16. Alladin’s Cave and the Cauldron of Hecate

Round about the cauldron go ...

Double double toil and trouble
Fire burn and cauldron bubble. 

Out of Alladin’s Cave – DRY ICE!

It’s cold, it burns, it bites.

Freezes ice-cream, makes water boil, bubble, smoke.

Handle with care.

So many opportunities for experiments, fun, practical jokes, and science.

… the devil offers a tempting, compelling highlight.

KaBoooom!!

Extras

This video has some of the benign dry ice experiments/games.

For the devil’s dry ice workbook on KaBoom go to You Tube and search “dry ice bombs”.

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15. Alladin’s Cave … or Pandora’s Box

It was more like a mobile general store than an ice-cream van.

Tho’ ices & sweets dominated.

Roger’s (the moonlighting teacher) ice-cream run

Mr Whippy pink – no! – old blue van, passenger side open.

Greensleeves over loudspeakers – no! – brass bell with wooden handle.

Garage – no! – an Alladin’s Cave of treasures … and troubles.

A fleet of vans - always thinking big!!

Note:

Only 350 short memories to go – this 50 word restriction is very hard for a “real estate novelist.”

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