit featured a Crinkle Crankle cake. The boy read a newspaper headline: NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT IT! ZOOBAYBAY FACTORY TREATS EMPLOYEES TO PINK SLIPS. RECLUSE OWNER GIVES NO COMMENT. As La David helped put bags into the van he saw one of Crinkle Crankle's delivery trucks pull up to the store loading zone.
The bundled up driver spoke into their CB communicator, "Breaker, breaker, Rubberduck. Glinda says she's just asking for a friend if Dorthy is a good witch or a bad witch, but then says only bad witches are ugly?! Come on!" The fossil fueled panel truck backed into a cement post, but the pole passed through the side of the vehicle mysteriously without a scratch.