"Hey Strudel. What are you working on?" asked Lucky. No response. Strudel had been with her squirrels, alone, working on one of her crazy but useful inventions. She refused to talk to her team mates, the squirrels never came out to see the others. Lucky told Cookie and Squirt that something was not right. "She has never been like this before! It is like she is now lost in some world of hard drives and cables!" he explained to the others. Squirt commented that it was her usual self, tinkering all the time. However, Cookie disagreed. Strudel had been in a pretty bad mood. And the only person who was ridiculous enough to even get a chuckle out of Strudel was Niblet.
"Where the heck is Niblet anyway?" the three said in unison. Across the pound and up a tunnel, Niblet was looking for marshmallows. While Lucky and Cookie stayed underground, Squirt went on a search for Niblet. The last place Squirt would want to go is the alley.
After scurrying around the endless tunnels trying to find Niblet, Squirt headed to the dreaded tunnel for the alley. It was darker than usual. When he got to the end, his path was blocked by a huge gray bum. "NIBLET!" Squirt shouted. "MOVE OFF THE TUNNEL EXIT!"
Niblet was startled. He got up, looked underneath him, and Squirt was sitting there underneath him. "Oh, hey Squirt! Want to look for marshmallows?" Squirt rolled his eyes and glanced at Niblet.
"You, my friend, are coming back to the pound. With me. Strudel is acting strange and you are the only joker I know." Niblet stopped. "But Strudel never laughs at my jokes. They are not even funny. And when Strudel is upset, the entire pound goes upside down and nothing gets done."
Squirt freezes upon hearing this. You said what about the pound?