Once upon a time, there was a Leprechaun named Freddy. Freddy was the supervisor for the leprechaun department of shoe making. He was in a dither because they had a quota to make…2000 pair of new dancin’ shoes by March 15^th, two days before the St. Patrick’s Day celebration. It was the morning of March 1^st. He quickly did some ciphering and concluded that in order to make the quota, his team of 4 would have to make over 30 pair of shoes each. He didn’t include himself in the calculations, because he, of course, was the boss. His talents were best used telling the others what to do.

He called in his most reliable worker, Brady, and in clipped tones said, “You and the other lads are needin’ to make 2000 pairs of shoes by St. Paddy’s. Git on with it.”

“Begorra! That’s only 15 days!” lamented Brady. “It canna be done at all, least done well!”

“Do it, and no excuses!” bellowed Freddy.

Brady knew that no amount of emotional pleading would convince Freddy that this was an impossible task. Even if they could pull it off, what kind of quality could they expect? He looked out at his crew and was overwhelmed with worry.

Maeve is excellent at shoe design, but she was not interested in actually making them. That lass always had her head in the clouds, looking for rainbows with all that shiny gold in the ever-elusive pot. Still, everyone loved her and she could make the hours of toil quite pleasant with her quick wit and banter.

And Sean…where was he anyway? He was here a minute ago. The lad must have wandered off to be alone in his daydreams again. Freddy would have to be very careful not to bully Brady into working. He could be so stubborn.

Clodagh was a hard worker and would be willing to go the distance. He was a bossy one, that lad. Always with the ideas and distain for anyone who didn’t agree. Still, maybe he would have an idea or two of how to pull this group together to complete the project.

Brady sighed and went to work. He sure hoped his efforts would be appreciated.

“Let’s all put on our dancin’ shoes , wear our shamrocks green
and toast our friends both here and there and everywhere between.” –Irish Toast

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

What color is Freddy?
What color is Brady?
What color is Maeve?
What color is Sean?
What color is Clodagh?

Teresa Glenn has been working with the Color Code since 2006, where her main focus is product development. She has been in the publishing and product development field for over 20 years. Teresa is a core Red with a strong Yellow secondary.