"Mum said that this cat had boiled cauliflower instead of brains," Madeline remembered. Mum had said this when Edward Norton had slipped while taking curve on the slippery parquet floor and hit the wall really hard. "Let's just call him Eddie then," the girls decided in the end. So this is how Edward Norton became Eddie and soon enough, everyone got used to the new name. But William, or Tim, called him by an even shorter name - Ed.Granny had just come back from visiting a friend and stood at the door of the children's room, eyes wide open. Little Tim was also singing along in a high voice: "Fa-la-laa, fa-la-laa." "What kind of a madhouse canteen is this?" Granny asked.

"This is a madhouse, indeed " Andy said and kept on singing. Since Granny was singing in a choir, she didn't give it a second thought but sat on the floor and joined them. "Oh my God " Mum said in the other room. "Where have I ended up now?" Dad giggled quietly to himself and finally joined their choir. And what was Mum left to do then? So in the end there were seven of them singing the anthem at the top of their voice.So they became friends. In the beginning they really didn't love each other very much but afterwards the turd realized that the gherkin was very much like her. And besides, the gherkin had a kind heart.

Also, the gherkin finally realized that the turd was very beautiful. Now the turd and the gherkin live together happily and they have a lot of small children with brown stripes. They are a lot stiffer now than they were last year but there're definitely not dead yet." Madeline took a bow, just like Lucy had done, and looked at the book lovers. When no one was applauding, Madeline quickly added: "And then it was summer and they rode around on their bikes. And once Lucy stepped on the turd. I saw it with my own eyes.".