“What Friends Are For”
January 2, 2014
“Hello, silly otter!” Julien called, striding up to Marlene, who was taking a walk through the zoo.
Marlene came to a stop and turned to him. “Hey, Julien,” she replied. “What’s up?”
“Oh, te know, the usual,” Julien replied.
“So, kicking Mort, drinking smoothies, and ordering Maurice around?” Marlene teased.
“Oh, te know me so well, Marlene,” Julien detto with a smug smile.
Marlene rolled her eyes. “So, what exactly are te doing here?” she asked.
“I am just going to visit my four preferito penguins!” Julien replied with a dramatic smile.
“Mm-hm. And this ‘visit’ wouldn’t have anything to do with that invention Kowalski’s been keeping under wraps, would it?” Marlene asked suspiciously.
Julien laughed incredulously. “Marlene, that is the most preposterous-ness thing I have ever heard! Is it so hard to believe that I just want to see my four bestest friends? And you’re pretty bestest too, te know,” Julien detto with a wink. Marlene crossed her arms.
“I’ll believe that when I get transferred to Hollywood to stella, star on television,” she detto sarcastically.
“Marlene!”
Marlene turned at the sound of Skipper’s voice. He and Rico were coming their way.
“Did I just hear te say you’re being transferred to Hollywood?! As in Hollywood, California?!” Skipper exclaimed in outrage.
“Well, yes, but —”
“Why was I not informed about this?!” Skipper asked Rico outrageously. “I’m going to need a crowbar, a payphone, a fake mustache, and Alice’s forged signature. Go!” he ordered.
“Skipper!” Marlene cut in.
“What?” Skipper asked impatiently.
“If te had shown up about ten secondi sooner, te would have known that I was just being sarcastic when I detto that,” Marlene told him.
Skipper blinked. “Oh. Right. I knew that,” he detto with a clear of his throat.
“Sure te did,” Marlene detto with a laugh. “It is sweet that you’d look out for me like that, though. Thanks.”
Skipper smiled. “What are Friends for?”
“Well, for starters, they’re for informing te when certain people,” Marlene said, pointing to Julien, “are going to come try to play with secret unfinished inventions.”
Skipper rolled his eyes. “Ringtail, I told you, Kowalski’s inventions are typically unstable to begin with. I don’t need you to come over to make things worse,” he warned.
Julien laughed. “What? I am having no idea what te are speaking of! I wasn’t going to touch anything!” he insisted.
Skipper narrowed his eyes. “Sure. Rico!”
Upon command, Rico regurgitated a baseball bat and held it threateningly in Julien’s direction. Julien laughed nervously.
“You know what? I think I left the, uh, blender on. I’d better go turn it off before it burns the ice cream. Know what I’m sayin’?” he said, backing away. Without waiting for a response, he turned and took off for his habitat.
Skipper, Rico, and Marlene laughed.
“Well, that was the highlight of my day,” Marlene said.
“I secondo that,” Skipper replied. “See te later, Marlene. And thanks for warning us. Things wouldn’t have ended well if he’d have shown up.”
Marlene smiled. “You detto it yourself — that’s what Friends are for.”
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January 2, 2014
“Hello, silly otter!” Julien called, striding up to Marlene, who was taking a walk through the zoo.
Marlene came to a stop and turned to him. “Hey, Julien,” she replied. “What’s up?”
“Oh, te know, the usual,” Julien replied.
“So, kicking Mort, drinking smoothies, and ordering Maurice around?” Marlene teased.
“Oh, te know me so well, Marlene,” Julien detto with a smug smile.
Marlene rolled her eyes. “So, what exactly are te doing here?” she asked.
“I am just going to visit my four preferito penguins!” Julien replied with a dramatic smile.
“Mm-hm. And this ‘visit’ wouldn’t have anything to do with that invention Kowalski’s been keeping under wraps, would it?” Marlene asked suspiciously.
Julien laughed incredulously. “Marlene, that is the most preposterous-ness thing I have ever heard! Is it so hard to believe that I just want to see my four bestest friends? And you’re pretty bestest too, te know,” Julien detto with a wink. Marlene crossed her arms.
“I’ll believe that when I get transferred to Hollywood to stella, star on television,” she detto sarcastically.
“Marlene!”
Marlene turned at the sound of Skipper’s voice. He and Rico were coming their way.
“Did I just hear te say you’re being transferred to Hollywood?! As in Hollywood, California?!” Skipper exclaimed in outrage.
“Well, yes, but —”
“Why was I not informed about this?!” Skipper asked Rico outrageously. “I’m going to need a crowbar, a payphone, a fake mustache, and Alice’s forged signature. Go!” he ordered.
“Skipper!” Marlene cut in.
“What?” Skipper asked impatiently.
“If te had shown up about ten secondi sooner, te would have known that I was just being sarcastic when I detto that,” Marlene told him.
Skipper blinked. “Oh. Right. I knew that,” he detto with a clear of his throat.
“Sure te did,” Marlene detto with a laugh. “It is sweet that you’d look out for me like that, though. Thanks.”
Skipper smiled. “What are Friends for?”
“Well, for starters, they’re for informing te when certain people,” Marlene said, pointing to Julien, “are going to come try to play with secret unfinished inventions.”
Skipper rolled his eyes. “Ringtail, I told you, Kowalski’s inventions are typically unstable to begin with. I don’t need you to come over to make things worse,” he warned.
Julien laughed. “What? I am having no idea what te are speaking of! I wasn’t going to touch anything!” he insisted.
Skipper narrowed his eyes. “Sure. Rico!”
Upon command, Rico regurgitated a baseball bat and held it threateningly in Julien’s direction. Julien laughed nervously.
“You know what? I think I left the, uh, blender on. I’d better go turn it off before it burns the ice cream. Know what I’m sayin’?” he said, backing away. Without waiting for a response, he turned and took off for his habitat.
Skipper, Rico, and Marlene laughed.
“Well, that was the highlight of my day,” Marlene said.
“I secondo that,” Skipper replied. “See te later, Marlene. And thanks for warning us. Things wouldn’t have ended well if he’d have shown up.”
Marlene smiled. “You detto it yourself — that’s what Friends are for.”
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