When it was time for class to start, Jessi gave the professor her undivided attention. She listened as he explained what their first task of the day would be. Getting more excited by the minute, the first year couldn’t wait to play with the toy mouse. Annnd for the first part, no magic was involved. Now that was right up her alley.

Following instructions, Jessi went back to the snack table and got one of the little cheesecakes. Back to her seat she went and waited for her turn to use the maze. Finally, her time came and she placed her treat at the end of the maze. Jessi made a mental note of the exact placement, since the professor said it had to be the same every time. Now it was time for the fun part. She went and picked out a green mouse and brought it back to the maze.

Even though the mouse wasn’t real, he was kinda cute. Jessi was really getting into the activity, so she decided to name her mouse. “I’m going to call you Lucky”, she said, and placed him at the entrance to the maze. “Alright Lucky. We’re going to have some fun now.” Hopefully the toy mouse would learn a little something in the process.

Jessi went into cheerleader mode. It was her job to encourage her mouse and get him to the end of the maze. “Come on Lucky. Follow me and you can have an awesome snack. Can’t you smell it?”. It was at that moment, Jessi realized how ridiculous she was being. Of course a toy mouse couldn’t smell. Well this was magic after all. Maybe he could.

Lucky started moving, but didn’t seem to inspired to go very far. Jessi had an idea. She retrieved the remnants of her cheesecake and took several little bites. “Mmmm. This is so good. You can have some too, if you keep going.”. Jessi tried to get Lucky interested in the maze, but he seemed content to hang out in the front. “Luckyyyy. You’ve got to trust me. I’ll help you get to the other side.”

Jessi didn’t want to tease her mouse, but she needed him to het moving. Breaking off another piece of her cheesecake, she dangled it in front of Lucky like a carrot. That got his attention. As she moved it along the maze, the mouse began to follow. Slowly but surely, Jessi led Lucky through the maze until finally he reached the end. “Okay, you can have your treat, but next time, I can’t help you so much.” Lucky had been so focused on the cheesecake, he probably hadn’t paid attention to which way he was going. Jessi would have to train him up really fast because the professor had just called the 5 minute warning.