31. DIOGENES, WON'T YOU PLEASE GO HOME?

Dear Diary,

They found out about you. For some reason, they thought I was writing bad stuff about them. I would never do that. I love them like family. Do they sometimes say mean things and hurt my feelings? Yes. But I still love them.

Gilligan

32. PHYSICAL FATNESS

Dear Diary,

It's just not fair! I didn't goof this up. It was the Professor! He was the one who sat his potion next to my food and told me to keep eating. The potion didn't hurt me or make me sick, it just made me glow. Skipper made me stand up and try to signal planes because of my glow. I was up there for at least two hours.

Gilligan

LATER

Dear Diary,

Professor and Skipper came to me and said they were sorry. Professor realized that it was his fault for sitting the potion next to me and not telling me what it was, and Skipper was sorry for being so mean. They really are good friends.

Gilligan

33. IT'S MAGIC

Dear Diary,

Well, I finally stood up for myself, and got a party out of it. I heard the others saying bad things about me, even Mary Ann. That's when I decided I had enough, and moved in one of the caves, and told the others that I was now a lone wolf.

They tried to apologize, but I just wasn't ready to come back yet. This time, they went too far. Skipper, Mr. Howell, and the Professor tried to scare me out of the cave by putting on scary masks. I ended up finding out they were throwing me a party. I forgave them, I just didn't know if I would have any room for cake after all the meals I ate. They gave up their dinner just for me. Mr. Howell even gave up his teddy bear! I gave it back to him, though. It's good to be back with them.

Gilligan

34. GOODBYE, OLD PAINT

Dear Diary,

Another visiter has come and gone. An artist. I'm beginning to think we're never going to be rescued.

Gilligan

35. MY FAIR GILLIGAN

Dear Diary,

I saved Mrs. Howell's life, so she and Mr. Howell adopted me! I moved into their hut, and even though I love them dearly, I didn't want to live with them. I wanted to stay with Skipper. I dressed differently, I had to eat and drink differently. I couldn't even go butterfly hunting anymore.

The others saw how unhappy I was, so we all planned it out where I would be really horrible, and the Howells would want me to leave. It worked! Deep down, though, I have a feeling they knew, and let me go, because they're nice people.

Gilligan

36. A NOSE BY ANY OTHER NAME

Dear Diary,

I fell out of a tree collecting coconuts, and my nose looked horrible! I thought it was broken, but it wasn't. I only had to wait a few days for the swelling to go down and it would be back to normal. I felt bad about myself, and the girls all tried to make me feel better. I know they meant well, but I overheard them talking about how the nice things they were saying were just to cheer me up, and it made me feel worse.

Luckily, I have my old nose back. Professor pretended like he was going to operate on it, and give me a movie star nose, but it turns out there was no operation, and I'm stuck with my regular nose.

Gilligan

37. GILLIGAN'S MOTHER-IN-LAW

Dear Diary,

Some friends I have. They were going to force me into a marriage with a woman that I didn't love, just to get off the island! I guess I shouldn't be so upset. After all, I told the Skipper he should marry her when we all thought she wanted him. What really upset me, though, was that they just stood there and let me be held against my will to a tree while knives were thrown at me!

The only one who was on my side was Mary Ann. She came to me and said she thought the whole thing was ridiculous as well. After I was let off the hook, the others came to me and said they were being stupid, and that they were sorry. I forgave them. I always do.

Gilligan

38. BEAUTY IS AS BEAUTY DOES

Dear Diary,

We had a beauty contest to see who should be Miss Castaway. Mr. Howell voted for his wife, Professor voted for Mary Ann, and Skipper voted for Ginger. That left me to be the judge. I wasn't happy. I thought all the women were beautiful and they all deserved to win. I ended up picking my gorilla friend, Gladys. Deep down, I wanted to pick Mary Ann, but I would get in trouble if I chose one of them.

Gilligan

39. THE LITTLE DICTATOR

Dear Diary,

A dictator was on the island. He was crazy! He was going to rescue us, but again, it didn't work out. Big surprise.

Gilligan

40. SMILE, YOU'RE ON MARS CAMERA

Dear Diary,

I got punished again by Skipper for foiling another rescue attempt. A pot of glue exploded, and all of us got feathers stuck to our bodies. I love the Skipper, but sometimes, he can be a big jerk.

Gilligan