"Okay, men, today we're going to practice our camouflage skills," said Skipper one morning. "I got ten cans of green and brown paint off a paint truck this morning. Private, since you're our artistic expert, you can do the painting."
"Oh, joy!" cried Private gleefully. "I'll get my paintbrush!"
Private set right to work painting a camo design on Rico and Skipper. They ended up looking like a penguin shaped army tank, but Skipper was satisfied. Then it was Kowalski's turn.
"Now, just stand still, okay?" Private said, dipping his brush into the green. He started with the front, drawing the outlines of the camo and filling them in with the right color as he went. Kowalski was fine, until Private got down to his stomach. Kowalski clenched his beak and tried not to smile as Private drew the shapes- he was extremely ticklish there.
"Quit squirming, Kowalski," Private said. He dipped his brush back into the paint and tried to draw another green spot, but Kowalski flinched and the paint smudged. "Kowalski! Stop moving so much!" He tried again, pressing the brush harder into his feathers. This was too much for Kowalski, who let out a gasp of laughter and jumped backward, tripping over the paint can and falling over. Green paint spilled all over the floor. "Kowalski!"
"Ticklish, are you?" said Skipper, grinning.
"He spilled the last of my paint!" said Private.
"Well, there's only one way to punish him for this..." Skipper winked at Private. "Three, two, one-"
"H-hey, stohapit!" laughed Kowalski as the two began tickling him mercilessly. Rico, hearing all the commotion, came over and started tickling Kowalski too. Kowalski laughed and laughed and laughed, harder than he ever had before in his life. He also found the entire situation hilarious, which made him keep giggling even after they finally stopped.
"Thanks guys," he said sarcastically once he caught his breath. "I'm going to be so sore tomorrow."
"I guess this mission is aborted," Skipper said, looking at the puddle of green paint on the floor.
"Aw..." Rico said sadly. He looked over at Kowalski and grinned.
"Don't you dare..."