Leverett Geladyear had left home to learn the hardware business – the real the hardware business. Farming equipment was his specialty and after some wise investments and lots of hard work, he ran a successful company. Over the years he had become a wealthy monkey, but he was not spared one thing: When inspecting his products in use in the fields, he got dirty and, above all, often wet feet. He hated it. Just the feel of the soggy, muddy earth that his feet and toes gradually sank into gave him the greatest disgust. He couldn't avoid the visits, because his customers attached great importance to his personal checking from time to time.
One day, an unassuming everyday object caught Leverett's...