Once there was a very friendly, kind, clean, nice, dog. His friends called him Mr. Fluffy Boots because he was fluffy, and always wore big, red, shiny, boots to keep his hooves clean. His real name was Total. One rainy day, Mr. Fluffy Boots was walking daintily through the mud, to see his friend's new house. Suddenly, he couldn't move his feet!

"HELP!" he wailed "I'm stuck in the mud!" But no one came to help him. At last, he saw his friend Twinkle Fins, a shimmery goldfish, swimming towards him. Twinkle Fins soon brought help, and Mr. Fluffy Boots was being hoisted out of the mud really fast.

"WAIT!" he screamed "My boots are still in the mud!" Surely, the boots were stuck in the mud.

"It's your boots or your life" said Twinkle Fins

"My boots" said Mr. Fluffy Boots stubbornly. So his friends left him alone to die on the mud. And die he did. The tail of Total was never seen again.