Chapter 18: Tents, Parachutes, and Ghosts
After telling the others about the indoor camping idea that Simon came up with, Theodore went with Simon to their bedroom while everyone else watch TV on the couch.
Meanwhile, Simon and Theodore discussed what to do about their camping activity as they tried to think of ideas. None of the Chipmunks or Chipettes had ever camped indoors before.
"So Simon, what should we do first?" Theodore asked kindly. Simon thought for a minute, and then replied happily: "Well, the first thing we should do is pitch the tent!" Theodore smiled, but then replied: "Okay! I'll get the ropes from the kitchen, and you can get the bed sheets for the tent!" Simon agreed, and went to the closet while Theodore went downstairs to the kitchen.
Simon opened the bedroom closet, and up all the way to the top shelf where the old bed sheets were. The bespectacled chipmunk looked around and found a white bed sheet that he and Theodore could use as their tent. Simon carefully grabbed the edges of the bed sheet and was about to head back down, when he suddenly got an idea. Simon spread the bed sheet out as much as he could, grabbed the edges again, and then jumped off the shelf, down to the ground.
"Wahooooooooo!" Simon cried out as he floated to the ground, using the bed sheet as a parachute. Once Simon landed safely on the ground, he let go of the bed sheet.
"Yes!" Simon said, throwing his paws in the air as a sign of accomplishment. Unfortunately, Simon forgot that he had been using the bed sheet, and without any time to react, the bed sheet fell on top of him!
"Ahhhhhhhh! Help! Somebody help! I'm stuck!" Simon cried out struggling to get out of the bed sheet. Poor Simon couldn't see a thing, and since the bed sheet was bigger than him, it was no surprise that Simon couldn't get out.
Meanwhile, Theodore was downstairs in the kitchen with Dave. Dave was making popcorn for everyone since Simon and Theodore were camping indoors; it was kind of a special occasion whenever the Chipmunks and Chipettes got to do something like this.
"Dave, do we have any rope? Simon and I want to use it to hold up the bed sheet for our tent," Theodore explained starting to look around the cabinets.
"Yes, Theodore. I'll get you the rope," Dave replied after putting the popcorn into bowls. Dave then went over to a cabinet, opened it, grabbed some white, string-like rope, closed the cabinet, and gave the rope to Theodore.
"Thank you Dave," Theodore said after getting the rope from his adaptive father. Theodore then took the rope back upstairs, and went into the bedroom where Simon was. However, as Theodore walked into the bedroom, he saw something that scared him; Theodore was something running around the bedroom under a white bed sheet, and he could only think of one thing.
"Ahhhhhhhhh! A ghost!" Theodore screamed, afraid of what the ghost was going to do. However, as Simon struggled under the bed sheet, he had heard Theodore, and cried out: "Ah! Theodore, help! I'm stuck! Get me outta here!" Theodore gasped and ran over to the 'ghost' before helping Simon get out of the bed sheet.
"Simon!" Theodore exclaimed as he gave Simon a hug. Simon hugged back and said: "Thank you, Theodore. I couldn't see a thing under that bed sheet! Thank goodness you helped me get outta there, little buddy!" Theodore smiled and replied: "You're welcome, Simon!" as the two chipmunks separated from the hug.
"Well, now that we got our bed sheet and rope, let's put our tent up!" Simon said enthusiastically. Theodore agreed, and after grabbing the white bed sheet and rope, Simon and Theodore started to put up their tent.
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