Mr. Bump Buys a Car is a story from the 1987 Annual.
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Mr. Bump is always having little accidents. He'll always bump into, or trip over, or smash into anything just because it was in front of him. One day, Mr. Bump was fed up with walking everywhere and tripping over the pavement and bumping into lamp posts. To solve the issue, Mr. Bump decided to buy a car, one with extra large bumpers.
With his new car, Mr. Bump decided to drive to the seaside. As he got in, he accidentally shut his fingers in the door! OUCH! Mr. Bump started the engine and got directions to the seaside from the salesman who sold him the car. But, because Mr. Bump had purchased his car in a car showroom and it hadn't been brought outside, Mr. Bump crashed into all the other new cars after putting the car into reverse!
Somehow, Mr. Bump managed to drive out of the showroom and started driving down the High Street. The postman further guided Mr. Bump to the seaside but, Mr. Bump somehow drove into Mr. Fussy's front garden and over all the flowers in his flowerbed! Just when Mr. Fussy finished polishing them too.
After apologizing to Mr. Fussy, Mr. Bump slowly drove down the road and wound up getting into a fender-bender with a big, red, double-decker bus! The bus received a small dent but Mr. Bump had a very large one. Mr. Bump immediately realized that he is no good at driving but still wanted to go to the seaside. By coincidence, the bus driver happened to be driving to the seaside and offered Mr. Bump a ride there on the top decker.
Mr. Bump managed to arrive at the seaside without any further bumping. And do you know something? Mr. Bump managed to find a car that he could bump around in as much as he wanted without any damages! What sort of car did Mr. Bump find? A BUMPER CAR!