Here's the third and final chapter for this story.

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Chapter 3: Get Back Up

They trotted towards their friend, who was still laying at the ground, not moving a muscle. "Skippah! Are you alright?!" Private called, but he received no answer. He felt his heart drop. Was something wrong with Skipper?

"Skippah, please say something!" Skipper heard his little soldier cry. He slowly lifted his head from the ground. "There's nothing wrong with me Private, just a trick to get that Lemur off of my back."

Skipper managed to get all of his four hoofs on the ground and he trotted towards the otter habitat. He wanted to be a penguin again before Julien returned. Kowalski cantered next to him, trying to talk to him. "Are you sure you're alright sir?" Skipper sighed. "Never been better. " They had to jump over the fence into the habitat. Skipper and Private made the jump without any problems, but Kowalski managed to get stuck in the fence. Skipper wondered how it was possible that someone could be so clumsy with four hoofs.

Kowalski was freed after ten minutes, so they could move inside Marlene's cave. Well, that wasn't exactly true, only one pony could fit in it. So Skipper went inside. "Rico, Marlene, are you in there?" The two animals came out of the shadows and looked at the pony standing in the cave. "Who are you?" Marlene asked. Skipper smiled at her before answering her question. "It's me, Skipper."

Marlene looked at the pony in front of her. He did look a lot like Skipper. She walked towards him and petted him upon the shoulder. "You are a really cute pony, Skipper." Before she knew it, she was thrown in the air by a kick of Skipper's hoofs. "Rico. We need you to make us normal again." Skipper ignored Marlene who was not-so-silently remarking his rudeness. Rico nodded and jumped on Skippers back.

He supposed that it wasn't his lucky day. Everybody had to ride on his back, not on Private's or Kowalski's. He sighed. "Alright men, let's move out!" He galloped towards the fence and made a flawless jump over it. Private was right behind him and even Kowalski managed to make it to the other side.

It was hard for Rico to do exactly what Kowalski told him to do. There were not enough explosions for his likings. But after several hours, they managed to get Kowalski's penguin-to-pony machine working. Skipper, Private and Kowalski stood in front of the machine. Rico pushed the button.

The flash blinded them, and they fell to the ground. Rico had closed his eyes, because the flash had been too blinding, even for him. When he opened his eyes he saw his three friends laying on the floor. They were all their penguin self again. Rico smiled at them.

"So we are back to normal?" Skipper asked Kowalski. The smart guy nodded. "It appears that way. I guess you want me to destroy the device?" For Kowalski's amazement, Skipper shook his head. "Are you crazy?! This machine gives us the perfect disguise. We are keeping it."

Nobody knew that Skipper had actually liked being a pony. Skipper was sure that he would use the machine more often, it was the perfect escape from the normal day routine. That means if you don't run into a lemur who just turns out to be a cowboy too.


I hope that you were amused by this story,

or at least liked it.

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