CHAPTER 10
win posters were banged onto post office walls all across the country. One, featuring a picture of Jacob Two-Two, read:
Then, at the bottom of the poster, in print so small that you needed a magnifying glass to read it:
Due to a shortage of funds, the government of Canada will pay out this reward at the rate of one dollar a year over a million years.
It was signed:
The Right Honorable Perry Pleaser,
Your lovable, huggable Prime Minister
The other poster, featuring a most unflattering drawing of Dippy, read:
Distinguishing characteristics:
He’s left-handed and there is a crescent-shaped mole under his right armpit. If in doubt, take his blood pressure. It should read normal.