I placed a tray of mini muffins on the bench in the Pantry. Addressing the hidden but grudgingly friendly tribe of Pictsies that dwell there, I said “Good morning and my compliments to the Kelda. I hope you enjoy the muffins and I wonder could your blacksmith assist me in the garage for a few minutes?
“Okay” I said to Big Wully, the (fifteen centimeter tall) Smith. This is a soldering iron, it gets hot when you push that button. There’s a crack in this tank, if I lower you down inside, can you melt it closed?”
“Roight yar, Missus” he said, “Lower away!”
I would cook a thousand batches of muffins rather than pay the $600 that the dealer wants to fix the leaking windscreen washer tank in my Mini.