One day Mogey and Smush were at work in the gumball factory, when Mogey noticed a brand new, shiny red button mounted on the wall. Above the button hung a stern sign that read "Do Not Push." Being inquisitive by nature, Mogey didn't last 30 seconds before he just had to see what the button would do. Ignoring the sign, he approached the button and depressed it with one of his plump fingers.
But a very strange thing happened: nothing. Work in the factory continued as normal, but no sooner had Mogey pushed the button than he began to feel a pit of dread growing in his tummy. Later, as he and Smush punched out for the day, they stepped outside into a driving rainstorm.
"Is this the button's purpose?" Mogey exclaimed as thunder boomed in the distance. "Did the button cause this storm?"
"Don't be silly, Mogey," Smush replied, pulling his parka tight about him. "The weather man has been predicting a rainstorm all week."
As Mogey and Smush walked up the narrow road at the edge of town, they were accosted by two highwaymen in deep purple masks.
"Did the button send you?" Mogey demanded of the highwaymen as they relieved Mogey and Smush of their most prized possessions.
"No," one of them answered. "And give me all three of your necklaces - including the candy one."
Finally Mogey and Smush reached home, damp, tired, and famished, only to find that their butler, Chalmsley, had burned their evening toast.
"Darn it, Mogey," Smush said, biting into a piece of blackened toast with marmalade. "I told you not to push that button."
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