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would pack it before he used it and then he had to unpack again to
get it and would repack, forgetting to put the toothbrush in again.
Then, he had to rush upstairs to fetch it. He always ends up
carrying the toothbrush wrapped up in his pocket-handkerchief.

As usual, Jerome had to search the whole bag. He found George‟s
and Harris‟s toothbrushes eighteen times over but he couldn‟t find
his own toothbrush. At last, he found it inside a boot and he had to
repack once more. After he was done, George asked him if the soap
was in but Jerome was so exhausted that he just didn‟t seem to
care. But after he strapped the bag again, he noticed that he had
packed his spectacles inside and he had to open the bag again.
Finally, he finished packing at 10:05 pm and now George and Harris
decided to pack the food hampers.

George and Harris started by showing that they were better than
Jerome at packing. Jerome was excited to see how they would
proceed. As he anticipated, they started with breaking a cup. Then,
Harris accidentally squashed a tomato by placing strawberry jam
on top of it and then he had to pick out the tomato with a teaspoon.
Moreover, George stepped on the butter. Now it was Jerome‟s turn
to sit back and watch them which irritated them. They stepped on
things, put things behind them, and then they were unable to find
them when they needed them. They put the pie at the bottom and
put heavy things on top of it, which ended up ruining the pies. They
poured salt all over the place and did wonders with the butter.

George got the butter stuck to his slippers. After he got it off his
slippers, they attempted to put it in the kettle but it wouldn‟t go in.
Then they put it down on a chair but Harris sat on it and the butter
stuck to his back. Then they went around looking for it. After a lot
of searching, George discovered that it was at the back of Harris
the whole time and finally they packed it in the teapot.

And then their pet dog, Montmorency, came into the scene only to
add to the commotion. Montmorency was a naughty dog whose aim
in life was to create hurdles and get scolded. It was only when he
was screamed at that he felt that his day had not been wasted. So,
just when things were ready to be packed, he came into the room
and sat on them. Whenever Harris or George extended their hand
for anything, Montmorency made it a point that they reach for his
nose. He put his leg into the jam, disorganized the teaspoons and
chased the lemons as he thought them to be rats.