COURT MARTIAL

"Gilligan, little buddy, I gotta admit it, when I say abandon ship, you REALLY abandon ship!" Skipper said, laughing, as he pulled Gilligan to his feet. Gilligan laughed, spitting out sand.

"Yeah… did you see me up there Skipper? I bet when we get back I can get my own boat!" he said, and the Skipper shook his head.

"How can you do that, when you work for me?" he asked.

Gilligan tapped his chin. "Well… I… I think I can handle it," he stuttered. The Skipper only shook his head and patted his shoulder.

"Trust me, little buddy, you're better off just listening to me." Gilligan nodded realizing he'd never agree.

"Okay, but can I still practice?" he asked, and Skipper nodded.

"Sure… In fact, I say this boat is yours."

"But that's not a boat… It's like a ride at a fair," Gilligan argued.

"Boat, ride, whatever you want to call it, its yours."

"But Skipper…" Gilligan whined, but the other man just walked away. Gilligan sighed and went back to the 'boat.' He sat on it, getting his diary out of his pocket first. Then he started to write.

Dear Diary,

Som peepil thenk we sunk the minnow so Skipper and I tryd keeling our silves. I had werd drem about piraties I was hero of curse. The Skipper wont let me have my own bot but I no I can run one. I don mak mestake two tims.

Gilligan

Skipper had stopped at a tree to watch. He chuckled as Gilligan scrawled in his diary and then stood and went back to ordering himself around. He shook his head, sat, and took out a small book from his pocket.

Dear Journal,

I couldn't believe it - people actually thought I was responsible for the Minnow crashing. I suppose I am, with Gilligan as my crew, but it's been confirmed it wasn't, thanks to our storm that was wrongly predicted by the weather predictions. I'm glad I'm innocent, and only the castaways know the truth - at least I can trust we'll never rat each other out. I'm watching Gilligan man the pretend boat he, the girls and the Professor made. The four were determined to help, God bless them. I hope if Gilligan does get a boat he doesn't do anything stupid!

Jonas Grumby the Skipper