May 10, 1965

First mate's long:

Well, the Skipper has his memory back and so do I. Yep, I lost mine but the Professor hypnotized me back to normal. Well, normal for me.

It sure is nice to remember all the people on the island. I know I've told you about them before, but I still want to leave a record of it, so that if I lose my memory again, maybe I can read this and remember them.

I'm on the island with Mr. Thurston Howell the Third. I don't have to say who he is, because he's so rich that everybody knows him. Only, money isn't important to him. He treats me like I'm just as good as he is, which shows what a wonderful person he is. And his wife, Mrs. Howell, when they made up the word "lady," that's who they were talking about.

There are two other married people on the island, but they're not married to each other. Well, Mr. Brady's wife is dead but he keeps her memory alive and tries to be as good a father as he can to their three sons, who are a great bunch of little guys. Mrs. Martin is a wonderful mom to her three daughters, who are mischievous but much nicer than little girls when I was a kid. Mrs. Martin tries to be brave for them and she doesn't complain about not being with her husband, even though you can see how much she misses him.

Mr. Brady has a maid, Alice, who makes me laugh and makes good food, which are two important things to be shipwrecked with.

The Skipper, well, he proved what a captain should be. If it wasn't for him, we all would have drowned. He piloted the ship, and he kept us all safe and I wouldn't be writing this if it weren't for him.

And then there's a real live movie star with us, Ginger Grant! Boy, before we landed on the island I'd have been afraid to even ask for her autograph, let alone talk to her, but she's just like a real person and everybody loves her because she's so good.

The Professor is the smartest person I know and he almost always comes up with a solution to our problems.

Last but not least is Mary Ann. She's not the kind of person that always gets noticed, like Mr. Howell or Ginger, because she seems just like a normal, everyday, modest person. But she is the sweetest, most understanding girl I've ever met. And her coconut cream pies are even better than Alice's.

I want to remember all of them for the rest of my life, no matter what happens.


May 12, 1965

Carol Martin's diary:

After Gilligan got his memory back, we found out that he's been keeping a diary. Even though I keep one myself, I was surprised that someone like Gilligan, a young man who doesn't seem given to self-reflection, keeps one. Some of the others were upset because they thought Gilligan was writing his true and negative thoughts about everyone. Obviously, I can't let them know about you, since I'm sure I've said far more bitter things than he has.

Gilligan threw his diary in the lagoon so they wouldn't be so upset, but the Skipper, Ginger, and Mr. Howell all started keeping diaries, where they made themselves the hero or heroine of every adventure and misadventure. Then Gilligan's diary washed ashore and Mary Ann found it and read some it to us. Gilligan really is a sweet boy. I wish I could be as positive about everyone as he is, but unfortunately I see the bad as well as the good in everyone, myself included.


May 17, 1965

The Professor has invented a dye that glows in the dark, so we should be rescued soon! But the Skipper was looking at his book of Navy regulations and the weight limit is 199 pounds, so he's gone on a diet. I don't know if he can lose enough weight in time, especially since he's told me all the food he wants to eat when we're rescued.


May 18, 1965

Another crazy day on the island! Yesterday the Professor invented a phosphorescent dye marker to signal passing ships and planes. But the Skipper found out he needs to lose weight to rejoin the Navy, and then today it turned out that Gilligan was underweight, so the Skipper was dieting and we were all trying to fatten Gilligan up. Alice and Mary Ann made their most fattening food and the rest of us kept serving it to him. And then Gilligan drank the dye! And he glows in the dark! The Professor says it's non-toxic and the glowing will fade in time, but meanwhile Gilligan is on top of the signal tower as a beacon.


May 24, 1965

I've gone to live in a cave. No one wants me around. I found that out after I caught a crate of magician's props when I was fishing. I had a lot of fun doing the tricks, but I wasn't very good at them, and everyone said I was annoying. Even Mary Ann and the kids!

So when Ginger, who was once a magician's assistant, put me in the disappearing cabinet, I did disappear, out the back and to this cave.


May 24, 1965

Gilligan has run away! He was getting on everyone's nerves when he kept bungling magic tricks from a crate that washed ashore yesterday. And I guess he overheard us complaining, so he ran off during Ginger's trick with the disappearing cabinet. The children are very upset, especially since only Greg and Marcia are old enough to understand that Gilligan didn't really disappear and that it's just pretend magic.

Mary Ann, Ginger, and the men have gone to go look for Gilligan. I hope they find him soon.


May 25, 1965

Well, some of the others came looking for me, bringing food and blankets, but I refused to go back with them. Then later some monsters showed up, so I ran back to camp and was going to scare them off with the magician's flash powder, but Mary Ann used it in a cake. And then when the monsters turned out to be Mr. Howell, Mr. Brady, the Skipper, and the Professor, they apologized and everyone threw me a party. And the cake exploded from the candles on it.


May 25, 1965

Gilligan is back and caused another accident (an exploding cake), but we'd rather have him around causing accidents than not have him around. If he ever sees my diary, I hope he understands that I do care about him, even when I'm irritated. And I know the others feel the same.