Local Child Discovers How Many Licks it takes to get to the Center of a Tootsie Pop
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Adam Johnson, 8 years of age, received a tootsie pop on Monday, April 4th for his perfect attendance in March. Little to his knowledge, Adam was about to solve one of life’s greatest mysteries. It was a blue tootsie roll pop, his favorite flavor.
“This wasn’t the first time he’s received an award for perfect attendance,” his teacher, Ms. King, told us. “He’s gotten perfect attendance every other month this year, except for November, he missed the first week after receiving multiple fillings from eating too much candy on Halloween.” Adam evidently had quite a liking for candy, we were told by his classmates that the free piece of candy was the only reason Adam made sure to have perfect attendance each month.
When we spoke to Adam, we initially thought he wasn’t open to discussing his experience with us. Only when we offered him a king size snickers candy bar did he begin to talk about it.
“I knew that I was going to try and figure it out as soon as she had handed me the tootsie pop,” Adam told us, gazing at the snickers bar I was holding in my hand. “I tried to count the number of licks before, but I can’t count higher than 100, so I couldn’t do it myself.”
“When Adam had asked me to help him count how many licks it took to get to the center of a tootsie pop, I was honored,” his teacher informed us, as she began to blush. “At first I admired his bravery, for dedicating himself to solving this age-old mystery. Then I began to question my abilities, I was afraid of letting Adam down, what if I accidentally skipped a number when I was counting? But then I realized that it was my obligation as a teacher to help my students with difficult tasks such as this, and I am just so proud of Adam,” said Ms. King, as she began to wipe a tear from her eye.
We then asked Ms. King what the grand total number of licks was, and a great smile spread across her face. Tears began to pour out of her eyes as she was overcome with emotion. All of this excitement proved to be too much for Ms. King, within a minute of us asking her what the total number of licks was, she passed out and fell out of her chair.
Silence filled the room and all eyes turned to little Adam, who was only concentrating on his newly acquired king size snickers candy bar.
We rushed over to Adam, begging him to recall the total number. He merely looked up and said, “I can’t count over 100, so I’d say… a ton. It took a ton of licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop… is my tongue blue?!”
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