We had no idea where to find the plane Otto and Olive would use for skydiving, but as we left the pool, there was a plane right across the street! Standing next to the plane was a gray rabbit. "Hi, Rita," I said as my brothers and I came to the plane. "Are Otto and Olive supposed to come here for skydiving today?" "You mean the Odd Squad agents?" Rita replied. "Yes," I said. "Good," said Rita. "Then we're on the same page. Yes, they are, but they haven't come yet." "Well," I said, "they'll some a lot earlier than you think. You see, Olive has the skips." "Well, it's a good thing they're coming early," Rita replied. "It's not a good thing that Olive has the skips." "Are you worried that Olive won't put on a parachute?" asked Berlioz. "Because I thought of the same possibility." Just then, Otto and Olive showed up! "Marie! What are you doing here?" Otto asked. "The notes you gave us helped us find out where you would go next," I answered. "Well, it's a good thing you found us," said Otto. "Why is that?" Berlioz asked. "I was afraid Olive would skip the step where she puts on a parachute," replied Otto. "I was afraid of that same thing!" said Berlioz. "Me too!" said Rita. "Then why don't we skip the skydiving and get back to the Borfin?" suggested Olive. "I like that idea!" I said.

When we got back to the Borfin, we saw three more Odd Squad agents. Otto introduced them. The younger girl was Ms. O, the chief of Odd Squad. The boy with glasses was Oscar, who works at the Odd Squad lab. The older girl was Dr. O, the doctor at Odd Squad. "What are they doing here?" asked Toulouse. "Well," explained Otto, "you know that Olive got the skips, right?" We all nodded. "Well," said Otto, "Oscar and Dr. O have found a cure." "You see," said Dr. O, "the skips are caused by a special type of dust, appropriately called Skip Dust." "And Dr. O and I have just developed something to cancel out the Skip Dust," added Oscar. "Appropriately called Anti-Skip Dust." He got out an odd gadget and added, "This gadget is an anti-skipinator, which generates Anti-Skip Dust." "But how did Olive get the skips when she was in the Borfin?" I asked. "One of the boxes inside the Borfin has Skip Dust in it," explained Dr. O as she took the anti-skipinator from Oscar and zapped Otto and Olive with it. "Now, Olive," she said, "walk across the park." I was surprised at what happened. Olive didn't skip! She walked! She was cured of the skips! But she was still attached to Otto, so Dr. O handed Otto the anti-skipinator as Berlioz handed me the remote control. I pressed the blue button to get Otto and Olive in the Borfin. "Dr. O," I asked, "why did you hand Otto the anti-skipinator?" "Because Otto and Olive use each other's hands when they're conjoined," Dr. O replied. "Now press the orange button," Oscar said. So I pressed the orange button, separating Otto and Olive. "Olive! Use the anti-skipinator!" Ms. O shouted. A second later, I heard Olive say, "That's done, Ms. O!" Then Otto said. "Marie! Press either the green button or the purple button to let us out!" I pressed the green button, and a door opened in the back of the Borfin. Otto and Olive both got out. Dr. O had both Otto and Olive walk across the park again. Neither of them skipped. They both walked. "Well," I said, "that takes care of that." I started to leave when Berlioz said, "Marie! You're skipping!" I stopped. He was right! I was! "No problem," said Oscar. "I've got the anti-skipinator." He zapped me, Berlioz, Toulouse, Rita, and Fluff with it. You see, Rita and Fluff came to the park to see Otto and Olive again. "But what I don't understand," I said, "is how I got the skips." "The skips must be contagious," Toulouse realized. "He's right," said Ms. O. "But now that you've all been zapped by the anti-skipinator, that should take care of the skips for now." "Yes, it should," I said. Then I said to Dr. O, "Thanks, doctor." "And thank you, doctor," said Dr. O. "I'm not a doctor," I explained to her. "I know," she said. "I was talking to myself."

We were a bit sad to see the Odd Squad agents leave a few minutes later. But we were glad to know that no one in town had the skips now. I was so happy about that, I started skipping. Berlioz and Toulouse looked at me suspiciously, and then they yelled, "Odd Squad! Come back!" But I didn't have the skips. I was just happy. Oh, and they took the Borfin with them, of course. But how did the Borfin end up here on the island?


So that's the end of the story. As you can see, Marie is telling it to the other castaways. The Borfin will appear in an upcoming chapter of The Aristocats' Island. By the way, recognize that last bit with Dr. O? It came from "Skip Day", where she supposedly said "And thank you, doctor" to Otto, but she was talking to herself.