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but I got caught in a powerful undertow that took me miles and miles out into the deep blue sea. I got real lost, because I left my GPS unit in my backpack."
    "How did you get so black?" asked Oly.
    "When the undertow stopped, I looked around the deep blue sea and saw Oozy the octopus. I went up to him and started tapping his shoulder to ask him for directions, but he got startled and began inking me. That's how I got so black," said Gillmore.
    "How did you get the smoking scales and the fat lips?" asked Wally.
    "After swimming for awhile, I made it to the reef. That's when Electra the electric eel sprang out of her hiding place, shocking the scales out of me. To make matters worse, I asked Stingy the stingray, who was suntanning on the sand bar, for a ride home. Unfortunately, Stingy didn't recognize me and got so frightened by my looks that he stung me on the mouth. That's how I got two fat lips," stated Gillmore.
    "So how did you get back to the coast?" Percy asked.
    "A pilot fish happened to be flying by and offered me a ride over to the coast, which cost me my lunch money, and I ended up starving for lunch. It was the worst day of my life!" Gillmore sighed. "By the way, what did I miss in school?"
    "It was the best day our class has ever had at school!" Percy said excitedly. "Miss Marlin the schoolteacher took our class on a field trip to the aquarium sea show. We went swimming with the aquarium stars and got to look at all the gawking people through the huge glass windows. It was a whale of a good time!"
    "You also missed Goldie the goldfish strutting back and forth in front of the huge windows, fishing for compliments," laughed Oly.
    "But the most exciting part of the day was getting the greatest free lunch in the world from all the people at the aquarium," said Percy.
    "I should have stayed in school!" lamented Gillmore, the guppible one.

The Jungle Bungle

    Mandrill the monkey was looking for a chance to build something during his summer vacation time on the jungle island, while all the other kids were swinging on vines and frolicking throughout the jungle.
    Everyday, the young Mandrill would put on his kid's tool belt, go down to the beach, and sit with his lonely friend Hermit the crab to watch his uncle's construction business build a new tree house. Mandrill would spend his time studying the nuts and bolts of building something strong.
    One day, Mac the macaw came flying overhead and cawed, "Anyone interested in helping build the kid's new playground jungle gym, please see Miss June the baboon at noon."
    "You should go check it out," urged Hermit.
    "You're right, Hermit. I can help with my building knowledge," said the young Mandrill.
    Mandrill got excited about the chance to build something. He jumped on the swing set of vines to go see Miss June. After standing in line for hours and hours, he finally got to see Miss June and offer his building knowledge.
    "Have you ever built anything before?" inquired Miss June.
    "No, but I've studied the nuts and bolts of building something strong," said Mandrill.
    "I'm sorry. We can't use you because you have no experience, and you're too young to be working up in a tree," stated Miss June.
    Before Mandrill left the playground site, he checked out the work crew that was building the new playground jungle gym up in the tree. Buzz the buzzard was buzz-sawing the wood, Wayne the crane was hoisting the wood up, and Gibby the gibbon was tying the ribbon to hold the wood together.
    Mandrill thought, "They're going to bungle the jungle gym, and it will never be strong enough to hold." Later that day, Hermit saw Mandrill deject­edly sitting on the beach, sulking and moping about not getting a chance to help build the new play­ground jungle gym.
    "Why are you so dejected?" asked the consoling Hermit.
    "No one will give me a chance to build some­thing, because they say I have no experience and I'm too young," moaned Mandrill.
    Up in the tree house, Mandrill's uncle was packing up