This is a treat-sized pencil rather than a school one: a clear barrel topped with a soft, chunky fruit character that a child spots across a classroom. The toppers come as an avocado, a pineapple, a strawberry and a smiling pink character, so it is the kind of pencil bought as a party-bag filler, a small reward, or simply because a child fell for the topper.

The clever part is the barrel. Instead of one long lead, it holds a stack of short pointed leads inside a clear tube. When the tip at the front goes blunt, you pull it out and push it into the back of the barrel, and that nudges the next fresh point up to the front. It writes like a normal pencil but never needs a sharpener and makes no shavings, which is why parents like it for a pencil case or a car.

The see-through body is printed with a small fruit pattern and comes in soft colours, green, yellow, pink and blue, that match the character on top. Because the leads are pre-pointed, there is nothing to sharpen and nothing to snap off in a bag, and the child can see how many points are left through the clear tube.

It is sold as a single pencil in an assorted design, so the fruit character and colour you receive are picked from the mix rather than chosen. It is a light, cheap treat rather than a serious writing pencil, and it is priced that way.

Safencia lists the cute fruit topper stacking pencil at Rs. 99 each with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch, whether you order from Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad or elsewhere.

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