14 The Tail Comes to an End

CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE TAIL COMES TO AN END Franny's mom walked into Franny's laboratory. "Nice work on those pigtail things," she said. "Thanks, Mom." "Of course, you probably shouldn't have created them in the first place." Franny laughed. "You're right, Mom. But things like that happen to people all the time." Franny shrugged. "They don't, Franny. Things like that don't happen to people all the time. Things like that only happen to you."

Franny showed her mom a jar with her old pigtails in it. "Look. I washed the formula out of some of the leftover hair and constructed brand-new pigtails for myself. They're perfectly normal now. I'm going to reattach them." Franny put her pigtails back into place and shook her head to make sure they were stuck.

"What happened to your ponytail?" Mom asked. "It wanted to go back to the zoo. I think it fell in love with that baby orangutan." Franny's mom smiled. "Oh! And I have a surprise for you!" Franny said, and she ran to get something from the closet.

She handed her mom a purple fur coat. "I used some of the giant pigtails and I made you a fur coat. You can change the style, too, just by snapping your fingers!" "This isn't going to try to eat anybody, is it?"

"Nope. The pigtails were greedy because they were pigs. The greed was the problem, not the hair. "But I got rid of the greediness. Now they're delighted to just make somebody happy by being a coat."

Franny's mom tried on the coat. "It's lovely! But how did you get rid of the greed?" she asked. "I added a dash of Igor's fur. He's the least selfish creature in the whole world. The greed just went away."