One day Mogey and Smush were bringing a sheep to market when they encountered a tinker on the mud track just outside town. The tinker travelled in a ramshackle cart drawn by two jackrabbits and a three legged pony, and he took particular interest in the white Derbyshire Mogey and Smush were leading along.
"Be that sheep for sale, gentlefolk?" the tinker asked. He hopped down from his cart, which shook violently, causing all the bits and bobs hanging from the eves to make quite a racket. "I'll give ye two pieces of silver, a raccoon pelt, and this Jimbo "Jellylegs" Johnston signed rookie card for it."
"Are you serious?" Smush asked, taken aback. "I am sure you speak in jest, goodly tinker, for this is a prize Derbyshire white, the finest sheep in the whole county! "
"Alright, alright," the tinker replied. "You gentlemen drive a hard bargain. How about a sack of grapefruits, a lucky boar's tusk, my plumpest hen, and this coupon for two free games of skee ball at Funland?"
"Excuse me a moment while I confer with my business associate, won't you?" Smush said. He turned to Mogey. "Is skee ball the one where you try to jump the balls into those little targets?" he whispered. Mogey nodded, and Smush turned back to the tinker. "Throw in half of that ham sandwich you're eating and you've got yourself a deal!"
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