CHAPTER 8

PROFESSOR STUPIDO’S STORY

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PROFESSOR STUPIDO, THE WORLD-FAMOUS UN-INVENTOR, FIRST DISCOVERED HIS POWERS OF UN-INVENTION AS A YOUNG BOY WHEN HIS WINDUP TOY ROBOT REFUSED TO PLAY WITH HIM ONE DAY.

IN A RAGE, HE GRABBED A HAMMER, RAISED IT HIGH ABOVE HIS HEAD AND WITH ONE MIGHTY BLOW UN-INVENTED HIS TOY ROBOT FOREVER!

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NOT LONG AFTER UN-INVENTING HIS TOY ROBOT, HE DISCOVERED HE COULD ALSO UN-INVENT BORING BOOKS.

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AS PROFESSOR STUPIDO GREW OLDER, HE BECAME CAPABLE OF EVER MORE DAZZLING FEATS OF UN-INVENTION.

ONE DAY, WHILE OUT WALKING IN THE PARK, HE SAW A HOT ICE-CREAM SELLER AND THOUGHT A HOT ICE CREAM WOULD BE JUST THE THING TO WARM HIM UP.

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UNFORTUNATELY, THE HOT ICE CREAM WAS SO HOT THAT IT BURNED THE PROFESSOR’S TONGUE AND, IN A FIT OF RAGE, HE UN-INVENTED HOT ICE CREAM ON THE SPOT.

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WHILE THE PROFESSOR WAS HAPPY WITH HIS LATEST UN-INVENTION, HOWEVER, MANY HOT ICE CREAM LOVERS WERE NOT.

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NOT LONG AFTER UN-INVENTING HOT ICE CREAM, PROFESSOR STUPIDO’S INCREASINGLY AMAZING POWERS OF UN-INVENTION WERE PUT TO THE TEST WHEN HE WAS BUZZED BY A GANG OF FLYING-BEETROOT RIDERS.

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“BLAST AND CONFOUND THESE FLYING BEETROOTS,” SAID PROFESSOR STUPIDO. “I’VE A GOOD MIND TO UN-INVENT THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL!”

“YOU CAN’T UN-INVENT FLYING BEETROOTS, OLD MAN!” SAID ONE OF THE BEETROOT RIDERS. “FLYING BEETROOTS ARE HERE TO STAY!”

“OH YEAH?” SAID PROFESSOR STUPIDO. “WE’LL SEE ABOUT THAT!”

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SUDDENLY THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS FLYING BEETROOTS ANY MORE AND THE SURPRISED EX-FLYING-BEETROOT RIDERS FELL FROM THE SKY AND CRASHED TO THE GROUND.

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PROFESSOR STUPIDO HAD SUCCESSFULLY UN-INVENTED FLYING BEETROOTS, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE WORLD WAS NOW FULL OF BRUISED AND ANGRY EX-FLYING-BEETROOT RIDERS.

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ONE AFTERNOON, PROFESSOR STUPIDO WAS OUT TAKING HIS DAILY STROLL, THINKING OF NEW THINGS TO UN-INVENT …

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WHEN A 10-TON FROGPOTAMUS JUMPED OUT OF A TREE …

AND ATTACHED ITSELF TO HIS HEAD!

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“BLAST AND CONFOUND THESE STUPID FROGPOTAMUSES ALWAYS JUMPING OUT OF TREES AND ATTACHING THEMSELVES TO MY HEAD!” YELLED PROFESSOR STUPIDO. “I’M GOING TO UN-INVENT THE LOT OF THEM!”

AND SO HE DID.

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NOT EVERYBODY, HOWEVER, WAS HAPPY WITH THE PROFESSOR’S LATEST UN-INVENTION … ESPECIALLY NOT THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF FROGPOTAMUS SPOTTERS.

“OH NO, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?” YELLED THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF FROGPOTAMUS SPOTTERS.

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“I’VE UN-INVENTED FROGPOTAMUSES, THAT’S WHAT!” SAID PROFESSOR STUPIDO. “THANKS TO ME, NOBODY WILL HAVE THEIR HEAD SWALLOWED BY A FROGPOTAMUS EVER AGAIN!”

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“BUT YOU’VE MADE THEM EXTINCT!” SAID THE PRESIDENT.

“WHAT WILL WE FROGPOTAMUS SPOTTERS SPOT NOW?!”

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UNFORTUNATELY FOR PROFESSOR STUPIDO, IT WASN’T ONLY FROGPOTAMUS SPOTTERS, FLYING-BEETROOT RIDERS AND HOT ICE CREAM FANS WHO FAILED TO APPRECIATE HIS GENIUS. SOON THE WHOLE WORLD WAS UNITED AGAINST HIM AND HIS UN-INVENTIONS.

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FINALLY THE PEOPLE OF EARTH HAD A BIG MEETING AND VOTED TO UN-INVENT PROFESSOR STUPIDO.

THEY PICKED HIM UP …

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TIED HIM TO A ROCKET …

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AND BLASTED HIM TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, WHERE HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO ANNOY THEM WITH HIS STUPID UN-INVENTIONS EVER AGAIN.

 

THE END