Squirrel Troubles...

Arnie was on a mission.  She was going into the Outie realm to rescue a friend. She received word that her friend "Squirrel" was missing and possibly in trouble.

As Arnie used one of her many keys, which of course it was the last one on her ring that opened the door between the Realm of Wymsy and the Outie's realm, she wondered how Squirrel even managed to get through.  

Usually the passageways between the two worlds were secured, but every now and then someone leaves a door open or forgets to move a rock back in place.  Though for Squirrel to have traveled this far, there really must have been a huge temptation for him on the other side.

Wandering around in the Outie world was so strange especially when trying to ask for directions and not letting any know that you are from another realm.  Arnie was used to finding her way around by just following the light or the bling of something sparkly in the distance.  Squirrel must have done the same thing Arnie realized, "though with his nose and tummy instead."

"So, how to find him?" she thought.  Just as Arnie was thinking of how, she heard chattering up ahead. Arnie's fuzzy ears were sensitive for hearing things and what she heard sounded like a battle.  As she crawled out from under a bush she spied Squirrel.  He was safe... well sort of.  He was talking to another squirrel... an outie squirrel!  ​Outie squirrels are such flighty things and so insistent that they were always right.  They were a hard nut to crack when trying to make friends with them.

Though this "discussion" seemed to include a bit more as they kept gesturing to something over their head and waving their paws.  Then after saying something, the Outie squirrel would break out in this infectious laughter.  Hearing a squirrel laugh is quite hilarious.

The Outie squirrel was actually bragging to Squirrel.  It was telling Squirrel on how he had out smartie the Outie by finally figuring out how to climb down the rope and jump the dome to capture the treasure hidden underneath.  Every time he started to tell the tale though, he would roll over and hug his tummy as he laughed and laughed.

​Then they all stopped as a door opened and an Outie come out.

"He's muttering to himself," whispered Arnie.  "He is a strange one as I certainly didn't see any other Outies around him."  From what Arnie could hear it sounded like "That Darn Squirrel!  We'll see what he think of my new PVC protection?"

"PVC???  What could that mean?" thought Arnie.  "Is my friend even in more danger from this odd looking Outie?"

The Outie then approached the "treasure" that my friend Squirrel and the other squirrel had been talking about earlier.  He pulled on a rope and lowered this strange looking contraption that I could see why my friend had been so excited about it.  It was pure candy on a stick!  "Look at all those delightful seeds, nuts, and delicious goodies all wrapped up together to look like one BIG scrumptious banquet," Arnie thought to herself.  "No wonder Squirrel left the safety of the Realm for this!"

Then the Outie gave a devious little chuckle.  "We'll see what that squirrely squirrel thinks of this new addition," murmured the Outie.  He then pulled the rope through a black tube that stopped at the dome.  "This should be one slippery slide for him," the Outie continued.  "No way will he be able to climb the rope now and I have it hung far enough out that he shouldn't be able to jump for it either.  This PVC pipe should just do the trick."

Realizing that they had been exposed too long and could be seen by the Outies, Arnie leaned over and whispered to her squirrel friend, "We need to be going before they discover us... Now!"  Tugging on her friend's tail, Arnie started back to the magical doorway dragging her friend behind her.  "Quit struggling.  We have got to get out of here."  

"But I want to see how my new friend gets past this 'PVC' trap," answered Squirrel sullenly.

"You can't have everything," answered Arnie, but secretly she also wanted to know how to get around this trap just in case something like it came up while she was 'finding' something.  "Maybe we will come back and learn more, but right now we need to leave before someone sees a talking squirrel.  Come on - we got to get back.  Drat and Dree are wanting to meet me at the Sugar Plum Bakery.  I will get you something sweet to eat there."