She suddenly heard footsteps travelling behind her, she turned around an there stood a man in brightly coloured clothes and a purple top hat.“Hello, I’m Mr Barnes” he said smiling ear to ear. He walked closer fingering the chest that Gertrude had recently touched and admired. “I didn’t think people liked my shop” he exclaimed sadly.                                                                                                                  “I always wanted to go in this emporium, it’s  always been a dream. Said Gertrude  with pride.
“ Let me take you around this place,” he asked Gertrude. He showed her: sweets, paintings, toys, toy cars and he favourite the gigantic teddy bears.