He's a very old creature, who's become very wise. All the other things there come to him for advise.
He tells them all patiently just what to do, like the time he helped Schwerple, who'd lost his left shoe.
He told him quite simply, "Lose the other shoe too".
Now all other Schwerples thought this a neat trick, so they all lost their shoes, and they lost them all quick.
A few weeks went by, when he advised a young Glordom, who had been complaining a lot of some boredom.
"You should start a new business, we could use one down here."
When Glordom asked "How?", he said, "Sell shoes by the pair."
Then Flidgywumper sent Glordum to find all the shoes that the Schwerples had left behind.
Glordum was lucky. He found all but one. Then he hung up a sign that said, "Shoes Can Be Fun!"
Many undersea creatures dropped by for the sale, but not one of the shoes would fit onto one tail!
Glordum was soon discouraged and sad because his new business had gone very bad.
It was fortunate though that old Flidgy stopped by at the moment poor Glordum had started to cry.
This idea was successful, needless to say, so he opened two stores out in Goonerspin Bay.
Glordum kept busy each day in his store. He had no leisure time to complain anymore.
(Continues...)
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