Chapter 10

Dave jolted awake. Where was he? Why was his deck chair slammed up against the railing? And where were the chipmunks? He whirled around, looking for them. They weren’t by the shuffleboard court anymore. They weren’t even on deck.

From far away up in the clouds, he heard the faintest high-pitched wail.

Dave shielded his eyes from the glare of the sun and looked up. Squinting, he could just make out six chipmunks attached to a kite disappearing beyond the horizon.

“No. No. No!”

Dave was frantic. He had to rescue them. At once. There wasn’t even time to call for help. He scanned the cruise ship looking for a solution, and his eyes settled on a hang glider that was on display. He ran over to it and began releasing it from its security ropes.

“Hey!” Ian, still in his pelican suit, was right there. He took off the pelican mask and tucked it under his arm so that it was easier to talk. “You want to go hang gliding, you sign up at the excursions desk like everyone else.”

“No, you don’t understand…” Dave looked up. By now the chipmunks were just a tiny speck in the distance.

“I think I do. Dave Seville is soooo special, the rules don’t apply to him,” said Ian sarcastically.

“That’s not it, Ian,” protested Dave. “You need to get the captain.”

“I think he’s going to agree with me on this one, Dave.”

Dave wasn’t listening. He was pushing the hang glider to the edge of the cruise ship.

“Hey, where do you think you’re going?” demanded Ian. He dropped the pelican head and pulled on Dave’s arms.

“Let go!” screamed Dave.

“You let go!” screamed Ian.

Dave was holding on to the hang glider, and Ian was holding on to Dave, when a huge gust of wind swept the hang glider up into the air and far out across the surface of the water.

“Don’t let go!” screamed Dave.

They crash-landed in the ocean. As they bobbed to the surface, the cruise ship sailed away.