‘You’re a nice boy,’ Mr Wonka said, ‘but you talk too much. Now then!
The very first time I saw ordinary television working, I was struck by a
tremendous idea. “Look here!” I shouted. “If these people can break up a
photograph into millions of pieces and send the pieces whizzing through
the air and then put them together again at the other end, why can’t I do
the same thing with a bar of chocolate? Why can’t I send a real bar of
chocolate whizzing through the air in tiny pieces and then put the pieces
together at the other end, all ready to be eaten?” ’
‘Impossible!’ said Mike Teavee.
‘You think so?’ cried Mr Wonka. ‘Well, watch this! I shall now send a
bar of my very best chocolate from one end of this room to the other by
television! Get ready, there! Bring in the chocolate!’
Immediately, six Oompa-Loompas marched forward carrying on their
shoulders the most enormous bar of chocolate Charlie had ever seen. It
was about the size of the mattress he slept on at home.