Disclaimer: Refer to "The Dogfish Sharks".

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On a fair morning, Kitsune was calmly humming to herself as she organized a load of laundry; her chore for the day. She was just finishing up with the hats, and counting them. However, she only counted eight hats. One was missing.

"Where could it be?" Kitsune thought to herself. There was only one way to find out; search the Octopod. She picked up the remaining hats to return to the other Octonauts and went on her hunt.

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First stop: HQ

Kitsune entered HQ through the Octo-Chute. "Captain, have you seen a hat kicking around? I'm missing one."

"I don't think I have," said Captain Barnacles.

"It's one of the standard ones," said Kitsune, handing the captain his hat. "If you do see it somewhere, that would be a great help."

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Second stop: Launch Bay

Kitsune stepped down the ladder into the Launch Bay. "Tweak, dear, have you seen a missing hat in here?"

"I don't wear a hat," said Tweak. "Why would I take it?"

"Well, one of them is missing. I have to look everywhere." Kitsune shrugged and tossed Elekai his hat.

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Third stop: Lekona's Bedroom

Kitsune entered Lekona's bedroom, where he was straightening the photos on his wall. "Lekona, did you put your hat in the wash?"

"Yes, I did." Lekona turned around. "Why?"

"One's missing," said Kitsune. "I have to scour the entire Octopod for it, now." She handed him his hat.

"I see." Lekona put his hat back on and looked at one of the photos. "You like it? It's me and my wife on our wedding day."

Kitsune smiled, feeling nostalgic for her own wedding. "Yes, I do…"

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Fourth stop: Deborah's Bedroom

Deborah was organizing her books when Kitsune came to talk to her.

"Deborah, dear…" Kitsune trailed off.

Deborah turned around. "That's my name, don't wear it out."

"No, wait," said Kitsune. "I saw you put your hat in the wash."

Deborah nodded, and slipped her copy of Ninja Idol into its proper shelf. "See, I organized my books by genre. Textbooks go on the top right, novels on the top middle, manga on the top left…"

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Fifth stop: The Hallway

As she was exiting Deborah's bedroom, Kitsune ran into Dashi.

"Oh, sorry," said Kitsune.

"It's fine," said Dashi. "I've had Koshi on the phone with me while I was tidying up my room. She was raving about...whatever number Murmurs on the Pacific Express is in the Donna Doxi serial."

"That's nice," said Kitsune. "Have you seen a lost hat anywhere?"

"No, I haven't," said Dashi. "But I did see one of the Vegimals walking around with a hat a few minutes ago."

"Where was he headed?" Kitsune asked.

"I believe he was going to the lab," said Dashi.

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Sixth stop: The Lab

Kitsune entered the lab. Inside, Shellington was sanitizing his lab equipment, while the Vegimals were "helping". Kitsune noticed that he was already wearing his hat.

"Shellington, dear," she asked, "did one of the Vegimals come in here with a hat?"

"Yes," he said. "Tunip came in here with it just a moment ago. He says he got it from you."

"But I never gave him…" Kitsune trailed off as she realized; Tunip must have taken the hat while she wasn't looking. She knew her son Ichiro did something similar; whenever his favourite shirt went through the wash, he always took it out of the pile before she could fold it and put it away. She laughed. "Next time, ask the Vegimals if they asked before they took something, you goof!"

Shellington stiffened up, but mustered an awkward smile and nodded. "Alright…"

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I don't know what to put for the outro so duck meow.