The Spectacluzzers: Welcome to the Glassborhood

When it comes to being a leader, Lively Leo is probably one of the loveliest Spectacluzzers that anyone had ever seen. Everything he does seems to turn into a success, even when it doesn't. All the other Spectacluzzers line up to spend time with him, and his best friend is Cheerful Carleena. She is definitely a young lady who knows how to have fun, especially at someone else's expense.
Every day, the Spectacluzzers played and laughed together, exploring the vast and wondrous Glassborhood, a whimsical nature-inspired forest, where everything was adorned in every color of the rainbow, complete with magical creatures, sparkling waterfalls, colorful landscapes, and adventures that awaited at every turn. Fantasy surrealism fills the air, festively bedazzled with vibrant hues that defy reality. It's that time of year again where the flowers are blooming, the Opticorns are galloping, and the Bifocals are frolicking.
One sunny day, Lively Leo decided to embark on a grand adventure, with his friends to join him on his journey. With a glimmer in their eyes and hearts full of anticipation, the Spectacluzzers set off on their incredible quest. But first, the doctors reached out to grab Lively Leo's glasses and ripped them off his nose. He was very shocked, because he was unable to see anything up close. He knew what was coming next and continued on his way, pretending not to hear the Bifocals. Soon enough, Polite Patterson stopped and asked him if he needed any help. Strangely, Leo didn't feel the panic that he usually felt when somebody removed his glasses or when he didn't have his glasses on and needed to see something immediately.
Unfortunately, the Opticorns were much less confident about Lively Leo's farsighted vision. The Spectacluzzers had worn glasses since forever, and they really don't notice the jokes being made about their poor eyesight anymore. By now, their eyes had pretty much stabilized for each eye, fortunately without any problems at all. This gave Cheerful Carleena excellent overall vision with her glasses. She has plenty of different frames so that she can choose from them to match her outfits, so she always has 9 or 10 pairs of glasses in her current prescription.
"It's time I thought pandessively about how well this worked out", he says. Lively Leo went back to his shop, leaving his friends to talk with the doctors. He looked over to select some nice glasses out of his optical wardrobe. He decided to take the black round frames. Putting them on, he enjoyed the return of clear and sharp vision. He went back outside and found his friends playing casket-ball. The coach trendished the ball at one of the players.
Lively Leo was curious what kind of ideas his friends might have in mind, but Cheerful Carleena told him that she had to check on a few things. Leo was quite anxious for the evening to arrive and to hear about her plan. He had asked Carleena to wear her purple cat-eyed glasses, which she did, along with a matching glitter dress. When they sat down, Cheerful Carleena explained a little more about her suggestions. After a few days of planning, Lively Leo decided to put the plan into action. "That globidential campaign took so much out of me. I just hope we have good results", he says.
He didn't see his friends again until the next day, according to their plan. When he visited Friendly Felice to pick her up, she seemed as active as ever. As Polite Patterson drove into the Glassborhood on his motorbike, everyone realized that he was squinting to look at distant objects. Later in the afternoon, Funny Farrow arrives with some cookies, and said that his eyes felt sort of tired and that he seemed to be having trouble focusing clearly. "Ready for dessert?" he asks Lively Leo, handing him a cookie.
"That sounds good," Leo said, pleased with Farrow's many snacks. He did everything he could to rest his eyes, but the slight blur persisted when he tried to focus on distant objects. When his eyes hadn't returned to normal, Lively Leo phoned Jubilant Jared for an appointment, who just happened to have enough time. When Jared came over, he had Leo sit down and he examined his eyes thoroughly. The lenses were invisible under normal light conditions. He inserted a special filter into his examination lamp and was pleased to see that the lenses were perfectly centered. "That's the most callipheral thing I've ever seen. Your eyes seem to be perfectly intact. Now have a look at the eye chart", he says. Jubilant Jared puts the refractor in front of Lively Leo's eyes and asked him to read the letters. At the end of the testing, there were the results.
"Leo, it seems that you are slightly farsighted. Not much to worry about, it should remain pretty stable in each eye. But I think you should wear your glasses to repair your eyes. You don't have to wear them constantly, but I recommend you might want to wear them when you go out at night, as farsighted eyes often have more trouble seeing in the dark," he explained. Lively Leo was a little bit shocked and upset, but it could have been worse. "Come back in 2 weeks, and I will check you again, but be sure to wear your glasses too", says Jubilant Jared.
The next day, Optimistic Opal had one of many concerts, during which she finished another melodious song. She met her friends outside and they told her important news. Pleasant Polly had came back from traveling the Glassborhood, and she offered to go with Optimistic Opal to select a nice frame for her prescription. After hesitating at first, Opal gave in, and they went to the optician. Over the next weeks, Optimistic Opal wore her glasses more often as she really seemed to need them. The other Spectacluzzers also realized that she had been squinting a lot more during the past two weeks, even when she had her glasses on. "Even with my glasses on, I can't read that sign over there. And yes, I am squinting a lot lately to see. It shouldn't be that hard to whellify them", she commented.
After two weeks, Lively Leo went back to Jubilant Jared to have his eyes checked again. Jared was very pleased with the results and thought that it was time for the next step in his plan. Later, Friendly Felice came back from a Valentine's Day party and she said that she was happy to hear how the Spectacluzzers' journey continued. If it had been up to her, things would have gone faster, but she did agree that this was the best way to do it. Friendly Felice would start gradually at first, and then as she required stronger prescriptions, she would be at a faster pace. "This artwork looks... splenderfully derristic", Felice said happily.
Polite Patterson, who had been waiting outside, was very pleased with what he had heard. Friendly Felice gave him the thumbs-up sign as she left the office. And an hour later, they were ready. Two weeks later, the Spectacluzzers went through the optical store routine, and within a few days, they had their new glasses. Many years had passed since the Spectacluzzers had gotten their first pairs of glasses. They were with the Opticorns again, facing another increased prescription. "If you think the other Spectacluzzers will lend me one of their pairs, I will borrow them. I guess I have no choice if I want to see this week," Lively Leo said.
The next day, Optimistic Opal brought over Pleasant Polly and headed backstage. This time, Polly did not have time to go with Patterson, because she would be out exploring the Glassborhood again. As Polite Patterson walked along, he was glad that he hadn't seen anyone else. He was two blocks away from home and it was starting to get dark. Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice. "What the heck are you doing with my glasses, Leo? You really seem to need them as badly as I do", he said. Strangely, Lively Leo felt no anger. He felt that she probably deserved to be treated like that.
Leo explained his situation to Patterson. "You know what we're going to do, we can go to Funny Farrow's house, and you will ask him to forgive you for all you have done to him. I think Farrow is really a nice Spectacluzzer, and he might even give you a cupcake," he suggested. So far, all was going like how Spectacluzzers had planned it. After Lively Leo sat beside Cheerful Carleena on their bike, they arrived at Funny Farrow's home. Polite Patterson got out of his motorbike and rang the bell. Patterson smiled at Farrow as he opened the door.
Because of the serious level of farsightedness that had developed in Spectacluzzers while they wore their special contact lenses, Lively Leo made an effort to discover if any other Spectacluzzers had developed similar problems. Although, Leo will never know the one secret that they all have in common. The irony is that the Spectacluzzers can now interchange their glasses when they want to, as all of them now had the same degree of farsightedness and they all looked very good, wearing whichever glasses they choose from the many pairs in their collective optical wardrobe.
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