" Days with the Down Feathers"
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Chapter 11
A couple of hours later, Kowalski and Skipper woke up to Ace's crying. Kowalski slipped out of the bunk to
see what it was that he needed. As soon as he got within flipper reach of the crib, he covered the holes on
the top of his beak. " Whoa," Kowalski almost fell backwards, ready to pass out. " Skipper, where does
Momma keep the diapers?"
" Under the crib," Skipper uttered as he grabbed his crutches and hopped out of the bunk. He limped over to
where his brothers were at and had to cover the top of his beak as well. " Whoa," he exclaimed. " He really
had to go."
" What was your first idea," Kowalski honked, sarcastically as he bent down and grabbed a diaper from
underneath the crib. " Uh, Skipper," He looked blankly at the fresh diaper. " Do you know how to change a
diaper?"
" Of course, Kowalski," Skipper shrugged being sarcastic, too. " I've only helped Momma and Daddy with it
like a bazillion times."
" Okay," Kowalski sighed as he pulled out a small cinder block table, which was located behind the crib. " I
take it that you don't know how to change a diaper?"
" No, duh," Skipper scoffed as Kowalski finished setting up the table.
" Okay, Grumpy," Kowalski snapped as waddled over and pulled Ace out of his crib. " Guess I'll have to figure
it out myself then." The tall penguin set Ace on his back down on the table then scratched the top of his
head, figuring out where to start. About a few minutes later, he made his decision and began changing the
diaper.
Skipper, who was standing next to Kowalski, was handed the dirty diaper to throw away. " Eww! Eww!
Eww," he shouted as he pinched the diaper in one of his flippers. Skipper hopped over to the trashcan as
fast as he could and stepped on the button to pop the lid up. Once the lid was opened, Skipper tossed the
dirty diaper in there, and released his foot off of the button, causing the trashcan to close rapidly. " That…
was…disgusting," he shuddered as he hopped back to Kowalski.
" You think that's disgusting, I have to clean this kid," Kowalski squeaked as he looked around for something
to clean Ace with. He peered underneath the crib and spotted a small, blue diaper bag with a picture of a
brown teddy bear on the side. Kowalski waddled over, pulled it out, and dug through it until he found what
he needed. After he found what he needed, he resumed changing Ace, until he was in a clean diaper. "
There," Kowalski exhaled as he sat Ace back down into his crib. " All done."
" Good," A baby powder covered Skipper narrowed his eyes at Kowalski. " Now we can go back to bed."
While Kowalski was using the baby powder earlier, he squeezed the bottle too hard and accidentally
squirted Skipper in the face with it when he turned it sideways.
" You might want to take a shower first," Kowalski wiped one of his flippers on the top of Skipper's beak,
taking some of the powder off.
" Yeah," Skipper groaned. " Guess I'd better. Could you get the doors for me, please?"
" Sure, but first I have to wake Rico," Kowalski stated. The tall penguin woke Rico up and had him help open
the hallway door and bathroom door for Skipper. After doing that, Skipper waddled into the bathroom, took
a shower, came out then crawled into bed. Kowalski, who was still afraid of the boogey monster, climbed
into bed with Skipper, again. Skipper sighed, rolled his eyes then fell asleep.
The next day, the boys woke up to a loud knock on the sewer entrance door. " Now who could that be,"
Kowalski yawned as he rolled out of the bunk.
He was about to answer the door when Skipper hopped out in front of him. " What are you doing," Skipper
raised an eyebrow at him.
" Answering the door," Kowalski raised an eyebrow then shrugged. " What do you think I'm doing?"
" You do not know what's behind that door," Skipper voice cracked as he remembered what he was told
about answering the doors to strangers when he was in Kindergarten. " For all we know it could be one of
the zoo keepers coming to take another one of us away."
" Or perhaps it's Uncle Nigel," Kowalski smirked as he tilted his head and folded his flippers.
" What makes you think that," Skipper squinted his eyes.
" He's right behind you," Kowalski chuckled. The doors to their habitat were left unlocked, so their Uncle
Nigel decided to let himself in. He had ruffled black and white feathers and was eight inches taller than
Kowalski, with a round head. Their Uncle Nigel also had the same colored eyes as their mother and was a
tad bit eccentric and crazy, but was still friendly enough to be around.
" Ah," Skipper squealed as soon as he turned around and saw his uncle.
" Gees, Skipper," Uncle Nigel twisted one of his flippers in one of the ear holes in his head. " A nice 'hello'
would've been just dandy."
" Uncle Nigel," Skipper smiled then bounced over to hug his uncle, followed by Kowalski. " Hi. How was the
trip over here?"
" Boring, until a curvy cutie sat next to me on the plane," Uncle Nigel cackled. " I played footsy with her
during the whole flight. She played hard to get, but I knew she couldn't resist me. By the way, Skipper, is
your voice changing and what happened to your leg?" Rico, who was watching from his bunk, jumped down
onto the floor then ran to greet the adult penguin.
" Uncle Nigel," Rico wrapped his flippers around his uncle's torso.
" Hey, Rico," Uncle Nigel cheered as he hugged his three eldest nephews, all at once. " The last time I saw
you, you had just barely hatched." The penguin then looked over at Kowalski. " And Kowalski," he raised his
voice a bit. " I see you haven't changed one bit, except for the height part. How are you doing in school? I
heard from your mother that you are now in the same grade as Skipper now?"
" Yep," Kowalski smiled.
" What grade are you boys in," Uncle Nigel raised in eyebrow.
" The sixth-grade," Kowalski retorted.
" My how time flies," Uncle Nigel widened his eyes then paused. " Well…"
" Well what," Skipper raised an eyebrow.
" Aren't you going to introduce me to Ace," Uncle Nigel questioned.
" Of course," Kowalski uttered. " Follow us."
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Horray. Uncle Nigel has finally arrived. Now the penguin brothers have somebody to help take them. LOL. Skipper got squirted with the baby powder. By the way, a part of that is a reference to one of my other stories " In the Not Too Distant Future". Anyways. Coming up next in Chapter 12. Find out what else happens after Uncle Nigel arrives. Please stay tuned and find out more.
