Yo-Yo-ago-go

Yo-Yo-ago-go had stars in his eyes. "I can't believe my luck," he told reporters as they gathered around the newly crowned national yoyo champion. "When Professor Electra first told me of the competition, my heart began to pound. Little did I know that there were others who shared my passion for the pulsating string-a-ma-bob. After all, I spent my early years perfecting 'walking the dog' while I was walking my dogs (or running from those dreadful peacocks who lived down the lane). And I do use yoyo string to floss my teeth, but I thought that it was just something that I was drawn to do. Then I learned that Chef Poire had been commissioned to bake yoyo-shaped muffins for the winner of a yoyo competition, and I knew that I had found my niche. Oh,we yoyoers love fresh-baked muffins as much as we detest broccoli and pencils. In fact, I wish I could show you all how a yoyo expert eats a muffin, but right now," he said humbly, "my hands are filled with this golden trophy that is too heavy to yoyo and much too hard to nibble on." Yo-Yo-ago-go kissed the trophy and smiled.
At that moment, Chef Poire, Mr. Cuddels, and a team of ants wearing "Go Yo-Yo-ago-go!" tiny tee shirts stepped forward with a tray laden with a dozen yoyo-shaped muffins. The jolly Morphadoodle beamed. Cameras flashed as Yo-Yo-ago-go tied one golden muffin after another on to one end of a string. Then, he slipped his furry yoyoing finger through the loop at the opposite end and began to instruct the crowd.
"The technique is quite simple," he declared. "You spin the muffin up to the mouth and bite it, then spin the muffin down while you chew the required amount of chews to ensure proper digestion." With that, the yoyo master spun out the first muffin. A few crumbs flew into the mandibles of his cheering insect entourage. With expert precision he continued his lesson until all of the muffins were gone. The crowd went wild. "Brilliant!" someone shouted, "I wish I could learn how to do that trick." "Well," said the kind and soft-spoken Morphadoodle, "you will be able to learn all my tricks. I have written a book (with an accompanying DVD) called The Art of The Yoyo by Yo-Yo-ago-go that documents not only all of my tricks, but also takes you through all of the ups and downs and ups and downs and ups and downs that I went through to get where I am today. I've brought copies for everyone, and I promise that I will sit here and autograph them until there is no one left in line."
The crowd surged forward. Mr. Cuddels, in an effort to organize the fans, said, "If you will kindly form a line to the right, Yo-Yo-ago-go will begin to write." The line formed, the yoyo champion picked up his pen, and he wrote and he wrote and he wrote until it was too dark to see.

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