matida' s father bought and sold cars and he seemed to make quite a lot of money from doing it
sawdust he said proudly that's the secret And it costs me noting I get it from the wood shop
How can sawdust help you to sell cars daddy asked matilda I don't understand
That's because you're a stupid little girl her father said He turned to his son I'm always glad to buy a car with an old gearbox
one that makes a terrible noise I get it cheap Then I mix a little sawdust with the oil in the gearbox and it goes beautifully- for a day or two
How long will it go like that before it starts making noises again? asked matilda.
Long enough for the buyer to get a long way away her father said laughing But that's not hones, daddy. said matilda
Nobody gets rich by being honest he said He was a small ratty - looking man with a thin moustache He liked to wear brightly coloured jackets with yellow or green ties For example. anyone who buys a car asks How many miles has it done? Right Michael? Right said his son So, I buy an old car that's done a hundred and fifty thousand miles and get it cheap Then I ask myself How can I change the clock so that it reads ren thousand? If I run the car backwards. the numbers will go backwards for thousands and thousands of miles? Nobody young Michael said Right said his father Now this clock thing runs off one of the front wheels So I use an electric drill on it and when the drill turns the clock backwards- very fast I can take fifty