The Art of Magic
By: Foxhound
Chapter One
Tammy lay on her bed, she had just gotten ready to go to sleep after she and Gadget had put some of her things away. She pulled out the journal her mother had given her, just before she left. She put pen to the paper and began to write:
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Tammy's Journal
Day 1
Well I decided to keep a journal of all the adventures I'm going to have as a Rescue Ranger, and also all the normal things that happen everyday. Then I can write it all down and make it into a book. I always wanted to be a writer. Anyway, here it goes.
No Adventures Today
Today is the first day of me being a Rescue Ranger. It wasn't what I was expecting. I'm not sure what I was expecting. Mum cried a lot and Bink wasn't too happy either. I know the next time I go home to see mum she will ask if I'm ready to come home. Even before I had any of my things away, Gadget and I got to tease Chip and Dale. It was so funny to see the look on their face after we caught them having a pillow fight. I'm still giggling thinking about it now. Gadget and me are roommates, I think this is going to be really great, us being roommates and all. I teased her and said we should get bunk beds but she didn't go for the idea. So my bed is on one side of the room and Gadget's is on the other. So far everything is going great. Well it's time for bed. Talk to you tomorrow.
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Tammy got off her bed and walked over
to the desk, she put her journal away and noticed Gadget writing in a book.
She smiled. *Does Gadget write in a journal every night, too?* She looked
over and didn't see what she expected:
(25 + 2X) - 25Y = (22Y + 3X) - 33
"Uh Gadget, what are you doing?"
"Just some prebedtime algebra, it helps me go to sleep."
Tammy's eyes crossed. *She does this for fun?* "Yeah Gadget, algebra always puts me to sleep..." *especially during class*
"Wow Tammy, you mean you like the soothing affect the numbers have on you when the answer all comes together, too?" Asked the genius.
"Yeah Gadget, something like that." Spoke the confused redhead. "I'm going to go to bed now."
"Me too, I'm finished." Gadget said.
"Already?" asked the youngest member of the team.
"Yeah, it was a very easy problem, first you..." Gadget could have been explaining Quantum physics in Pig Latin, spoken in a French accent while imitating Sean Connery for all Tammy knew. Her eyes crossed again. *Well, now I know why I'm not a mathematician.* "Uh Thanks Gadget, that helps a lot." A very confused squirrel went to sleep.
* * *
Tammy found that she didn't need an
alarm clock, the banging from the workshop next door started at exactly 6 a.m.
Tammy got out of bed and got dressed in her workout gear, a simple pair of sweat
pants and tank top. She headed to the gym and worked out until the air was filled
with the smell of hot cheese and acorns. She headed off for a quick shower before
joining the others at the breakfast table.
"What's for breakfast, Monty?" Asked Tammy.
"I bet it has cheese in it." Responded Dale.
"Too right mate, can't wake up without a' bit of cheese in the morning." Said the Australian mouse.
"I think I have too much cheese in me now." Complained Chip.
"No such thing, Chippa." Said Monty.
"Yeah, Chipper." Tammy added an extra high pitch to her sentence so she could see the fur on the back of Chip's neck stand on end. *It's so cute when that happens*
"Cheese sounds good to me." Added Gadget as she sat down at the table.
"Looks like were outvoted, Dale." The leader said as he gave in.
"We're outvoted? I'm on their side!" Dale said as he quickly sat down beside Gadget. Chip shrugged and sat down to eat cheese something or other for the millionth time in a row.
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After eating breakfast the rangers
got ready for another big day of saving the world.
"Let's go to the police station and look for some cases." Ordered the leader of the Rescue Rangers.
"Hold on there lad, we're hurting for some supplies, we need to go n' do a bit of shopping for food." Monty pointed out.
Gadget's head dropped onto her hands. Tammy noticed her dismay. "What's wrong, Gadget?" she asked.
"SUPERMARKET BRIGADE!!!" Screamed both of the chipmunks as they rose from the table at the same time.
"That's what's wrong!" said Gadget in a not-so-happy way.
Tammy looked at her friend. "It can't be that bad, can it?" asked Tammy.
"It can, and it is." Gadget said.
Chip and Dale stood up together, and both began to sing the Supermarket Brigade theme song:
"We are dedicated to finding the lowest prices."
"To finish shopping in the shortest time."
"Never stopping till we find the shortest check out line."
"We are the Supermarket Brigade!"
Gadget and Tammy had both still been sitting at the kitchen table. As soon as Chip and Dale's song was finished both of the female rangers dropped their heads into their folded arms.
"Sorry for not believing you, Gadget. That was pretty horrible." Said the squirrel without lifting her head.
"That's not the bad part Tammy, just wait till we get to the supermarket." Gadget said as she was dreading the future.
Tammy quickly lifted her head. "It gets worse?!?"
"Yeah" replied Gadget. "Might as well go and get this over with."
"Hey, our theme song is a work in progress, it'll get better." Chip said.
"Yeah, that's right." Added Dale.
"Ok guys." the girls said as they both walked out the door at the same time. They shut the door behind them, the looked at each other and both began to laugh. Gadget and Tammy covered their mouths to muffle their laughter.
"They're actually serious? Do they sing that song every time?" asked Tammy in between laughs.
"Yeah, the words change each time, I don't think they can remember them." Gadget straighten up and began to speak again. "It's even funnier watching them at the supermarket."
"Gadget, why don't we form our own Supermarket Brigade?" asked the mischievous redhead. Gadget put her hand up to her chin and began to think.
*To act like the boys?! Sounds like fun!* "Alright, let's do it." Answered the mouse.
Back inside the tree house the chipmunks were in a huddle. "We have to come up with some better lines, and this time, remember them." Said Chip.
"You're right, Chip. I'll start thinking of some right away." Answered Dale.
"So will I." Said Chip.
* * *
It wasn't long before the rangers
were at the local supermarket. The chipmunks both rushed in while the squirrel
and the mouse pretended to seem as annoyed as possible. As soon as Chip and
Dale were out of sight Tammy looked at Gadget.
"What exactly do they do?" asked Tammy.
"Well, Chip pushes Dale in a cart. Dale grabs all the items on the list and throws them in the cart. I time them and give apologetic looks to everyone that works here. Then Dale gets out of the cart and they both look for the shortest line so they can finish their shopping trip."
Tammy had a big smile on her face. "That sounds like fun, Gadget. Let's do it!"
Monty walked up to the front of the grocery store. All the cashiers looked at Monty. The young ones smiled as they knew the humor they were about to watch, the older ones frowned, hating the example of reckless youth that was about to take place.
Chip very quickly came up at Monty's side, Dale inside the cart. Dale stood up in the cart, the cart tipped over and Dale fell on Chip. Both the chipmunks quickly, but not skillfully, stood up and tried to straighten up the cart. It fell over three times before the chipmunks had finally fixed it, then they both saluted Monty.
"Supermarket Brigade reporting for duty, Sir! Awaiting the shopping list, Sir!" Said both the chipmunks at the same time.
"Here ya go, la..."
"Wait" Tammy ran up beside Monty, pushing a shopping cart with Gadget inside. Gadget stood up in the cart with much more luck than Dale had because Tammy held the cart steady. Both of the girls saluted Monty.
"The Superior Supermarket Brigade reporting for duty, Sir! Awaiting the shopping list, Sir! Said both the girls at the same time.
Monty looked at the two girls, and was very amazed. *Gadget luv playing around like th' lads? Tammy could be very good for the lass, if not I reckon this could be a mite bit funny* "What's this? Two Supermarket Brigades?"
"Yes sir!" Tammy saluted again and Gadget barley managed to hold in her laugh. "We are the new and much better Supermarket Brigade."
Chip decided that this was enough. "You can't be the Supermarket Brigade, because we are."
"We are the much better version of your obsolete Supermarket Brigade." Answered Tammy.
"Well lads and lasses, ah suppose this means a contest is in order." Said the Australian. Monty tore the shopping list in half. "The lasses take this 'n and the lads take this 'n. The first finished is the official Supermarkek Brigade."
"Are you ready, Chipper?" Tammy looked at Chip.
Chip tried to ignore the hair on the back of his neck standing on end. "Any day of the week, Tammy! Let's go!"
"A'rite, line up!" Chip and Tammy lined up, Dale and Gadget both crouched very low in the shopping carts. "On T'ree you go... THREE!"
Chip started pushing to the left. "How many things are on the list, Dale?" asked Chip.
"20" replied Dale.
"Alright, what's the first thing on the list?" asked Chip again.
"Cheese" responded Dale. "Ok, that's in the other direction, so what is the second item?"
"A different kind of cheese... all of the first 10 things are cheese." Responded Dale, who had expected as much.
"After that it's..." Dale read off the list of items and Chip pushed the cart down the isles as fast as he could. Dale would reach out and grab an item from the shelf and put it in the cart as Chip kept pushing.
"What's on the list, Gadget?" asked Tammy as she was pushing the cart as fast as her feet would move her. "Well, the first few items are produce, then some dry goods... and I'll give you one guess what the last 10 items are." Responded Gadget, hoping the cart wouldn't flip over with her in it.
"Ok, we hit produce isles," Tammy turned right, "then down isle 2 for the dry goods and circle back to the front and pick up all the cheese. That'll be a perfect circle." Answered Tammy with a huge amount of confidence.
"You know where everything is at, Tammy?" Asked Gadget.
"Yeah." responded Tammy. "I've done all the shopping for my family for the last few years." Gadget thought about this *We might be able to win.*
Tammy pushed the cart, Gadget and all, to the center of the produce section and then ran over to one side of the section. With Gadget still sitting in the middle of the shopping cart, she began to read off the list. "Package of sliced apples." Gadget quickly read off, knowing every second counted. Tammy quickly spotted a package of sliced apples, picked it up, threw it to Gadget. "Next." She requested. The package of apples went flying across the room straight to Gadget. At the last second Gadget lifted her hand, caught the package of sliced apples, and laid them in the cart next to her, all without looking up from the shopping list. "Slices of oranges." Tammy repeated her last steps and so did Gadget until they were finished with all the items on the list that were from produce.
"Alright Tammy, that's all of it." Gadget said as she caught the last of the flying fruit. Tammy ran back to the cart, but she came back a little too fast and slipped, fell and landed on her side hard. She slowly got up on to her knees.
"Are you alright, Tammy?" A very worried Gadget asked as she stood up in the cart very quickly and the shopping cart began to tilt.
"I'm alright." Tammy looked up at the falling cart. "GADGET!" Tammy quickly jumped up and grabbed the side of the cart with her left hand, came up, and stopped Gadget from falling using her right shoulder and hand. Gadget doubled over on Tammy and received a face full of fluffy tail.
"Are you alright, Gadget?" Asked a worried and sore Tammy as the young squirrel slowly put the cart back on all four wheels.
"Muffy ymmm mffyym eeefffy yymmm..." said Gadget as Tammy finished steadying the cart.
"What, Gadget? Say that again, this time in English, my Swahili needs a little work."
"I said I can't talk with your tail in my face." Tammy blushed after realizing that Gadget did go face first into her tail. Gadget saw and covered. "But thanks for catching me, I should have been more careful."
"Don't worry about it." replied Tammy as her rosy cheeks returned to their normal color. "Let's go Gadget, we're still in a race."
"Ok, Supermarket Brigade away!" Gadget ordered, as Tammy began to push the cart full throttle.
"Alright, now we go to isle two to get the dry goods. How do Chip and Dale do this?" Asked a slightly winded squirrel. "Well, Chip pushes the cart and Dale reaches out and grabs the groceries while they're going."
"That sounds crazy and dangerous, let's do it." Tammy turned left down isle 2.
"Left side, Tammy." commanded the mouse in the shopping cart. Tammy pushed the shopping cart down the left side of the isle, and slowed down a little bit. Gadget reached out and easily grabbed the first item on the list.
"Ok Tammy, that was easy, speed up a little." Replied the blond mouse.
"Alright, here we go." Tammy speeded up and Gadget reached out and quickly caught the next two items. "Alright Gadget!" cheered the young squirrel.
"Thanks Tammy... now down the right side." Replied the inventor. Tammy obliged and started down the right side of the isle, Gadget quickly caught the next and the next after that.
"Ok Tammy, that's everything except the cheese." Announced Gadget.
"Ok Gadget, were heading to the dairy section up front, then."
The dairy section of this store was located near the front of the store, very close to the check out lines, but off the side to the left. Chip came pushing a shopping cart with a very happy chipmunk who was surrounded by boxes and bottles.
"Nice going, Dale." Chip said as he rubbed his head. "You almost dropped the entire drink section on my head."
"Hey, only one fell." Replied Dale.
"Yeah, IT fell right on my head." Replied Chip.
Dale tried to hold in his giggles. "Well I stopped the rest from falling." Responded the red nose chipmunk.
"Forget it, now let's get the cheese and prove we are the Supermarket Brigade."
"Alright, hold the cart still while I get out, and don't let it fall this time." Responded the red nose chipmunk. Chip held the cart steady and Dale jumped out. Then the chipmunk boys started gathering different kinds of cheese. Throwing them over their shoulders into the cart, they quickly finished their job.
"Alright, that's all of it, let's go!" Chip said as he turned the cart toward the direction of the check out lanes.
"Ok Gadget, start reading off the cheese list so well know what to get." Said Tammy as she was pushing the shopping cart. Gadget looked down and began to read off the list.
Chip came pushing the shopping cart as Tammy came around the corner just as quick.
!*!*CRASH*!*!
A lot happened in just one second. The bottom of Tammy's cart got caught on Chip's cart. Tammy, who wasn't prepared, kept pushing her cart. This pushed the back of the cart up into the air. This made Gadget the first flying mouse in recorded history. She didn't fly far as Dale very skillfully caught her with his face. The red nose chipmunk and the blonde mouse went flying into the bread racks behind them, which sent bread flying in every direction. Tammy's cart, which was still moving just as fast as before, began to turn to the right. This sent Tammy head first into Chip. The two of them and their shopping carts went flying back into the cheese section, knocking almost everything over.
Monty was near the front of the store, explaining to one of the cashiers how he was Shanghaied in Shang-hi on a Junk full of Junk and how he let that happen twice, when he heard a loud crash. Zipper buzzed at Monty.
"Yeah lad, it probably was them, we better go check it out." Monty and Zipper started toward the area where they had heard the loud crash. What Monty saw was a site so horrible he couldn't believe it.
"No! NO! NOOOO! Anything but that, oh the horror." Replied a tearful Monty at the horrid sight. Zipper looked over at what was in front of them and then back to Monty. He buzzed at Monty. "No lad, it's not J'ST ch'ese, it's so much more." Replied Monty. Zipper buzzed in frustration.
Tammy slowly sat up and rubbed the right side of her head. "Owww, what happened?" asked a pained Tammy. Chip sat up and rubbed the left side of his head.
"You weren't watching where you were going, that's what!" replied Chip.
Tammy jumped up. "ME? This is all your fault!" yelled Tammy.
Chip jumped up. "WHAT!? Are you Cuh-razzy?" The two began to bicker so fast that only Dale could have kept up.
Gadget slowly sat up. "Golly, what happened?" She looked beside her and saw a sleeping Dale. She looked to her right and saw Monty trying not to cry too much. She looked to her left and saw Tammy and Chip head to head bickering so fast she couldn't keep up.
*Tammy can do that too? Now I'm going to need to invent that Chipmunk chatter to English translator after all.* Gadget slowly shook Dale. "Dale, wake up." Gadget said.
"But mommy, it's Sunday, let me sleep in." replied beddy-by Dale.
"Wake up, Dale." Replied Gadget a lot louder this time.
"What?" Dale said as he quickly sat up.
"What are they saying?" said Gadget as she pointed toward Tammy and Chip.
Dale looked over at the two and then looked back at Gadget. "Chip is saying 'am not' and Tammy is saying 'am too'." Dale looked back at the two arguers and yelled "You're both wrong!" Tammy and Chip both looked at Dale and said simultaneously, "What do you know!" and went back to bickering without missing a beat. Dale looked back at Gadget. "Now Chip is saying ‘am too' and Tammy is saying ‘am not'."
Gadget stood up. "Golly, thanks Dale." *I don't think I need to make that translator after all.*
"What is going on over here?" A thunderous female voice came as the store manager came around the corner. A small female mouse in a pair of glasses two sizes too big for her face came with her. Tammy and Chip both stopped arguing. Chip saw the store manager and a look of fear came over his and Dale's face at the same time. Both had been in this situation before (on a weekly basis) and neither wanted to be back here.
"Just look at my store. Why is it you save the rest of the world but you try to destroy my store every week?" Replied a very angry looking store manager. All the rangers looked down to their feet except Monty. "Come now lass..." Monty began but was interrupted by the store manager. "And you, you're the oldest here, you should be trying to set a good example for these kids."
"Kids? I'm 27." Replied Chip, regretting what he said before he finished saying it.
"Yeah, me too!" Agreed Dale, not regretting a thing he said.
"Do you think that makes it any better? There are 5 year olds in this store that behave better than you do."
"Miss, the lads and lasses will clean up the mess they made and pay for all the damages, right??" Monty looked at the other rangers and gave an ill look, he didn't like the treatment he just received for helping the boys.
"Yes." replied the four rangers as they all nodded their heads.
"It's the least they can do!" The store manager looked over at the young mouse in glasses and said "Get um' some mops."
The mouse simply replied "yes ma'am." and the two left the area. When the two were far enough away that they couldn't be heard by the rangers the young mouse looked at her employer. "Ma'am, if they're so much trouble, why do you keep letting them come back?"
Her employer looked down at her. "What fun would we have here if they didn't come? Besides, I like making the big cute guy squirm." Replied the older of the two.
"Oh" was all that came from young mouse.
The rangers spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up their huge mess. After they finished they slowly finished up their shopping.
"I can't believe we didn't get to look for any cases today." Replied an annoyed Chip as he was putting the groceries in the trunk of the ranger plane.
"Well lad, if ya wouldn't have made such a mess and took so long cleaning it we might have." Replied Monty.
"Hey it wasn't my fault, it was..." Chip was cut off.
"Don't you go blaming this on me, it was all..." Tammy was cut off.
"ENOUGH!" replied Dale as he came walking behind them. "I didn't even do anything and I had to clean it up, and I have a headache too!" Gadget came up behind them and didn't say a word, she just put her bag into the trunk of the ranger plane. The rest of the rangers followed suit and soon they were home and unpacked their foodstuff. Nothing important happened the rest of the night.
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Tammy's Journal
No Adventures Today
We were going to look for cases today,
but Monty said we need some supplies. So we went to the supermarket. Me and
Gadget raced Chip and Dale. We would have won, but we ran straight into Chip
and his cart and made a giant cheese sandwich out of the cheese and bread section.
It was all Chip's fault and he won't admit it. It was fun to argue with him
though ^_^. We had to clean up the mess and when we were done it was too late
to look for cases. Well that is all that happen today, so I'll talk to you tomorrow.
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Tammy got off her bed and put her
journal away. She did her best not to look at what Gadget was writing because
her poor head hurt enough as it was. The young redhead went to sleep.
* * *
The next day was Wednesday and it
was a free day for all the Rangers. Tammy had been keeping early hours so that
she could get up early with the rest of the rangers. She was the only one to
get up early today, except for Gadget. She spent her days off the same way she
spent every day, in her workshop. *Guess I'll go workout in the gym.*
The other rangers didn't wake up (if you call Dale's zombie like state awake)
until after the sweaty 18 year old was in the middle of her shower.
Tammy walked out after getting dressed. She wasn't dressed much different than when she first met the Rangers. She wore an untucked pink button-down shirt and blue jeans. Tammy walked out into the main room and saw two chipmunks sitting on the couch watching the morning news. *Lets see, There is one wide awake chipmunk looking like he would be much happier looking for a case. The other semi-conscious chipmunk looks like he would be much happier if he was in the middle of a 24 hour and 5 minute horror movie fest. There is a very large mouse and a fly in the kitchen cooking something with a lot of cheese, they both looked like they would be much happier if... well, not much could make them this happy. The loud amount of banging announces that a VERY happy Gadget is in her workshop doing what she loved best and nothing could make her happier. So with Chip I get cases, with Dale I get Horror movies, with Monty and Zipper I get food, and with Gadget I get... a headache. Nice to see the diversity.* Tammy smiled to herself and fixed something to drink and sat down on the loveseat opposite to the boys.
The rangers watched the news and early morning TV. Nothing special was happening in the world. Dale went outside and Chip went to his room. He came out with a couple of books. The Squirrel walked over to the hat and coated chipmunk.
"What'cha reading, Chipper?" The hair on the back of Chip neck stood on end. Even after all these years he still couldn't handle the way she said that.
"I'm reading my favorite books." Said the natural leader.
"Sureluck Jones?" Sung the teasing squirrel.
"Yes, it is. You should read some of these books. It'd help you learn deduction. You could use that as a Rescue Ranger." The Indian Jones Fanboy pushed a book across to The BackSquirrel Boys fangirl. Tammy looked at Chip. *Wow he never lets these books out of his sights, he must really like me to let me read one.*
Chip looked at Tammy. *I hope this keeps her busy.*
Tammy picked up the book. *It's a hardback, of course I don't see Chip reading anything in a paper back.* Tammy flipped through the pages. *Wow, it's very old but the pages are in good shape. He's really taken care of it.* Tammy looked down to see that Chip's attention was back to his book. *He sure looks like a lot of fun to be around while he's reading.*
"Chip, how can you read with all that banging and sawing coming from Gadget's workshop?" Tammy asked.
"You get used to it." answered the veteran Rescue Ranger without even looking up. *I guess you really can get used to anything.*
"I think I'll head off to the park, Chip."
"Alright." answered a preoccupied chipmunk.
Zipper then flew up beside the young squirrel. "Buzz Buzz Buzz."
Tammy looked at the smallest member of the team. "Sure Zipper, I would love the company. Hold on, I'll go get my stuff." The braided red haired girl then left. Tammy walked into her and Gadget's room. Most of her stuff was still in boxes. She opened one box and pulled out the backpack she had used for school. She put the book in her backpack. After raiding the kitchen for a snack to have for lunch, and she and Zipper were off for the park.
Dale stood outside the Ranger headquarters with a young mouse. The mouse was about his age. A little taller than Dale and had brown fur. He wore a pair of black jeans, and a black shirt under his black jacket. Black boots toped off this colorful arrangement.
"Woozers Mike, I haven't seen you in a long time." Said Dale.
"Great to see ya' Dale." spoke the young mouse in a southern accent. "How ya' been?"
"I've been great Mike, what have you been up to?" asked Dale.
"Not a whole lot Dale, I'm in a magic show. Is it true 'tat your in 'da Rescue Rangers? I seen your name in the papers, but I didn't think it was you, till I seen Chip's name in it too. What are the odds that any other Chip and Dale hang a'round each other." Asked the excited southerner.
"Woozers, you're in a magic show? That's great. What kind of magic do you do? Card tricks? Sawing a woman in half? Great big acts, like making the statue of liberty disappear? Or..." The chipmunk spoke so quickly that few could understand him.
"Easy there fella, slow down for us southern folk. I do some big tricks, but notn' like making Miss Liberty disappear. More like making me disappear. Now what about you? Are you in the rangers or not?" Asked the southern remembering why he missed Dale so much.
"Yeah, Chip and me started the Rescue Rangers with Monty, Zipper and Gadget, but that's not as cool as being a magician." Said the chipmunk going over a mile a minute.
"I'm gonna' go practice now, ya wanna come? You can tell me 'bout the rangers on the way." Asked the young mouse.
"Woozers, that sounds great. Let's go." Answered the rescue ranger.
A young redhead in braids and a fly were coming down the ranger tree. Tammy and Zipper had been hidden to the side and watched Dale and the unknown mouse. Zipper buzzed around Tammy. "I don't know Zipper, and I haven't seen him before either." Tammy looked down at the two mammals as they continued to talk. Zipper buzzed around Tammy. "Yeah Zipper, they seem to be friends, why haven't we ever seen this mouse before?" The fly buzzed around Tammy. "I don't know either, Zip."
As the two Rescue Rangers were talking, the chipmunk and the mouse began to walk off toward the city. "You wanna follow them?" asked the new member. Zipper buzzed in protest. "Aww come on Zipper, it's not spying on him, it's uhhhh... stealth training for me. We can see how long it takes for him to figure out we're following him." Tammy said, thinking quickly.
The unimpressed fly buzzed back at the young squirrel. "We can go to the park after this Zipper, I don't think Queenie is going anywhere." Zipper blushed and then teasingly buzzed at Tammy. "My hair is not that bright, Zipper! He won't see us. Come on, Dale would do it to us." Zipper looked at his young friend, he had wanted to follow Dale the whole time, but felt he should be the voice of reason, or at least tease the youngest member before he gave in to her idea. Zipper buzzed an "OK" and the two began to follow the mouse and chipmunk at a good distance.