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Gilligan wore the hat everywhere. "It's my lucky hat," he would say when tourists asked why he wore it all the time. One day, it really was his lucky hat.
He was tying off the Minnow's line when a nearby boat bumped into the dock. He lost his balance and hit his head on the pier as he fell into the water.
The only thing that saved Gilligan from drowning was the hat. The Skipper saw it in the water.
"Don't ever do that to me again!" he bellowed as Gilligan regained consciousness, coughing and spluttering. "Always wear that hat!"
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