Tick...Tock...Tick...Tock...Tick...Tock...
The clock read 2027 hours. Just four hours and thirty-three minit until October 31st, Halloween. The zoo was scheduled to be open for only half a hari tomorrow. Children would come in little ghost, ghoul, and goblin costumes, poised to scare the living daylights out of the passerby's.
"Alright boys. What did we talk about?" Skipper asked his team in the HQ.
"Um..." Private began, but Skipper cut him off.
"Remember Private, I don't like it when anda start your sentences with 'Um'."
"Aye. Sorry Skipper."
"'s alright. Stay frosty. Now back to my question."
It was Kowalski who answered next. "Just be ourselves. Don't get distracted sejak anything we may see."
"Including?"
Kowalski took a breath. "Including candy..." He berkata gloomily.
"Exactamundo. Right Rico?"
"Uh-huh." He berkata sadly.
"Remember, the sugary stuff goes straight to the brain! Makes us hallucinate. Remember what happened with Private and the Skorca."
"That wasn't a sugar dream!" Private protested.
"I know. But it was hard for us to believe anda when we found those winkie wrappers. Remember?"
"Aye sir." Private berkata remembering how hard he tried to convince them that he wasn't dreaming.
"Now I know anda all Cinta your sweet stuff. But I need this unit sharp! anda all remember what happened to Manfredi and Johnson on Halloween of '03."
"Right. What a frightening way to go..." Kowalski berkata shivering at the memory.
"Exactly. Now lets get some shuteye. Early wake up tomorrow. Zoo opens at exactly 0900. And we're gonna be ready for them. Right boys?"
"Aye sir!" The three of them resounded simultaneously. The lights went out and the four of them hit the sack.
Tick...Tock...Tick...Tock...Tick...Tock...Tick...Tock...
Private couldn't sleep. He kept wondering what tomorrow would bring. He always hated Halloween. The children dressed up in those horrid costumes sickened him. He remembered a couple of Halloween's lalu when a kid...for some reason...dressed up like a badger. Scared the feathers right off his tail end until the kid took the mask off. He had nightmares for days. The only good memories he had of Halloween was when he got to eat the candy. But Skipper was getting stricter on how much the team could eat.
He sat up on the side of his bunk quietly and looked at the clock. 2347 hours. 13 minit until Halloween. He decided to get some milk, in hopes of putting himself to sleep. He got up and went to the fridge, filled a cup full of milk, and drank gratefully. He then washed the cup out, and when he was putting the cup back into the cupboard, something small, yellow, and square caught his eye in the back of the shelf. He set the cup down out of the way and pulled it out.
It was a small 6-pack of kacang, kacang tanah mentega Winkies. He smiled to himself, and looked at the others, who were sleeping peacefully. I'm sure I could eat just one kacang, kacang tanah mentega Winkie... He thought to himself. He reached inside and pulled out a winkie. He started to open it when he remembered what happened the last time he was only going to eat one winkie. He ended up eating the entire box uncontrollably. If he ate it now he probably wouldn't be able to sleep anyway; it would defeat the purpose of him even getting the milk. He sighed quietly, replaced the winkie back in the box and put the box back in the cupboard. He looked at the clock again.
Ten...Nine...Eight...Seven...Six...Five...Four...Three...Two...One. 000 hours. Halloween had arrived.
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"Rise and shine! Shine and rise, boys!" Skipper resounded to his men at promptly 0730 hours. Kowalski and Rico hopped down from their bunks, Private sluggishly tailing behind.
"WAKEY wakey! Private!" Skipper berkata right into the young cadet's face.
Private rubbed his eyes. "Aye...sorry Skipper. I couldn't get much sleep last night." He berkata with a yawn.
"'s nothing a good swim won't cure! Come on! We could use the exercise." The three of them followed Skipper out, Rico examining his stomach in response to Skipper's remark.
As it was every October 31st, the zoo looked as if Halloween threw up all over it. There were decorations everywhere. orange and black ribbons hung loosely around every habitat, paper ghosts hung from signs and the zoo gates, and stickers could be seen on the inside of the Zoovenir kedai of spiders, witch hats, and the words: 'Happy Halloween'. A cool coming-of-winter breeze flowed, which caused the trees to dance eerily.
Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico jumped into the water and swam, fighting through the cold chill it bared. "Come on Private! It'll wake anda right up!"
"But it's cold!"
"Oh come on, ya nancy-cat! What if your stranded in the icy cold Antarctic, and the only way to save one of your penguin brothers is to jump into the icy depths of the Pacific! anda wouldn't chicken out then would you?"
"No...I suppose not..." Private berkata taking a hasty step toward the pond.
Skipper back-paddled sejak him. "Then come on! anda can do it!" Private took a deep breath and jumped in, and automatically felt the cold pinch of the water.
"Ah! It's cold!" Private cried shivering.
"You're fine! Just alih around some! You'll get used to it!" Kowalski encouraged. Private, still shivering from the cold, slowly paddled forward.
"Atta boy Private!" Skipper called.
"Hello! Slap-happy penguins!" Julien called hopping up on the boundaries of the penguin habitat.
"Ringtail! What do anda want!?" Skipper asked in a very annoyed tone.
"I am here to be Trick-or-Treating! Mostly treating."
"YAY TREATING AND TRICKING!" Mort called happily hopping up and down with his arms in the air.
"Ringtail...I Cinta bursting your bubble. The Kandi we have is for the children of Central Park later on tonight. Not for you."
"Okay, fine. I'll just do lebih tricking until then." Julien muttered.
"Ringtail, if anda do anything to the other zoo Haiwan or the humans, we're gonna have a problem."
"Pft! anda don't scare me, smelly waterbird! Come Maurice! Let us go somewhere where we will not be insulted sejak the common folk!" Julien berkata walking past his 'subjects'. Maurice and Mort followed.
"Good luck with that..." Skipper muttered.
"Um...Skipper...I'm awake now. Can I get out?" A still-shivering Private asked.
Skipper sighed. "Fine. Zoo's gonna open in an jam anyway. Guess we better make sure everything's ready to roll. alih out team!"
The four of them started in the park to see how the children were doing to get ready for Halloween. "Good morning Momma Duck! Are the children excited for Halloween?" Kowalski asked.
"Excited? I haven't heard the end of it!" Momma itik explained. Suddenly Eggy ran sejak dressed up like a ghost chasing his siblings around.
"I will eat your soul!!" He exclaimed, the other ducklings screaming as they ran.
"Eggy! Stop it! You're scaring them!" Private ordered picking Eggy up. The other ducklings stopped and looked at Private.
"Scaring? We were just playing! We're not scared of nothin'!"
"Well, Ramona, I don't think anda should be playing something so sinister, even if you're not scared."
"I'm Bradley! That's Ramona!" Bradley exclaimed pointing to the itik that had her wings crossed.
"Right..." Private berkata putting Eggy down.
"Come on Private! Have a little fun!" Samuel exclaimed.
"Nooo can do, young duckling. We are here on official business." Skipper explained.
"Excuse me Mister pen-goo-in! anda need to learn how to have the fun!" Eggy berkata removing the handkerchief from over his head.
"Sorry little Eggy. Maybe some other time."
"Are anda at least going to wear costumes tonight?" Ramona asked hopefully.
"Ha! Costumes?! We are military personnel. We don't wear costumes." Skipper explained.
"But it's Halloween! Pleeeeeeeaase! anda must wear some kind of costume!" The ducklings begged.
"Alright, fine. We'll go as penguins." Skipper said.
The ducklings were not amused. "You are penguins." Samuel berkata crossing his wings.
"Oh, look at that, we are. Guess we don't have to make costumes for it then."
"Oh come on! anda need to be letting loose! Can't anda have a little fun for one night?" Eggy taunted.
Skipper sighed and looked at his men, who shrugged. "Fine. But we're not wearing anything to showy." Skipper instructed.
"I have just the thing."
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"No, no, no, no, and NO! This is NOT what I had in mind!" Skipper exclaimed.
"Oh suck it up! anda look great!" Ramona encouraged.
"I am not, repeat NOT-"
"Not."
Skipper shot a look at Julien, who had joined them about half an jam ago. "I didn't mean you repeat....Ugh...never mind...I am NOT going to wear this tin can!"
"It's called armor. You're supposed to be a knight!" Bradley explained. "Come on out Kowalski!"
"No!" Kowalski called from in the HQ.
"Oh come out ya nancy-cat. anda made ME come out." Skipper commanded.
"Gah....fine...." A few moments later Kowalski emerged from the HQ, and the lemurs immediately burst into laughter. Skipper was not amused.
"See? We can't go out looking like this!" He berkata gesturing to Kowalski in his cat costume and whiskers.
"But anda guys look so cute!" Momma itik said. "At least you're not wearing something that will scare the little ones."
"True...but I look like a can of soup!" Skipper exclaimed.
Kowalski crossed his flippers and and muttered: "At least anda don't look like anda should be looking for a litter box..."
"Remind me how I got talked into trying this on again?" Skipper asked.
"Oh silly pen-gu-in! anda remember! I called anda a chicken cake and anda wanted to prove otherwise! Now I am laughing in triumph! HAHA!" Julien exclaimed.
"That was a rhetorical question..." Skipper berkata angrily rubbing his temples. Suddenly Private popped out.
"How do I look?" He asked happily admiring his rama-rama, taman rama-rama costume.
"Private! You're comfortable in that thing?"
"Well...it is a bit itchy. But don't anda just Cinta the sparkles?!"
Skipper slapped his palm to his forehead. Without looking up he said: "Alright Rico. Your turn."
"Ah-ah!!!"
"Rico! Front and center! That's an order!"
"Kodjanovihaeoirht!"
"Yes Rico. We came out and so can you."
"Eicoaiwviuothgdi!"
"So? How do anda think we feel!?"
Meanwhile Julien was whispering to Maurice, "Did anda catch any of that?"
"Not a word." Maurice muttered back.
"Rico! Out! Now!" With a frustrated grunt, Rico slowly emerged from the HQ and crossed his flippers, obviously not amused with his bunga costume.
Once again the lemurs burst into laughter. Mort actually fell into the penguins' pond. Maurice got himself together first. "I'm sorry guys...Phew! I just can't fathom how ridiculous anda guys look!" Julien was still laughing, and his eyes were beginning to water.
"And just what are anda three going as, lemur?" Skipper asked.
"Well I was thinking as going as the greatest one that has ever lived....me." Julien answered, then looked at Rico again, which caused him to nearly fall over laughing.
Annoyed, Rico pulled the petals off from around his neck, hacked up a baseball bat, and began chasing Julien around. Julien started running.
"AAAH! Get him away from me!!!!" He cried.
Skipper sighed and said: "Eggy, how about this instead? We'll find costumes to our liking to wear tonight. I mean, they'll still be costumes. Just not as...you know...nancy-cat-ish."
"Alright. Fine. I guess that's okay."
"Great. Now anda all better run along home. The zoo opens in T minus seventeen minutes."
Momma itik began leading her ducklings to the exit. "Come along kids."
"Alright, let's get out of these costumes." Skipper said.
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!! Save the king!!! SAVE THE KING!!!!" Julien ran sejak them screaming at the bahagian, atas of his lungs.
"Rico! Come on! The zoo's about to open!" Rico stopped in his tracks and Julien hopped over the dinding of the penguins' habitat and back into his own, Maurice following. Rico reswallowed the baseball bat. "Wait a minute! Where's Sad Eyes?" Skipper asked.
"I MAKE SPLASHIES!!!" Mort called from their pond. Skipper pulled him out and pushed him along.
"Go utama Sad Eyes!"
"Okay! FEEEEEET!" Mort cried happily as he lept over the wall. Moments later anda could hear Julien yelling, "NOT THE FEET!" and could see Mort flying down to the bottom of the lemur habitat saying: "I CAN FLYYYYY!!!!"
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The zoo had just closed. It was now 1534 hours and Alice had just finished locking up. The zoosters hari was filled with princesses, witches, ghosts, goblins, fairies, and much more. At 1800 hours the Haiwan were scheduled to be ready for the children of Central Park to come Trick-or-Treating for themselves. So the penguins only had about two and a half hours to find suitable costumes to wear.
"Alright boys. So what are we gonna do about this costume situation?" Skipper asked.
"We could dress up to be things we enjoy to make the costumes easier to wear." Kowalski suggested.
The first thing out of Rico's mouth was: "KABOOM! KABOOM! AHAHA!"
Skipper smiled. "I like where your head is at soldier."
Rico hacked up some dynamite. "WOOHOO!"
"Not you! Kowalski! Put that out Rico!" Rico sadly pinched out the fuse and reswallowed the dynamite.
"So what are we going to wear, Skipper?" Private asked.
"Well, we'll just wear what we fell comfortable in. Disperse and set to work." Skipper commanded.
An jam and a half later, the penguins met back up. "So what do we have boys?"
"I'm an atom! anda like?" Kowalski asked happily.
"Uh...sure...I guess...Rico, you're up."
Rico slipped on a red cylinder shaped costume and put a plunger on his head. "KABOOM!!!!"
"Riiiiiiiight....Private! Whatcha got?"
"Well Skipper...I haven't made up my mind yet."
"Private! We only have an jam left! How have anda not made up your mind yet?"
"Well, there's just so many things to choose from! And I don't know what I'll be comfortable in!"
Skipper sighed. "Alright. I'm giving anda 45 minutes. Have something ready sejak then."
"Aye sir." Private saluted and left the HQ.
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"Hmm....I could be a unicorn...nah...to much work. It'll take too long. Um...a flower? No...too poofy..." Private contemplated almost every idea he could think of. He wasn't sure what he wanted to be tonight. He now had half an jam to come up with an idea.
"I will drink your blood!!!!"
"GAH!" Private jumped at the voice behind him, the relaxed when he saw that it was Julien. He had fake fangs in and a cape around his neck. "Julien! anda scared me!"
"That was the idea! I got anda didn't I!?"
"Julien! I am trying to concentrate!"
"I know, it is so hard to think when anda are basking in the king's awesomeness. What do anda think of my handsome vampeer costume?"
"Uh...it's wonderful Julien...I really must be going though..."
"LOOK AT ME!!!!" Mort came trotting up in his little costume. Who wouldn't of guessed that he'd dress up as King Julien's foot.
"Mort! You're so annoying! anda make a good foot though."
"YAY!!"
"Mort...why are anda yaying?"
"KING JULIEN LOVES ME!"
"Ugh! Maurice! Deal with the annoyance! Now...as I was saying I...hey where did the penguin go?"
While Julien was dealing with Mort, Private had snuck off to think about what he was going to dress up as. "Priiiiivaaaaate..." A voice moaned nearby.
"Wh..who's there?" Private asked shakily.
"Prrrriiiiiiiiiiiivaaaaate...." It moaned again.
"C-c-come out! tunjuk yourself!"
"If anda say sooooo...." All of the sudden a white figure with a horrid face drawn on it flew from the sky and swooped over Private's head. Private screamed in terror and ran off to the penguin habitat.
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Private shot down through the hatch trying to catch his breath.
"Private! What's wrong?" Skipper asked, concerned.
"Skipper! Something's after me!" The young cadet cowered behind his leader.
"Private, nothing's after you! What did anda see?"
"I was walking in between the chimp and memerang, otter habitat and something came from the sky! It was white and it had a horrid face!" Private explained covering his head with his flippers.
"Calm down! It was probably nothing!" Kowalski berkata trying to comfort him.
"No! It was real! And it knew my name!"
"Knew your name? Looks like we have an investigation afoot team. anda stay here Private. We'll go see who your attacker is." Skipper commanded.
"Okay...be careful." Private told them.
"Roll out men!" Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico leaped through the hatch, Skipper on point.
Private sat down in his bunk, thinking about what he saw. He shivered at the thought. Then he realized that he was hungry. He hadn't eaten much that morning. He got to his feet and went to the fridge to look for something to eat. "Hmm..." Private murmured as he contemplated what he wanted. Suddenly the susu caught his eye and he remembered his winkie discovery last night. He closed the fridge and opened the cabinet.
"Yummy!" He opened up the box of winkies and unwrapped one of them, then popped it into his mouth. "Mm-mm..." He berkata happily. Then he had an idea.
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"Any trace?" Skipper asked Kowalski and Rico as they searched the area where Private berkata he was assaulted.
"Nothing." Kowalski told him.
"Nada." Rico reported.
All of the sudden a scream was heard from Marlene's place. "Roll out team!" The penguins lept into Marlene's habitat. "Marlene? Are anda okay?"
Marlene came running out of her room, trying to catch her breath. "Skipper! anda won't believe it! I was getting my costume ready and all of the sudden I heard my name! Then something came swooping down over my head!"
"Hm...That's exactly what happened to the Private. Disperse and investigate boys!" Skipper commanded. The team entered Marlene's room and carefully examined it for clues.
"Did anda find anything?" Marlene asked.
"Negatory. Culprit's gone without a trace." Skipper concluded. Once again a scream was heard from outside, this time from Burt's. "Oh not again!" Skipper exclaimed as they lept into action. "Lemme guess Big Gray, ya heard your name and something came swooping out of the sky?"
"Yeah, how'd anda know?"
"Lucky guess. Look for clues boys."
"There's nothing Skipper!" Kowalski pointed out.
"Nada!" Rico exclaimed.
"Blast! Who is causing all of this!?" Skipper asked rubbing his chin. All of the sudden something caught his eye. "Wait a minute..." He picked up a small yellow feather that was about to blow away in the wind. "I think I know what's going on here boys."
Skipper suspicions were confirmed. After scanning the perimeter, they found Eggy, Ramona, Samuel, and Bradley getting ready to scare the gorillas. "Alright, ready to go Samuel?"
Samuel nodded. "This is great! Three zip and it's not even dark yet! Did anda see their faces?"
"Priceless!" Ramona, Eggy, and Bradley were getting ready to fly off in a layang-layang that was covered with a white sheet with the horrid face on it.
"Having fun are we?" The sound of Skipper's voice caused the ducklings to jump.
"Oh...hi Mister Skipper penguin..." Samuel berkata slowly. The ducklings looked down, knowing they were caught.
"Hi. And what do we have to say for ourselves?"
"I'm sorry." The berkata simultaneously.
"Oh, anda don't have to apologize to me. It's the Haiwan you've terrorized that anda need to apologize to."
"Yes sir." They once again berkata simultaneously.
After apologizing to Marlene and Burt, the penguins led the ducklings to their habitat to apologize to Private.
"Private? Where are anda Private?" Skipper called down into the hatch.
"I'll be up in a minute!" A moment later Private emerged from the HQ. "So what do anda think?"
The penguins and ducklings looked him up and down for a moment, then Skipper said: "I like it. And just in time too. It's time for the children to come...after the ducklings have told anda something."
The ducklings looked at Private and berkata their apologies.
"For what then?" Private asked.
"They're the ones who scared you, and they'd of gotten away with it too if we hadn't of caught them." Skipper berkata getting a low five from Kowalski and Rico. "We best get ready for the children."
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After the penguins got into their costumes, they prepared themselves for the children. "Are anda sure you're not too hot in there Private?" Kowalski asked him.
"Nah, I'm fine." Private assured him.
"Alright..."
Suddenly the lemurs came running up to their spot of the park. "Hello smelly flightless birds! Rejoice! Your king has arrived."
"Ringtail! What are anda doing here?"
"I just came to see what my royal subjects are to be doing!"
"What do anda think we're doing? We're handing out candy-"
"Ooh! I am demanding that I, the king, shall have candy."
"Negatory Ringtail. We're handing out Kandi to the children. What are anda supposed to be anyway? A superhero snake?"
"No! I am a vampeer!" Julien made his, what he liked to call it, 'handsome vampire mopey face' and said, "Bleh!"
Skipper rolled his eyes. "Ringtail, we're busy."
"Not too busy for the king!"
"AND HIS FOOT!" A happy Mort cried from inside his foot costume.
"Ringtail, leave us alone so we can hand out the rest of the Kandi before midnight!" Skipper berkata taking upon noticing how late it was getting.
"Uh, your majesty? I believe there are other places we can get candy." Maurice pointed out. He was dressed in a simple costume. A tie and a beg bimbit to make himself look like a lawyer (but was only just his excuse to Julien so he wouldn't have to where anything too dressy).
"Fine. BLEH!" Julien berkata to the penguins before he and the lemurs left.
A possum family came up to them next, and Skipper adjusted the hat to his captain costume. "Oh how cute! That's a wonderful costume Private." The mother said.
"Thanks! I made it in no time."
The clock read 2027 hours. Just four hours and thirty-three minit until October 31st, Halloween. The zoo was scheduled to be open for only half a hari tomorrow. Children would come in little ghost, ghoul, and goblin costumes, poised to scare the living daylights out of the passerby's.
"Alright boys. What did we talk about?" Skipper asked his team in the HQ.
"Um..." Private began, but Skipper cut him off.
"Remember Private, I don't like it when anda start your sentences with 'Um'."
"Aye. Sorry Skipper."
"'s alright. Stay frosty. Now back to my question."
It was Kowalski who answered next. "Just be ourselves. Don't get distracted sejak anything we may see."
"Including?"
Kowalski took a breath. "Including candy..." He berkata gloomily.
"Exactamundo. Right Rico?"
"Uh-huh." He berkata sadly.
"Remember, the sugary stuff goes straight to the brain! Makes us hallucinate. Remember what happened with Private and the Skorca."
"That wasn't a sugar dream!" Private protested.
"I know. But it was hard for us to believe anda when we found those winkie wrappers. Remember?"
"Aye sir." Private berkata remembering how hard he tried to convince them that he wasn't dreaming.
"Now I know anda all Cinta your sweet stuff. But I need this unit sharp! anda all remember what happened to Manfredi and Johnson on Halloween of '03."
"Right. What a frightening way to go..." Kowalski berkata shivering at the memory.
"Exactly. Now lets get some shuteye. Early wake up tomorrow. Zoo opens at exactly 0900. And we're gonna be ready for them. Right boys?"
"Aye sir!" The three of them resounded simultaneously. The lights went out and the four of them hit the sack.
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Private couldn't sleep. He kept wondering what tomorrow would bring. He always hated Halloween. The children dressed up in those horrid costumes sickened him. He remembered a couple of Halloween's lalu when a kid...for some reason...dressed up like a badger. Scared the feathers right off his tail end until the kid took the mask off. He had nightmares for days. The only good memories he had of Halloween was when he got to eat the candy. But Skipper was getting stricter on how much the team could eat.
He sat up on the side of his bunk quietly and looked at the clock. 2347 hours. 13 minit until Halloween. He decided to get some milk, in hopes of putting himself to sleep. He got up and went to the fridge, filled a cup full of milk, and drank gratefully. He then washed the cup out, and when he was putting the cup back into the cupboard, something small, yellow, and square caught his eye in the back of the shelf. He set the cup down out of the way and pulled it out.
It was a small 6-pack of kacang, kacang tanah mentega Winkies. He smiled to himself, and looked at the others, who were sleeping peacefully. I'm sure I could eat just one kacang, kacang tanah mentega Winkie... He thought to himself. He reached inside and pulled out a winkie. He started to open it when he remembered what happened the last time he was only going to eat one winkie. He ended up eating the entire box uncontrollably. If he ate it now he probably wouldn't be able to sleep anyway; it would defeat the purpose of him even getting the milk. He sighed quietly, replaced the winkie back in the box and put the box back in the cupboard. He looked at the clock again.
Ten...Nine...Eight...Seven...Six...Five...Four...Three...Two...One. 000 hours. Halloween had arrived.
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"Rise and shine! Shine and rise, boys!" Skipper resounded to his men at promptly 0730 hours. Kowalski and Rico hopped down from their bunks, Private sluggishly tailing behind.
"WAKEY wakey! Private!" Skipper berkata right into the young cadet's face.
Private rubbed his eyes. "Aye...sorry Skipper. I couldn't get much sleep last night." He berkata with a yawn.
"'s nothing a good swim won't cure! Come on! We could use the exercise." The three of them followed Skipper out, Rico examining his stomach in response to Skipper's remark.
As it was every October 31st, the zoo looked as if Halloween threw up all over it. There were decorations everywhere. orange and black ribbons hung loosely around every habitat, paper ghosts hung from signs and the zoo gates, and stickers could be seen on the inside of the Zoovenir kedai of spiders, witch hats, and the words: 'Happy Halloween'. A cool coming-of-winter breeze flowed, which caused the trees to dance eerily.
Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico jumped into the water and swam, fighting through the cold chill it bared. "Come on Private! It'll wake anda right up!"
"But it's cold!"
"Oh come on, ya nancy-cat! What if your stranded in the icy cold Antarctic, and the only way to save one of your penguin brothers is to jump into the icy depths of the Pacific! anda wouldn't chicken out then would you?"
"No...I suppose not..." Private berkata taking a hasty step toward the pond.
Skipper back-paddled sejak him. "Then come on! anda can do it!" Private took a deep breath and jumped in, and automatically felt the cold pinch of the water.
"Ah! It's cold!" Private cried shivering.
"You're fine! Just alih around some! You'll get used to it!" Kowalski encouraged. Private, still shivering from the cold, slowly paddled forward.
"Atta boy Private!" Skipper called.
"Hello! Slap-happy penguins!" Julien called hopping up on the boundaries of the penguin habitat.
"Ringtail! What do anda want!?" Skipper asked in a very annoyed tone.
"I am here to be Trick-or-Treating! Mostly treating."
"YAY TREATING AND TRICKING!" Mort called happily hopping up and down with his arms in the air.
"Ringtail...I Cinta bursting your bubble. The Kandi we have is for the children of Central Park later on tonight. Not for you."
"Okay, fine. I'll just do lebih tricking until then." Julien muttered.
"Ringtail, if anda do anything to the other zoo Haiwan or the humans, we're gonna have a problem."
"Pft! anda don't scare me, smelly waterbird! Come Maurice! Let us go somewhere where we will not be insulted sejak the common folk!" Julien berkata walking past his 'subjects'. Maurice and Mort followed.
"Good luck with that..." Skipper muttered.
"Um...Skipper...I'm awake now. Can I get out?" A still-shivering Private asked.
Skipper sighed. "Fine. Zoo's gonna open in an jam anyway. Guess we better make sure everything's ready to roll. alih out team!"
The four of them started in the park to see how the children were doing to get ready for Halloween. "Good morning Momma Duck! Are the children excited for Halloween?" Kowalski asked.
"Excited? I haven't heard the end of it!" Momma itik explained. Suddenly Eggy ran sejak dressed up like a ghost chasing his siblings around.
"I will eat your soul!!" He exclaimed, the other ducklings screaming as they ran.
"Eggy! Stop it! You're scaring them!" Private ordered picking Eggy up. The other ducklings stopped and looked at Private.
"Scaring? We were just playing! We're not scared of nothin'!"
"Well, Ramona, I don't think anda should be playing something so sinister, even if you're not scared."
"I'm Bradley! That's Ramona!" Bradley exclaimed pointing to the itik that had her wings crossed.
"Right..." Private berkata putting Eggy down.
"Come on Private! Have a little fun!" Samuel exclaimed.
"Nooo can do, young duckling. We are here on official business." Skipper explained.
"Excuse me Mister pen-goo-in! anda need to learn how to have the fun!" Eggy berkata removing the handkerchief from over his head.
"Sorry little Eggy. Maybe some other time."
"Are anda at least going to wear costumes tonight?" Ramona asked hopefully.
"Ha! Costumes?! We are military personnel. We don't wear costumes." Skipper explained.
"But it's Halloween! Pleeeeeeeaase! anda must wear some kind of costume!" The ducklings begged.
"Alright, fine. We'll go as penguins." Skipper said.
The ducklings were not amused. "You are penguins." Samuel berkata crossing his wings.
"Oh, look at that, we are. Guess we don't have to make costumes for it then."
"Oh come on! anda need to be letting loose! Can't anda have a little fun for one night?" Eggy taunted.
Skipper sighed and looked at his men, who shrugged. "Fine. But we're not wearing anything to showy." Skipper instructed.
"I have just the thing."
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"No, no, no, no, and NO! This is NOT what I had in mind!" Skipper exclaimed.
"Oh suck it up! anda look great!" Ramona encouraged.
"I am not, repeat NOT-"
"Not."
Skipper shot a look at Julien, who had joined them about half an jam ago. "I didn't mean you repeat....Ugh...never mind...I am NOT going to wear this tin can!"
"It's called armor. You're supposed to be a knight!" Bradley explained. "Come on out Kowalski!"
"No!" Kowalski called from in the HQ.
"Oh come out ya nancy-cat. anda made ME come out." Skipper commanded.
"Gah....fine...." A few moments later Kowalski emerged from the HQ, and the lemurs immediately burst into laughter. Skipper was not amused.
"See? We can't go out looking like this!" He berkata gesturing to Kowalski in his cat costume and whiskers.
"But anda guys look so cute!" Momma itik said. "At least you're not wearing something that will scare the little ones."
"True...but I look like a can of soup!" Skipper exclaimed.
Kowalski crossed his flippers and and muttered: "At least anda don't look like anda should be looking for a litter box..."
"Remind me how I got talked into trying this on again?" Skipper asked.
"Oh silly pen-gu-in! anda remember! I called anda a chicken cake and anda wanted to prove otherwise! Now I am laughing in triumph! HAHA!" Julien exclaimed.
"That was a rhetorical question..." Skipper berkata angrily rubbing his temples. Suddenly Private popped out.
"How do I look?" He asked happily admiring his rama-rama, taman rama-rama costume.
"Private! You're comfortable in that thing?"
"Well...it is a bit itchy. But don't anda just Cinta the sparkles?!"
Skipper slapped his palm to his forehead. Without looking up he said: "Alright Rico. Your turn."
"Ah-ah!!!"
"Rico! Front and center! That's an order!"
"Kodjanovihaeoirht!"
"Yes Rico. We came out and so can you."
"Eicoaiwviuothgdi!"
"So? How do anda think we feel!?"
Meanwhile Julien was whispering to Maurice, "Did anda catch any of that?"
"Not a word." Maurice muttered back.
"Rico! Out! Now!" With a frustrated grunt, Rico slowly emerged from the HQ and crossed his flippers, obviously not amused with his bunga costume.
Once again the lemurs burst into laughter. Mort actually fell into the penguins' pond. Maurice got himself together first. "I'm sorry guys...Phew! I just can't fathom how ridiculous anda guys look!" Julien was still laughing, and his eyes were beginning to water.
"And just what are anda three going as, lemur?" Skipper asked.
"Well I was thinking as going as the greatest one that has ever lived....me." Julien answered, then looked at Rico again, which caused him to nearly fall over laughing.
Annoyed, Rico pulled the petals off from around his neck, hacked up a baseball bat, and began chasing Julien around. Julien started running.
"AAAH! Get him away from me!!!!" He cried.
Skipper sighed and said: "Eggy, how about this instead? We'll find costumes to our liking to wear tonight. I mean, they'll still be costumes. Just not as...you know...nancy-cat-ish."
"Alright. Fine. I guess that's okay."
"Great. Now anda all better run along home. The zoo opens in T minus seventeen minutes."
Momma itik began leading her ducklings to the exit. "Come along kids."
"Alright, let's get out of these costumes." Skipper said.
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!! Save the king!!! SAVE THE KING!!!!" Julien ran sejak them screaming at the bahagian, atas of his lungs.
"Rico! Come on! The zoo's about to open!" Rico stopped in his tracks and Julien hopped over the dinding of the penguins' habitat and back into his own, Maurice following. Rico reswallowed the baseball bat. "Wait a minute! Where's Sad Eyes?" Skipper asked.
"I MAKE SPLASHIES!!!" Mort called from their pond. Skipper pulled him out and pushed him along.
"Go utama Sad Eyes!"
"Okay! FEEEEEET!" Mort cried happily as he lept over the wall. Moments later anda could hear Julien yelling, "NOT THE FEET!" and could see Mort flying down to the bottom of the lemur habitat saying: "I CAN FLYYYYY!!!!"
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The zoo had just closed. It was now 1534 hours and Alice had just finished locking up. The zoosters hari was filled with princesses, witches, ghosts, goblins, fairies, and much more. At 1800 hours the Haiwan were scheduled to be ready for the children of Central Park to come Trick-or-Treating for themselves. So the penguins only had about two and a half hours to find suitable costumes to wear.
"Alright boys. So what are we gonna do about this costume situation?" Skipper asked.
"We could dress up to be things we enjoy to make the costumes easier to wear." Kowalski suggested.
The first thing out of Rico's mouth was: "KABOOM! KABOOM! AHAHA!"
Skipper smiled. "I like where your head is at soldier."
Rico hacked up some dynamite. "WOOHOO!"
"Not you! Kowalski! Put that out Rico!" Rico sadly pinched out the fuse and reswallowed the dynamite.
"So what are we going to wear, Skipper?" Private asked.
"Well, we'll just wear what we fell comfortable in. Disperse and set to work." Skipper commanded.
An jam and a half later, the penguins met back up. "So what do we have boys?"
"I'm an atom! anda like?" Kowalski asked happily.
"Uh...sure...I guess...Rico, you're up."
Rico slipped on a red cylinder shaped costume and put a plunger on his head. "KABOOM!!!!"
"Riiiiiiiight....Private! Whatcha got?"
"Well Skipper...I haven't made up my mind yet."
"Private! We only have an jam left! How have anda not made up your mind yet?"
"Well, there's just so many things to choose from! And I don't know what I'll be comfortable in!"
Skipper sighed. "Alright. I'm giving anda 45 minutes. Have something ready sejak then."
"Aye sir." Private saluted and left the HQ.
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"Hmm....I could be a unicorn...nah...to much work. It'll take too long. Um...a flower? No...too poofy..." Private contemplated almost every idea he could think of. He wasn't sure what he wanted to be tonight. He now had half an jam to come up with an idea.
"I will drink your blood!!!!"
"GAH!" Private jumped at the voice behind him, the relaxed when he saw that it was Julien. He had fake fangs in and a cape around his neck. "Julien! anda scared me!"
"That was the idea! I got anda didn't I!?"
"Julien! I am trying to concentrate!"
"I know, it is so hard to think when anda are basking in the king's awesomeness. What do anda think of my handsome vampeer costume?"
"Uh...it's wonderful Julien...I really must be going though..."
"LOOK AT ME!!!!" Mort came trotting up in his little costume. Who wouldn't of guessed that he'd dress up as King Julien's foot.
"Mort! You're so annoying! anda make a good foot though."
"YAY!!"
"Mort...why are anda yaying?"
"KING JULIEN LOVES ME!"
"Ugh! Maurice! Deal with the annoyance! Now...as I was saying I...hey where did the penguin go?"
While Julien was dealing with Mort, Private had snuck off to think about what he was going to dress up as. "Priiiiivaaaaate..." A voice moaned nearby.
"Wh..who's there?" Private asked shakily.
"Prrrriiiiiiiiiiiivaaaaate...." It moaned again.
"C-c-come out! tunjuk yourself!"
"If anda say sooooo...." All of the sudden a white figure with a horrid face drawn on it flew from the sky and swooped over Private's head. Private screamed in terror and ran off to the penguin habitat.
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Private shot down through the hatch trying to catch his breath.
"Private! What's wrong?" Skipper asked, concerned.
"Skipper! Something's after me!" The young cadet cowered behind his leader.
"Private, nothing's after you! What did anda see?"
"I was walking in between the chimp and memerang, otter habitat and something came from the sky! It was white and it had a horrid face!" Private explained covering his head with his flippers.
"Calm down! It was probably nothing!" Kowalski berkata trying to comfort him.
"No! It was real! And it knew my name!"
"Knew your name? Looks like we have an investigation afoot team. anda stay here Private. We'll go see who your attacker is." Skipper commanded.
"Okay...be careful." Private told them.
"Roll out men!" Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico leaped through the hatch, Skipper on point.
Private sat down in his bunk, thinking about what he saw. He shivered at the thought. Then he realized that he was hungry. He hadn't eaten much that morning. He got to his feet and went to the fridge to look for something to eat. "Hmm..." Private murmured as he contemplated what he wanted. Suddenly the susu caught his eye and he remembered his winkie discovery last night. He closed the fridge and opened the cabinet.
"Yummy!" He opened up the box of winkies and unwrapped one of them, then popped it into his mouth. "Mm-mm..." He berkata happily. Then he had an idea.
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"Any trace?" Skipper asked Kowalski and Rico as they searched the area where Private berkata he was assaulted.
"Nothing." Kowalski told him.
"Nada." Rico reported.
All of the sudden a scream was heard from Marlene's place. "Roll out team!" The penguins lept into Marlene's habitat. "Marlene? Are anda okay?"
Marlene came running out of her room, trying to catch her breath. "Skipper! anda won't believe it! I was getting my costume ready and all of the sudden I heard my name! Then something came swooping down over my head!"
"Hm...That's exactly what happened to the Private. Disperse and investigate boys!" Skipper commanded. The team entered Marlene's room and carefully examined it for clues.
"Did anda find anything?" Marlene asked.
"Negatory. Culprit's gone without a trace." Skipper concluded. Once again a scream was heard from outside, this time from Burt's. "Oh not again!" Skipper exclaimed as they lept into action. "Lemme guess Big Gray, ya heard your name and something came swooping out of the sky?"
"Yeah, how'd anda know?"
"Lucky guess. Look for clues boys."
"There's nothing Skipper!" Kowalski pointed out.
"Nada!" Rico exclaimed.
"Blast! Who is causing all of this!?" Skipper asked rubbing his chin. All of the sudden something caught his eye. "Wait a minute..." He picked up a small yellow feather that was about to blow away in the wind. "I think I know what's going on here boys."
Skipper suspicions were confirmed. After scanning the perimeter, they found Eggy, Ramona, Samuel, and Bradley getting ready to scare the gorillas. "Alright, ready to go Samuel?"
Samuel nodded. "This is great! Three zip and it's not even dark yet! Did anda see their faces?"
"Priceless!" Ramona, Eggy, and Bradley were getting ready to fly off in a layang-layang that was covered with a white sheet with the horrid face on it.
"Having fun are we?" The sound of Skipper's voice caused the ducklings to jump.
"Oh...hi Mister Skipper penguin..." Samuel berkata slowly. The ducklings looked down, knowing they were caught.
"Hi. And what do we have to say for ourselves?"
"I'm sorry." The berkata simultaneously.
"Oh, anda don't have to apologize to me. It's the Haiwan you've terrorized that anda need to apologize to."
"Yes sir." They once again berkata simultaneously.
After apologizing to Marlene and Burt, the penguins led the ducklings to their habitat to apologize to Private.
"Private? Where are anda Private?" Skipper called down into the hatch.
"I'll be up in a minute!" A moment later Private emerged from the HQ. "So what do anda think?"
The penguins and ducklings looked him up and down for a moment, then Skipper said: "I like it. And just in time too. It's time for the children to come...after the ducklings have told anda something."
The ducklings looked at Private and berkata their apologies.
"For what then?" Private asked.
"They're the ones who scared you, and they'd of gotten away with it too if we hadn't of caught them." Skipper berkata getting a low five from Kowalski and Rico. "We best get ready for the children."
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After the penguins got into their costumes, they prepared themselves for the children. "Are anda sure you're not too hot in there Private?" Kowalski asked him.
"Nah, I'm fine." Private assured him.
"Alright..."
Suddenly the lemurs came running up to their spot of the park. "Hello smelly flightless birds! Rejoice! Your king has arrived."
"Ringtail! What are anda doing here?"
"I just came to see what my royal subjects are to be doing!"
"What do anda think we're doing? We're handing out candy-"
"Ooh! I am demanding that I, the king, shall have candy."
"Negatory Ringtail. We're handing out Kandi to the children. What are anda supposed to be anyway? A superhero snake?"
"No! I am a vampeer!" Julien made his, what he liked to call it, 'handsome vampire mopey face' and said, "Bleh!"
Skipper rolled his eyes. "Ringtail, we're busy."
"Not too busy for the king!"
"AND HIS FOOT!" A happy Mort cried from inside his foot costume.
"Ringtail, leave us alone so we can hand out the rest of the Kandi before midnight!" Skipper berkata taking upon noticing how late it was getting.
"Uh, your majesty? I believe there are other places we can get candy." Maurice pointed out. He was dressed in a simple costume. A tie and a beg bimbit to make himself look like a lawyer (but was only just his excuse to Julien so he wouldn't have to where anything too dressy).
"Fine. BLEH!" Julien berkata to the penguins before he and the lemurs left.
A possum family came up to them next, and Skipper adjusted the hat to his captain costume. "Oh how cute! That's a wonderful costume Private." The mother said.
"Thanks! I made it in no time."
My failed attempt at drawing Private in his winkie costume. X3
