Competitive Gift Wrapping

In the high-stakes world of competitive gift wrapping there was one champion who stood head and shoulders above the rest of his competitors. Ulysses the Fox, the man who needs no introduction.

Regardless, by way of introduction, Ulysses was the 10-time reigning gift-wrapping champion and undisputed fastest gift wrapper of the Forest. He had become such a popular figure that major endorsement deals were rolling in for him and subsequently, the sport of gift wrapping itself.

Many folks in the forest didn’t consider competitive gift wrapping to be a sport. But they were wrong. The difference between a game and a sport is sponsorships plain and simple. If a game has sponsorships it’s a sport and if it doesn’t then it’s a game.

So Ulysses was considered the grandfather of the sport. Because competitive gift wrapping was only a game till he came around. Everyone remembers where they were when Ulysses uttered his famous declaration as he lifted his 7th title, and the very first title sponsored by Frito-Lay:

Announcer: “And the winner of the Frito-Lay Gift Wrapping challenge is… Ulysses F. Fox!”

Lost of cheers, Ulysses leans down into the microphone and says,

Ulysses: “Guess we ain’t a game anymore, huh?”

Then he raised the trophy up with one hand, so cool.

That small moment inspired so many young animals in the forest to get into competitive gift wrapping. The sport was spreading rapidly. Folks started finding and receiving gift-wrapped items regularly, all the time, as so many young athletes were practicing and perfecting their gift-wrapping skills.

As Ulysses watched the sport spread he knew that eventually his time as the reigning champ would be over. These new kids had been gift wrapping so much longer than he had been doing it and with so much more legitimate training that it was only a matter of time before he had to pass the torch.

Others would take his place, they would become champions, and maybe they would even surpass his records, that’s just how things worked. But, one thing Ulysses knew for sure, was that no one else could ever take away from him.

He’s the one who made competitive gift wrapping a sport.