, ▁this ▁assignment ▁would ▁be ▁short - l ived ▁for ▁Dra per , ▁for ▁a ▁reason ▁best ▁put ▁into ▁his ▁own ▁words : ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁labor atory ▁a ▁large ▁tank ▁of ▁good - s ized ▁t urt les ▁being ▁used ▁experiment ally ▁to ▁test ▁the ▁claims ▁of ▁a ▁commer cially ▁mind ed ▁enthus iast ▁who ▁wanted ▁to ▁market ▁a ▁t urt le ▁v acc ine ▁to ▁imm un ize ▁humans ▁against ▁t uber cul osis . ▁ ▁On ▁rather ▁a ▁d ull ▁afternoon ▁my ▁gaz e ▁somehow ▁w ander ed ▁to ▁this ▁t urt le ▁c age ▁and ▁I ▁thought ▁what ▁fun ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁to ▁organ ize ▁a ▁t urt le ▁race , ▁wh ip ▁up ▁some ▁bet ting ▁and ▁try ▁to ▁make ▁some ▁money . ▁ ▁I ▁sold ▁the ▁idea ▁to ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁class ▁and ▁soon ▁we ▁had ▁ch alk ▁lan es ▁mapped ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁floor , ▁a ▁t urt le ▁with ▁a ▁number ▁on ▁its ▁back ▁assigned ▁to ▁each ▁member , ▁and ▁were ▁down ▁on ▁our ▁kne es , ▁sn apping ▁our ▁fingers , ▁and ▁ex h ort ing ▁our ▁respective ▁t urt les ▁to ▁hur ry ▁up ▁and ▁win ▁the ▁race . ▁ ▁As ▁events ▁trans p ired , ▁the ▁labor atory ▁director ▁walked ▁in , ▁received ▁a ▁conf ession ▁from ▁the ▁inst ig ator , ▁and ▁following ▁a ▁short ▁office ▁visit ▁let ▁Dra per ▁know ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁spirit ▁for ▁scientific ▁research , ▁and ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁going ▁into