THE LITTLEST FRIENDS
JULY 7, 1964
"Hey Professor look at that!" Gilligan whispered as they made their way back to camp.
The Professor looked to where he was pointing and saw what appeared to be a sandy brown weasel with a long body and a pointy nose.
"If I'm not mistaken that is a Small Asian Mongoose!" The Professor replied as he watched Gilligan pick some berries and leaned down to offer it some.
After a few seconds it came over, sniffed at the berries, and ate them. Once it was done it crawled up Gilligan's arm, onto his shoulder and stuck its nose in his ear.
"Hey that tickles!" Gilligan replies laughing. "I think I'll call you Rudy!"
"Why Rudy?" The Professor asked amused.
"My cousin Rudolph would always give me a Wet Willie whenever he visited!" He replied as he stroked Rudy's head.
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They took a detour around the area with the quicksand when they heard something screech. They parted the bushes and saw what looked like a monkey struggling in the quicksand. Before the Professor could stop him Gilligan hopped down on a nearby rock, reached in and grabbed him. The little monkey shivered in his arms as the Professor joined him.
"There is a small pond back there to clean him up in!" The Professor replied as they hurried to the pond.
At the pond Gilligan cradled the monkey in one arm and washed off the wet sand with the other. Once clean the monkey shook off and jumped out of Gilligan's arms and onto his shoulder. It seemed to be chattering a thanks. Gilligan scratched under its chin.
"I do believe that is a Capuchin monkey!" The Professor said smiling as Gilligan gave it a banana.
"I think I'll name her Sandy!" Gilligan replied as they watched her eat the banana.
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They walking through a meadow when they saw something shoot past them and it stopped them in their tracks.
"I think a hummingbird just flew past us!" The Professor replied trying to see where it flew off to.
"Actually Hawaii doesn't have hummingbirds," Gilligan replied. "But we do have hummingbird moths. Look over there!"
They look at the nearest bunch of flowers and spot a large moth. Its body looked like a bumblebee with butterfly wings, long antennae, and a long proboscis for sipping the flowers nectar. Then it backed up, darted around them and disappeared. Gilligan took a step to leave and heard a small crinkling sound. He looked down and noticed a bunch of dead butterfly's.
"Uh-oh!" Gilligan replied as they both kneeled down to look at them.
"It's all right Gilligan!" The Professor replied. "Some butterfly species die right after they lay their eggs!"
"How long do they usually live for?" Gilligan asked as he gently picked one up.
"Usually a week to a year!" The Professor replied as he took a book out of his bag. "I'd like to take a few of these back with us. Let's put them in between the pages of this book!"
They took a few minutes gently picking up a few different butterfly's and putting them in between the pages. As they were standing up a couple a butterfly's appeared and flew around them. One of them land on Gilligan's nose. He smiled and stared cross-eyed at it. Then it flew off with it's friend.
"That was interesting!" The Professor replied as they headed out of the meadow.
A/N: The Small Asian Mongoose is a type of mongoose in the weasel family that was introduced to most of the Hawaiian island to help get rid of the rats in the sugar can fields.
The Capuchin monkey is a small like monkey that grows 1 to 2 feet in length and depending on the species can be black, white or brown.
Hummingbirds are not allowed in Hawaii because they don't want them to pollinate the pineapple flowers. There is such a thing as the hummingbird moth.
If Gilligan were a dog what type of dog would he be. Vote now on the poll on my profile!
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