A Desperate Voyage
A terrible misfortune.
You are in a balloon crossing the ocean at the end of a desperate voyage. There is no more fuel and you are sinking fast. The burner splutters out. You jettison the empty fuel tanks in despair -- they glug into the water far below you. Next go the sandbags, but still you sink. Rummaging about the floor of the basket, you toss out anything you can find - still you sink towards the surface of the sea.
The faintest peak of land is in sight on the horizon. There are only two items left to discard.
- The medicine for your dying nephew.
- Your precious collection of mint-condition Tinkland Valley die-cast miniature vehicles, each in their own original packaging, with matching instruction pamphlet, official verification certificate and limited-edition "Race Ranger" epaulettes, including the super-rare models:
- No. 082 the Vestler 35 Tinpin Puprod
- No. 895 the Camion Unic MultiBenne Marrel
- No. 317 the Dual Radelsant Fastitch Invector