Flicker the fleezle was
a well liked guy. Just like all the other fleezles, he had a fat little body
that narrowed into a fluffy top. His feet were larger than normal and his eyes
were bright with excitement, no matter what he was doing. Every other fleezle
was jealous of his bright blue color.
He
loved to play plorkle, it was his favorite game. One day when he was playing,
an odd thing happened. He got all tingly inside and then he changed color! Suddenly he was lime green! All the other
fleezles stopped what they were doing, and gaped at him with a loud, “ohhhh”.
Flicker
waddled as fast as he could, crying and snoofing all the way home! Pink, yellow,
and purple, his colors did change. It was not very normal, but ever so
strange!He didn’t like what was happening. He thought he was sick. His mouth
tasted funny, so spat and cried “Ick!”.
When
he finally got home, his mamma was there. He asked her, “Why do I keep
snoofing? It isn’t fair!”.She smiled and held him. She knew what had happened
to him. She explained that snoofing meant he was growing up. Once he turned
white, it meant that he was grown up.
This
really scared Flicker. He didn’t want to grow up. None of his other friends
were snoofing. He couldn’t sleep because he kept shaking. He couldn’t be with
his friends because they kept laughing. He couldn’t even concentrate on schoolwork
because he kept tingling so much. Every day he would cry and cry. Everyday his
mom would hold him and tell him it was going to be alright. Only that didn’t
make it any easier for Flicker.
About
a week after he started snoofing, he turned a pale yellow. Then, his head
started to hurt. He got dizzy and fell on the ground. His mom was in the other
room when she heard the loud thump. She ran over to him, with a wide grin on
her face.
“Why
are you smiling?!” cried Flicker. He was not enjoying himself, and he couldn’t
see why his mom was.
“It
is time, Flicky,” she whispherd, “Time to change to white.”
“Well
how do I do that?” Flicker asked.
“By
letting go. Just let yourself grow up” she stated as she smoothed his fluff.
Flicker
replied, “I… I can’t mom. I’m scared”.
“I
know, sweetie. But you can do it,” she urged.
Flicker
gulped really hard and held his breath. Then he let go, and let himself calm
down. Slowly, his fluff turned bright white. “Wow” he gapsed. Suddenly, he
wasn’t hurting anymore. Then he realized that he could do all sorts of things
that he could never do before. He could turn his fluff whatever color he
wanted. He could jump even higher and run even faster.
Flicker
decided to go outside and show his new skills to his friends. Right when he did,
his best friend, Flookernaughter, snoofed for the first time. “Oh no!” he
cried.
“Don’t
worry,” said Flicker, “growing up isn’t so bad after you do it!” With that, he
snoofed back to his bright blue color. “But some things, are worth keeping”.
