I ordered four mushroom guides and four hundred came

From: Aurora Cifuentes, Sotillo public library Subject: order 4471, I think there is one zero too many

I ordered four copies of "Mushrooms of the District" for the Thursday reading group. The carrier has left twenty-two boxes in the entrance hall and the door to the children's room no longer opens.

From: Ismael Carrizo, head of dispatch Subject: RE: order 4471

Dear Ms Cifuentes: you signed the delivery note as accepted at 9:14. We can offer you 15% off your next order.

From: Aurora Cifuentes Subject: RE: RE: order 4471

I signed it as accepted because the driver was double-parked and the traffic warden was already walking over. Mr Carrizo: that is four hundred mushroom guides for a village of twelve hundred people.

From: Ismael Carrizo Subject: RE: RE: RE

May I remind you that the 15% does not expire.

The following Thursday Sotillo launched its Mushroom Week. Three hundred and ninety-six guides went out on loan in five days. The reading group got none: all four members turned up at half past seven.