Professor Turkovsky Called His Apprentice
great white eyebrows- his long slender hand around his neck
- grasshopper war cry
- I will be old, ugly, stupid
- a fantastic contraption
- Proper diet? Sports? Cosmetics?
Professor Turkovsky called his apprentice, James, into his study. James stood before the professor, lanky and youthful and handsome, his long slender hand around his neck, scratching a bug bite.
“James, tell me, what is the secret of youthful beauty?” asked Professor Turkovsky. “Proper diet? Sports? Cosmetics?”
James nodded, uncertain.
“But those all require hard work, skill, and money!”
James shrugged.
“I have invented a fantastic contraption!” the professor chirped in a voice not unlike a grasshopper war cry. “It is like the fountain of youth! It will make me young again!”
“But what if it fails, Professor?” asked James in alarm.
“If it fails, I will be old, ugly, stupid.”
Before James could protest further, Professor Turkovsky flipped the power switch and grasped the handles. A smell of sickly sweet cotton candy filled the study as tendrils of yellow and orange electricity crawled over Turkovsky’s body.
James shook his head in dismay as he saw the great white eyebrows form on the professor’s face.
The experiment had failed.