CHAPTER 3: Snowcones
A family of ginger squirrels was gazing in shock at a group of penguins, sitting in the middle of the sandbox. They were leaning against something which looked like a plastic box, wriggling, bantering with each other, bursts of loud laughter echoing all over the park. There were lots of empty chokoleti bags wallowing around them.
"Private, how come Skipper didn't notice wewe sneaking out with a pack of Maggie Smaggie chokoleti bars?" asked Kowalski.
"Well, it was just a decoy, Kowalski" explained Private, giggling nervously. "I used to keep those chokoleti bars in a Diet kuki, vidakuzi box, look!" he passed the box to Kowalski.
"Well, that's why wewe should never judge a book kwa its cover" ametoa maoni Kowalski. Rico raised his head from above the playing box. All three of them exchanged looks and burst out laughing.
"Well, how about getting some snowcones now?" proposed Private, when the laughing fit was over.
Kowalski scrubbed his chin.
"Well, that's a nice idea, but .. I don't know what to choose between the rawspberry, watermelon, tikiti maji and cherry flavour. I used to like rawspberry a lot but then my tastes changed a bit and I switched to strawberry. On the other hand, strawberry goes well with the watermelon, tikiti maji flavour so .. Duh!" he sighed. "I don't know".
"You can have all three of them!" chirped Private.
"All... three.. of them?" repeated Kowalski, goggling at Private in astonishment. "But Private! DO wewe realise how brainfrozen are we going to be after eating such a large quantity of snowcones? Besides, we've already wolfed down the whole box of Maggie Smaggie chokoleti boxes!"
"Nothing will happen, Kowalski. Relax!" tweeted Private. "Why won't wewe enjoy life a little?"
"But on the other hand" mumbled Kowalski. "I've always wanted to know, how does watermelon, tikiti maji go with strawberry flavour".
"You see? There's your chance!" alisema Private. "So!"
"All right then. One rawspberry, one watermelon, tikiti maji and one cherry for me, please!" alisema Kowalski.
"Straghbnhaghla!" alisema Rico.
"Three strawberry for Rico" translated Private. "And one banana, and two watermelons for me. Be right back!" and he waddled away.
As soon as Private had vanished out of their sight, a small, ginger cat jumped from behind the bushes. He stretched himself and yawned loudly.
"Max the Mooncat?" gasped Kowalski., goggling his eyes at an unexpected guest.
"Hey guys" alisema the cat."I'm here to keep an eye on you".
"You mean that.. Skipper has sent wewe here?"
"Yap" nodded Max. "He wanted me to check how are wewe doing."
There was a short pause.
"Max" alisema Kowalski, after exchanging looks with rico. "Surely, neither of us likes getting into troubles. Isn't that so? But we can sort this things up.
He punched Rico in the ribs. Rico let out a growl. A big can of sardines landed on the ground right in front of Max the Mooncat.
"I guess these are your favourites?" asked Kowalski.
"Yes, yes!My favourite sardines!" whispered Max, grabbing the can in his paws. "Oh, God bless you, penguins! I haven't been eating anything for two days!" he cried, taking a greedy peek inside. Meanwhile, Private came back and started to distribute the snowcones between his mates.
"Aaaand multiflavoured extra one for everyone!" he chirped cheerfully.
***
It was about 7:30 PM when the three penguins burst inside theeir HQ, staggering to and fro, their faces distorted in painful grimaces.
Skipper craned his neck from above his mto and shot a quick glance at his team mates.
"Fish and chips, man! What happened?" he gasped on seeing their terrible condition.
"Too.. much... training" chocked Kowalski dramatically before collapsing on the ground in a crumpled heap. Rico let out a loud groan and fell on the floor right inayofuata to Kowalski this time on his back. Private felt a violent wave of nausea overtaking his body.
"Oh dear!" he peeped and clasped his beak with both flippers. He ran towards the nearest corner and started to throw up.
Skipper got out of the kitanda and found himself immediately beside his youngest team mate.
"Private, are wewe okay?" he asked, leaning against him and stroking his back gently.
"They've been training hard all day" peeped Max the Mooncat, avoiding Skipper's look. "Seems like they have overdone it again. I've been telling them to give it a break, but they alisema they didn't want to dissapoint you."
Private was in such a pain he couldn't help bursting out crying.
"Oh my God, Skippa.. I'm so sorry!" he sobbed, tears rolling down his beak.
"Shhhh...it's okay Private" whispered Skipper. "Just calm down and wait for the pain to go away."
Skipper himself was fighting with an unbearable headache and seeing Private suffering made him feel much worse. When the last fit of vomit was over, he lifted Private up, took him in his flippers and carried him back to his bunk.
"There, there, Private. Just lie down for a while and take some rest. wewe can watch your favourite TV programme after wewe get better. Guess what's today on channel four.. "Sweet little ducklings" new episode! You've been waiting for that one for quite a long time, ey, soldier?" he asked, smiling warmly.
"Oh.. dear.. Sweet little ducklings? New episode! That's great!" tweeted Private languidly before resting his head against the pillow.
Skipper patted him on the cheek and jumped down on the ground to take care of the rest of the team.
***
Two hours later, Rico, Kowalski and Private were sitting in front of the TV, gazing at the screen in silence. They still felt a little bit nauseous, but the worst was already over. Each one of them was holding a bowl with Anti-Nausea penguin, auk Manna Skipper had prepared for them. No one dared to utter a word. They felt shame and remorse. Fifteen dakika later, Kowalski decided to break the silence.
"Rico" he alisema without moving his eyes from the TV screen. "Is Skipper asleep?"
Rico glanced back behind himself and nodded his head.
"Right" Kowalski grabbed the remote control and turned the sound down so that everybody could hear him.
"Now, we all know that we have failed. We cheated on Skipper and played tricks on him. We behaved like a bunch of immature schoolboys."
"Yes I know, it really bugs me!" alisema Private, dropping his head. "I feel so bad about it!"
"But we've still got the chance to vindicate ourselves, Private. We have to start from scratch. We'll have an early wake up tommorow and we'll set off to work immediately after the breakfast. We'll practice even till exhaustion!
"No zaidi cookies, no zaidi snowcones and no zaidi gameboy!" added up Private. "Up until we improve and make some progress! We have to stay fit and self disciplined!"
"Abrahgha!" chimed Rico.
And they all nodded their heads, their eyebrows frowned, their expressions stern and decisive.
A family of ginger squirrels was gazing in shock at a group of penguins, sitting in the middle of the sandbox. They were leaning against something which looked like a plastic box, wriggling, bantering with each other, bursts of loud laughter echoing all over the park. There were lots of empty chokoleti bags wallowing around them.
"Private, how come Skipper didn't notice wewe sneaking out with a pack of Maggie Smaggie chokoleti bars?" asked Kowalski.
"Well, it was just a decoy, Kowalski" explained Private, giggling nervously. "I used to keep those chokoleti bars in a Diet kuki, vidakuzi box, look!" he passed the box to Kowalski.
"Well, that's why wewe should never judge a book kwa its cover" ametoa maoni Kowalski. Rico raised his head from above the playing box. All three of them exchanged looks and burst out laughing.
"Well, how about getting some snowcones now?" proposed Private, when the laughing fit was over.
Kowalski scrubbed his chin.
"Well, that's a nice idea, but .. I don't know what to choose between the rawspberry, watermelon, tikiti maji and cherry flavour. I used to like rawspberry a lot but then my tastes changed a bit and I switched to strawberry. On the other hand, strawberry goes well with the watermelon, tikiti maji flavour so .. Duh!" he sighed. "I don't know".
"You can have all three of them!" chirped Private.
"All... three.. of them?" repeated Kowalski, goggling at Private in astonishment. "But Private! DO wewe realise how brainfrozen are we going to be after eating such a large quantity of snowcones? Besides, we've already wolfed down the whole box of Maggie Smaggie chokoleti boxes!"
"Nothing will happen, Kowalski. Relax!" tweeted Private. "Why won't wewe enjoy life a little?"
"But on the other hand" mumbled Kowalski. "I've always wanted to know, how does watermelon, tikiti maji go with strawberry flavour".
"You see? There's your chance!" alisema Private. "So!"
"All right then. One rawspberry, one watermelon, tikiti maji and one cherry for me, please!" alisema Kowalski.
"Straghbnhaghla!" alisema Rico.
"Three strawberry for Rico" translated Private. "And one banana, and two watermelons for me. Be right back!" and he waddled away.
As soon as Private had vanished out of their sight, a small, ginger cat jumped from behind the bushes. He stretched himself and yawned loudly.
"Max the Mooncat?" gasped Kowalski., goggling his eyes at an unexpected guest.
"Hey guys" alisema the cat."I'm here to keep an eye on you".
"You mean that.. Skipper has sent wewe here?"
"Yap" nodded Max. "He wanted me to check how are wewe doing."
There was a short pause.
"Max" alisema Kowalski, after exchanging looks with rico. "Surely, neither of us likes getting into troubles. Isn't that so? But we can sort this things up.
He punched Rico in the ribs. Rico let out a growl. A big can of sardines landed on the ground right in front of Max the Mooncat.
"I guess these are your favourites?" asked Kowalski.
"Yes, yes!My favourite sardines!" whispered Max, grabbing the can in his paws. "Oh, God bless you, penguins! I haven't been eating anything for two days!" he cried, taking a greedy peek inside. Meanwhile, Private came back and started to distribute the snowcones between his mates.
"Aaaand multiflavoured extra one for everyone!" he chirped cheerfully.
***
It was about 7:30 PM when the three penguins burst inside theeir HQ, staggering to and fro, their faces distorted in painful grimaces.
Skipper craned his neck from above his mto and shot a quick glance at his team mates.
"Fish and chips, man! What happened?" he gasped on seeing their terrible condition.
"Too.. much... training" chocked Kowalski dramatically before collapsing on the ground in a crumpled heap. Rico let out a loud groan and fell on the floor right inayofuata to Kowalski this time on his back. Private felt a violent wave of nausea overtaking his body.
"Oh dear!" he peeped and clasped his beak with both flippers. He ran towards the nearest corner and started to throw up.
Skipper got out of the kitanda and found himself immediately beside his youngest team mate.
"Private, are wewe okay?" he asked, leaning against him and stroking his back gently.
"They've been training hard all day" peeped Max the Mooncat, avoiding Skipper's look. "Seems like they have overdone it again. I've been telling them to give it a break, but they alisema they didn't want to dissapoint you."
Private was in such a pain he couldn't help bursting out crying.
"Oh my God, Skippa.. I'm so sorry!" he sobbed, tears rolling down his beak.
"Shhhh...it's okay Private" whispered Skipper. "Just calm down and wait for the pain to go away."
Skipper himself was fighting with an unbearable headache and seeing Private suffering made him feel much worse. When the last fit of vomit was over, he lifted Private up, took him in his flippers and carried him back to his bunk.
"There, there, Private. Just lie down for a while and take some rest. wewe can watch your favourite TV programme after wewe get better. Guess what's today on channel four.. "Sweet little ducklings" new episode! You've been waiting for that one for quite a long time, ey, soldier?" he asked, smiling warmly.
"Oh.. dear.. Sweet little ducklings? New episode! That's great!" tweeted Private languidly before resting his head against the pillow.
Skipper patted him on the cheek and jumped down on the ground to take care of the rest of the team.
***
Two hours later, Rico, Kowalski and Private were sitting in front of the TV, gazing at the screen in silence. They still felt a little bit nauseous, but the worst was already over. Each one of them was holding a bowl with Anti-Nausea penguin, auk Manna Skipper had prepared for them. No one dared to utter a word. They felt shame and remorse. Fifteen dakika later, Kowalski decided to break the silence.
"Rico" he alisema without moving his eyes from the TV screen. "Is Skipper asleep?"
Rico glanced back behind himself and nodded his head.
"Right" Kowalski grabbed the remote control and turned the sound down so that everybody could hear him.
"Now, we all know that we have failed. We cheated on Skipper and played tricks on him. We behaved like a bunch of immature schoolboys."
"Yes I know, it really bugs me!" alisema Private, dropping his head. "I feel so bad about it!"
"But we've still got the chance to vindicate ourselves, Private. We have to start from scratch. We'll have an early wake up tommorow and we'll set off to work immediately after the breakfast. We'll practice even till exhaustion!
"No zaidi cookies, no zaidi snowcones and no zaidi gameboy!" added up Private. "Up until we improve and make some progress! We have to stay fit and self disciplined!"
"Abrahgha!" chimed Rico.
And they all nodded their heads, their eyebrows frowned, their expressions stern and decisive.
It was a nice day, and Kat was running outside of the Zoo, when she felt a sharp pain in her leg. She didn't know what it was, so she kept running. She fell. Suddenly, she was at the animal hospital in a cage. She overheard a doctor saying something, "This one here only has 3 days to live, but we're letting her go so she can see her Marafiki obe last time." Kat was- dying!?
She was back at home. Private noticed something strange about her. "Kat? What's wrong?" He asked. "This might sound crazy, but... I'M DYING IN THREE DAYS!" she answered. Everyone stopped what they were doing- shocked. Why Kat?
She was back at home. Private noticed something strange about her. "Kat? What's wrong?" He asked. "This might sound crazy, but... I'M DYING IN THREE DAYS!" she answered. Everyone stopped what they were doing- shocked. Why Kat?