Tammy the sea turtle was swimming along one day when she decided to take a little nap. She nestled herself along the seafloor and went to sleep. When she woke up, she decided to go and play with her friends.
But when she arrived, her friends all laughed at her. They pointed at her belly and Tammy realized a sneaky barnacle decided to latch onto the bottom of her shell! Well, this would not do.
Tammy immediately went to remove the barnacle. She tried scraping it off with a rock, but no that didn't work. She tried scrubbing it off with a sea sponge. That didn't work either, but it sure made the sea sponge mad!
Then Tammy went to smash the barnacle off. . . but then she might hurt herself too, so she changed her mind. This barnacle sure was tenacious! If scraping, and scrubbing, and smashing wouldn't work, what would?
The persistent sea turtle thought of a brilliant idea. She bent her neck and asked the barnacle kindly "Hello Mr. Barnacle, will you please get off my shell?"
And the barnacle replied "No!"
This wasn't just a sneaky barnacle. This was a sneaky, and rude barnacle! Well Tammy knew the best way to handle rude creatures. She swam over to a nearby reef and grabbed a broken piece of coral. Then she reached the coral under her belly and began to tickle the barnacle.
The barnacle immediately burst out laughing and released from Tammy's belly. She waved goodbye to the pesky barnacle as it settled down to the seafloor to await another unsuspecting napper.
Tammy returned to her friends who no longer laughed at her. They played games and ate snacks until it was time to go home. From that day on, Tammy was always vigilant for barnacles determined to latch onto her shell.
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