Chapter 3 : The Sardine Hunt
As they reached to continue their journey, Stink was almost hit by a jet boat! She managed to dodge it even that was a whisker away. Then she felt like she was different now.
‘Uh.. I think you should look at yourself, Stink’ said Pletzel as she handed her a mirror she had stolen when she was a juvenile seagull.
‘I’m… My fur colour is… soft grey?’ said Stink as she looked at herself and started to sniff herself.
‘you didn’t stink any more, Stink. Perhaps we should call you… Green!’ said Pletzon as he laughs.
‘Green nickname? Too green, how about Helmet?’ said Pletzel.
‘Buttons?’ Pletzon suggested.
‘Queen of Stink?’ Pletzel suggested.
‘Doll?’ Pletzon suggested.
‘wait Doll? She’s not a doll you ,starfish!’ Pletzel argued.
‘and you teased her for the Queen Of Stink you ,clownfish!’ Pletzon argued back.
The seagulls argued each other as Stink began to think.
‘I think I like to stick with Stink’ said Stink, the seagulls stopped arguing.
‘but why did you want to stick with your old name?’ Pletzon asked.
‘to keep my true self’ Stink replied in unison.
‘don’t you like your newer more polite name? Like, Pony? Or Pletzey?’ asked Pletzel.
‘nah, I’d rather keep my real name as my true self’ Stink answered.
‘Oh well, suit yourself, pal’ said Pletzel as she followed Stink.
They cross the ocean to the Sardine Ceremony. As they arrived on the Sardine Ceremony, they found other seals were there already. Stink tries to sneak-join the colony without being noticed she is joining the colony just to catch sardines for her and her fellow seagulls.
One seal noticed her because she wore a helmet, which is different from other seals who had ribbons or cloth on their neck. She approach Stink.
‘howdy, new seal!’ said the seal with orange ribbons tied onto her neck as her signature. ‘who are you? Are you new or are you just unnoticeable but originally in my colony?’ said the seal as she looked at Stink’s helmet with suspicious eyes.
The seagulls watched Stink from the sea while they are relaxing called ‘duck-relax’. They watched her as a spy.
‘well since you never see me before, so I’m new. My name’s Stink’ Stink explained with bright smile.
‘Stink?!’ the seal shouted, ‘how ugly name! I should call you… Borra’ said the seal.
‘uh but my name is Stink… Don’t you know that you shouldn’t change anyone’s name when they don’t want?’ said Stink as she catapults herself to the sardines.
‘what… the… she followed the Marine Arctic Rules??? She’s Arctic???’ said the seal as she cleans her brown tuft.
Stink finally catches 6 fishes and swim back to the surface and called her fellow seagulls.
‘Pletzon! Pletzel! I’ve caught the sardines here!’ she called out her voice echoed through the vast ocean.
‘you caught 6! now we’re getting 2 for each! 6 divide by 3 is two!’ said Pletzon as he took the sardines from Stink’s flippers.
‘woah! You caught 6 of them! Amazing!’ said Pletzel.
They ate the fish together and float on the ocean and relax… suddenly, a seal with the same orange ribbons on her neck surfaced and leaned to Stink. The seal then took her helmet and swim away swiftly.
‘oi! My helmet you, swimming giant orange fish!’ Stink shouted and chase the seal.
‘Pletzon, look!’ Pletzel called her brother, ‘her helmet is being stolen! Lets help her!’ said Pletzel.
‘Pletzel, Pletzel, Pletzel’ Pletzon shook his head and said, ‘I got a brilliant plan…’ he said while taking out a map and smirked.
On the chase between Stink and the seal, Stink almost caught by her tail but slipped her flippers. Then suddenly the seal stopped on a land. She bumped to the seal and hit right on her face to the seal.
‘watch it, piranha!’ said the seal firmly.
Then the seal is on land and Stink is on land. She tugged her helmet between the seal. The other seals watched the tug-o-helmet. Then Stink finally got her helmet and wears it on her head. She realized that she was in the centre of attention between all the seals there. About 240 eyes(not pair of eyes!) looking at her. Stink got nervous and she decided to go back to the ocean and swim away.
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