Last Friday night, I had settled into my favorite chair with
a can of sunflower ale. I was watching my favorite game show “Wheel of
Fortune.” It was the prize puzzle round in which one contestant wins a vacation
to some tropical island. I was day dreaming about being the contestant who won
this fabulous getaway. I was awaken from my blissful daydream, by the incessant
pounding on the burrow door. Next thing I heard was the door flying off its
hinges and little Merry barraged his way in all excited. “Chippy, I got a
promotion, after three weeks I’m getting out of the travel agent department.
They want me to be a travel writer. I will be published in ‘Chipmunk Travel’
magazine.” And I said, “you broke down my door just tell me this!” And Merry
continued rattling on, “ … The best part of the new job is I get to take one person
along on my first writing assignment. I want you to be my travel buddy. It is a
mystery destination, but, I was advised to take a swim suit, fur tan lotion,
and sunglasses.” I replied, “Let me call my cousin Vinnie and have him fix the
door, and I will grab my suitcase.” (Vinnie has a new experimental burrow
repair robot he has been wanting to test out).
On the plane, Merry filled me in on the details. Turns out
he has the inside scoop on all sorts of critter travel secrets. For example, we
flew first class. Critters don’t take up much space on a plane and our luggage
only weighs a few ounces, so, the airfare is dirt cheap (about $10). The
airlines avoid mentioning they offer such cheap rates for critters because they
are afraid humans will want a better deal. Chipmunk Travel, operates several
five star resorts on tropical islands which cater exclusively to four pawed
clientele. Merry was being sent to their newest resort which just opened. His
writing assignment says it is a month long assignment and we have to try
EVERYTHING. Boy is this going to be a “tough” assignment.
I can’t disclose to the non-critter world the exact location
of our tropical paradise. We critters don’t want humans pouring concrete all
over it and ruining it. It is still in its “natural state.”
1st Day Assignment – “Relaxing on the Beach”
Merry has light colored fur and gets sunburned easily. I
helped him apply a healthy dose of fur tan lotion.
Merry whispers an off-color joke in my ear so the
other guests don’t over hear it. (Sorry, I can’t repeat it on this blog but it
was hilarious)
From out of nowhere a beach volley ball landed in my
sunflower seeds. The blurry image of me, it was file corruption on my camera, I
wasn’t startled.
I was just “reassuring” Merry, he was “shaken up” by
the ball crashing our party. Why was I hiding under the back of the umbrella?
Umm, I needed some more shade.
I got an idea lets play nose ball. I will teach you
the game.
Look what I just found washed up on shore. It looks
like a pink sea urchin. I don’t recall seeing one of these in the field guide.
It makes a great table for my sunflower seeds.
I wonder what would happen if I pushed on one of these
spines [Life Guard Yells] Don’t touch the spines … it is a WWII sea mine!!!
Clear the beach …. [loud air piercing noise is heard]
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