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Vanishing Pants from the Chichotek Shop


Vanishing Pants from the Chichotek Shop
Nicholas had three dreams: to finally have his own dog, to be able to eat ice cream for breakfast and to experience anything resembling an adventure. The first two things were rather unrealistic (his parents hated animals and thought ice cream was the work of the devil), so he dreamt of adventure. One dreary Thursday, when it was raining as if the sky wanted to try out all levels of the garden watering programme, Nicolas bumped into Ola and Bartek under an old advert for "The Chichotek Shop - Fashion that sucks!". - Did you see that? - Ola shook her eyes, pointing at the shop door, which looked as if someone had tried to paint it with a foot dipped in glitter. Bartek laughed so loudly that a dog passing by... actually, sorry, a ferret on a leash being slowly pushed by an old lady, jumped up. - 'It's not a shop, it's some kind of April Fool's joke,' he stated. - Who calls a clothes shop 'Chichotek'? Ola had already disappeared behind the door. Nikolai looked at Bartek with a look that said: "You'd better record this" and moved after her. Inside it was... strange. Shelves of hats lined up by themselves and trousers danced on the hangers as if they had a built-in stepping motor. The saleswoman (if you can call the lady in the red flamingo feather hat that), spoke to the yellow box that answered in her voice. Ola tried on green trousers with the words: "Today I'm not complaining!". They looked great. Bartek chose a T-shirt that changed colours whenever someone told a joke. Santa, who couldn't make up his mind, grabbed plain grey tracksuit bottoms (after all, grey is the best option for not drawing attention to yourself... right?). They paid the yellow box (with a card, because cash was apparently too retro for Chichotek) and headed for the exit. And then, right in the middle of the market, something happened that not even the best magician from TikTok would have predicted. Ola's trousers - the trendy green ones - just... disappeared. Poof! They didn't even fall to the ground, they just vanished into thin air. Nikolai and Bartek looked at Ola, and Ola looked at them. They all stood motionless for a moment. Then Bartek's trousers flashed and....


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