Tales of Tiptoe and More - Volume III

Episode 14

Suellen's project for the Science Fair was to train slugs. She wrote
in her journal:

"I have yet to be successful with slug training or relocation efforts,
and thus my future as a world famous scientist is in doubt."

She was about to give up in despair, and decided to take a break and
play her guitar, which she hadn't played since she'd acquired the
slugs for her project. As she started playing her guitar, she was
startled when tiny, yet sluggish voices began singing, coming from the
box she kept the slugs in. They sang, "we'll do anything you want, or
go anywhere you want us to, as long as you play your guitar in the
background." Luellen was quite happy to hear this, and began planning
her project.

At the Science Fair, Suellen began playing her guitar. The slugs began singing beautifully, yet sluggishly, as Suellen had trained them. But she was surprised when they crawled out of their box and began moving around, forming beautiful designs. The designs changed into a breathtaking portrait of Nancy and Sluggo. It was so impressive, that Suellen was asked to take her project to the International Science Fair, taking place on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Not only that, but the real Nancy and Sluggo would attend, to see the slug portrait.

At the International Science Fair, the slugs performed as expected, except that they added to the portrait by having two long tentacles coming out of Sluggo's head. Somehow this made Sluggo unbelievably handsome, in a way that no one would have expected. Nancy and Sluggo became quite excited.

As soon as they came home from the International Science Fair, Nancy and Sluggo went to a plastic surgeon, to see about having actual tentacles attached to Sluggo's head. A few weeks later, they announced that they had a new tiptoe ballet to perform. It was unveiled on TV.
Everyone went wild with enthusiasm. One reviewer wrote:

"The two long tentacles on the amazing Sluggo's head are just what he
needed, and just what we needed to appreciate tiptoeing in even
greater depth."

This began "The Golden Age of Tiptoeing" which (as you well know) is
still going on. Suellen's science project is now just a footnote in
Tiptoeing history, but it will never be forgotten by those who truly
understand the art of tiptoeing.