Ira entered the barnyard for her CoMC final, feeling all sweaty. Rubbing her hands together, Ira could literally feel her nervousness. She wondered what they would be doing. She smiled at Professor and greeted, "Hello Professor.." He seemed a bit absent minded, which in a way was good, because maybe he won’t notice if she would go wrong somewhere. Hehe…
The second year listened carefully as Professor Williamson started explaining the task for the final and gave instructions. Yes! Pygmy Puffs! She loved Pygmy Puffs! Ira grinned widely and glanced over at the pen, wondering which puff she would pick. Pink one? Or grayish one? Or the maroon one?

She went inside and stood there looking at them all for a while before deciding on a nice little purple one. It was so cute! She reached out and gently took it into her hand. And the Puff squeaked! Squeak! Squeak! "Awww!'' Ira exclaimed. “Hi beautiful! We can be friends today right!!” she said and softly cuddled it. “So what to call you? Fuzzy? Or Squeaky? Or something else?” Ira playfully asked it.

It seemed to be a female. Because its squeak was high pitched. So she began pondering over girly names. And then she got a name! “You’ll be my Bela, won’t you?” she asked with a big smile. So Bela it was.

Then Ira’s attention fell on the food table. So much food! Ira’s tummy slightly growled at the sight. But she somehow controlled herself, reminding herself that it was all for the cute little pygmy puff, Bela. Grapes, Muffins, cupcakes, salad… there were so many things! Ira wondered what to feed Bela. Maybe it would like muffins as she did? So she broke the muffin into pieces and took a small piece on her finger and held it in front of Bela. But nope, it didn’t seem interested in it. So cross off muffins. Now for some berries. She took a small berry and held it in front of it. It came a little forward and nibbled at it slightly. It was little interested in that. Then she tried pudding. But nope, it was rejected too. “It seems that you’re a very choosy little puff, right?” she chided it. But what else to feed? Grapes! Yup, that might be good. So, she broke off bits of the grape and fed the first one to the puff. It first sniffed it, then licked it before gulping down the grape piece. So that meant Bela liked grapes! Huh!

Now came some bread which the second year placed in front of it, and waited for its reaction. This time, the puff inched forward a little but still didn’t try it. “No bread! No muffin! No berries! So what do you actually like??" Because Ira loved the brownies and muffins. “So is it only veggies for you, like grapes and this salad maybe…” she said, extending her finger, having some sald. And Bela immediately gulped it down! So her theory was true. The pygmy puff liked only veggies, or rather the healthy stuff. Unlike her….
Finished with this part of the practical, Ira sat on the ground, placing Bela besides her with some grape pieces and salad in front of it. Then grabbing a blank parchment and anti-cheating quill, Ira began her essay: