Lemonade all round!

RESIDENTS OF TOYLAND have voted lemonade their favourite drink, a new YouDrink poll concluded.

Asked the question 'If you could have any drink, which drink do you think would be the best drink to drink?', an overwhelming nine out of ten participants answered 'lemonade'.

The poll was sent out to all toys by the Barry Bramble Enterprises Ltd, the corporation that owns various sites in Smallvania including the department store, juice stand and library. Founder Barry Bramble is expected to immediately start selling more lemonade and for a higher price.

Lemonade has historically been seen as the only drink all toys and children alike love, especially since its main rival, ginger beer, fell out of fashion in the late nineteenth century. Lemonade is frequently referred to in popular bedtime stories ranging from the 'Wishing Chair' series by Enid Blyton to the Little Owl and Little Squirrel stories.

On news of the announcement, the price of shares in Toyland Coca Cola Co fell dramatically. Mrs Mouse, who works for Barry Bramble, had an interesting theory on the result however.

'Do the toys mean they like traditional lemon juice and sugar, or do they mean these modern fizzy Sprite stuff?' she asked.

Mayoress of Smallvania, Mabel Badger, said she disapproved of fizzy lemonade. 'It rots your teeth something rotten,' she exclaimed while sucking on a peppermint, and offered any children to come round to her house if they wanted to try some real lemonade.

The poll offers no clues as to which type of lemonade the toys actually like.

Toys who did not choose lemonade as the drink which they would most like to drink if they'd like a drink included King Chris, who said he'd have a Castle Lager any day, and Queen Nala, who said she'd prefer to go and dunk her lioness face in a pool of water if she was thirsty. Sabrina Spellman said she would prefer a barley leaf freshly pressed fruit smoothie with fully skimmed milk.

Ducky was asleep while this article was being written, but no doubt would have said he likes lemonade too. Ducky is two years old.